It must be remembered, too, that Mr. Mandeville spent the
time from his release on December 24th, 1887, till the first week of July, 1888, when he sickened—a period of six months —not in any sense as an invalid. He attended and spoke at public meetings, and, in fact, lived his ordinary life ; he was driving, for instance, in an open car at 2 o'clock in the morning a week before his death. Though his wife declares that he complained of a sore throat, he did not even mention the fact to the doctor till a week before his death, though he was frequently in the doctor's house. It is difficult to believe that any one could study the whole evidence without prejudice, and yet fail to come to the conclusion that the Prisons Board and the doctors employed by it not only did nothing harsh in the case of Mr. Mandeville, but were far more anxious to keep him alive and send him out in good health, than they would have been in the case of any ordinary prisoner.
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