The Wreck of the South Pole and Other Strange Tales — page 64: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

"The Wreck of the South Pole. 57 not seem quite consistent that his case should be tried in open court and visitors allowed to be present to hear the evidence, for in my own land when we wish to save a young man who has been tempted we try most of all to keep his fault from becoming known. The more I thought of this the more inconsistent it became and my friend, no doubt reading my thoughts, said: “Were these not old offenders who are to be tried to-day we would not be permitted to witness the examina- tion, for when a man is first brought before the court and sent to reformatory No. 1, the whole proceeding is man- aged so very quietly that few need know of it. But after a man has been under the supervision of the seven judges of the inner court and then turns out bad, we consider it for the best interests of society that the public at large know what disease he is inclined to in order to protect itself against him. The men whose trial we are about to witness have passed through this stage, and hence their trial will be public.” When we reached the temple of justice I found a large marble structure, the interior of which, while very simple in design, gave one the idea of loftiness and grandeur. At one end, upon a platform, stood the judge’s desk, be- hind which sat one of the criminal judges, of which there were ten in the state. The prisoners were seated in front of him, with no cuards near, at which I expressed my surprise. But my host told me in a low tone that the odylic force which CORNICE OOOKS (E©@)