“ I d o u 't know a lsm t A v e ry 's re
o f prisons. H e ha* laveutvO a lock, I
lea se ." lie as Id
"O h. S m ith . ' tu rn in g
believe, t h a t " —
to Ids n sslsiiiiit. " w h e re * lb s lls tf*
" l .e l 's h a v e him .”
"O u your vli *k "
T h e se c re ta ry u»bef*d lu a n e a rn e s t
"O h. y e s
A very h e re ? ”
looking m au w ith long, n a v y black
" l i e 's vvtilling o u tsid e ."
h a ir. H e \va* sh o rt m id * lilt«.
" I . e f a h s v e hlui.*
"1 am G u s ta v e Itllo h e n d o lfe n h ac h ,
" l i e 's a lo u g h old l»*y. tills A v ery ."
th e 'g re a t In v e n to r." sa id th e v isito r to
th e w a rd en "I h a v e a lo> k fo r you to c o m m e n te d H oyle. "b u t h e * my one
Inkoop th e p riso n e rs m il " l i e bow ed l*e*t r h a o c e lu try in g to g el th e gvssls
to tlie « a rd e ii am i ru b b e d his hand* o u V a len tin e.“
T h e se c re t a ry b ro u g h t In B ill A vary,
c o m p lacen tly .
“So I hear. T o u r lock c a n 't tie w h o se g tsv h a ir, a sh e n fa ce s n d slo o p
Ing figure Im llcuted th a t p riso n fa re
picked, e h ’"
w as not re ju v e n a tin g , a lth o u g h th e re
T h e In v e n to r ra is e d tils baud* lu hm
w a s a G ra n g e sh a rp n e s s In til* e v es
rv r nt th e su g g est Uni.
In Ills gluti e, I h s t a long c a r e e r o f fu r
“ l ic k e d !
l i c k e d " ' he e ja c u la te d
“ My lock p ick ed ? T h e w h.de vo rld ll liv e » u tc h fu ln c s s h a d develo p ed
"Y o u 're finally o u t, ell? ' g re e te d th e
h alf trie d it G e rm an y . F ra n c e . E ng
lan d m id even th e c le v e re st th ie v e s In p riso n m a s te r "Y o u 'v e d o n e u lu e ? "
N uplcs Tin* w hole vide v crld It all It
" E ig h t year* te n m onth*. * lr."
h a lf uot o|*>u n i t b o u t th ey th e key
" T re a te d p re tty well, w e re n 't y o n ? "
A very g a tis l In te n tly a t Htiillli. th en
h alf "
"S o I'v e h e ard , b u t still It m ig h t tie | hi* rep lied to hi* q u e stlo u e r
picked a t th a t "
"Y o u 'v e u e v e r h e a rd m s c o m p la in ,
" I t Is may he I d o n 't u n d e rs ta n d j h a v e y o u ? “
picked you m enu o p en uiit n o t my
"N o, a n d It w o u ld u 't h a v e g o t you
k e y ?"
m u ch “
"Y es; w ith * w ire o r " —
" I s a w th a t th e first clay In "
“ A v lro '" e x claim ed th e In v e n to r
"W ell, now w h a t? G oing to tu rn
“ My Itc k open th a t I ha!T *|<eud fo u r
e q u a te ? " H a n d le r sn e e re d us b e s p o k e
te e n y e a rs to p e rfe c t? N rlu
it t*
T h e re le ased c o n v ic t looked Ihe »urvl
la u g h te r, ya«, b u t " —
en sq u a rely lu Ih e rv e*
H a n d le r w a s g ro w in g Im p a tie n t.
"Y ou kuow I am . *lr."
" I t »III I k * a cc ep te d only on th e con
I l a u d le r lau g h e d u p ro a rio u a lv
illtlon th a t It c a u u o t l*> open ed w tlb
*1 k n o w : th ey all *.iy SO Oh. h e re 's
out a key,” he p ro n o u n ced
a n o 'd frteu d o f your*. A very ” T h e
T h e in v e n to r d rew h im se lf u p proud
s(H*aker p ointed to I Hi» le
ly. “ Y aw , nr.d I c h a lle n g e th e vorld."
*'l d o n 't re m e m b e r him .” re p lied th e
be c rie d co n fid en tly .
old m su a f te r a se a rc h in g a u sp icio u s
"W ell, ail th e w o rld 's c h a m p io n s a re In sp ectio n o f I lie d e te c tiv e
In A m erica, you k n o w ." n n s n e r e d the
■ You d o n 't re m e m b e r m e eh. B ill?”
H a rd en , "m ul w h en It c o m e s to g e n iu s D oyle laughed.
in i n r r h a n h s m ost o f th em a re lu Jail
A very s u d d e n ly exclaim ed
W e'll b n v e It trie d be fo re noon "
"1 goi you now . You re iH iyle atitl
T h e v is ito r took lilt p re cio u s lork
a c o p p e r? "
fro m bis iHK-kot m ul laid It ou th e
" S till a c opper. B U I"
ta b le In fro n t o f th e w a rd en , sa y in g
"Y ou s lu 't got a n y th in g o n m e to
" l k e ep th e key Now th e vorld c a n
hold o v e r ute w hen I g et o u t.“
not m y hick o|»*n."
" T h a t's tru e. Bill
A n y w ay , th is
JU n ry v a len tin e , warden handler and ro ? e lane .
" I t look* good." c o m m e n te d llrn i
| tim e I'm y o u r frie n d ." sa id Ihe d e te c ­
d lc r " I f y o u c u re to w a it I'll tm ve It
tiv e In e a rn e s t m a n n e r
te s te d ."
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Y o u 'r e n o t so su re a b o u t J im ­ t e n n i s g a n g s o f c o u rk 'ta » e r e ulloue.! my Joy "
T h e w a rd en could Im rely su p p re ss a
A s Ihe In v e n to r w e n t o u t to a w a it
m y V a le n tin e a s y o u m ig h t b e —
to ta k e a b rie f o u ltu g to b re u tb e In
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“ V m . I th in k I know » h e r e I ra n
c re d ite d w ith a long list o f Im iw irtsat
w h e n h e " f i n d s h i m s e l f " in a th em , th u s to p rolong th e lives o f c a p tu re s , e n t e n d th e o f f i c e u u d su lu t g et you a p re tty good Job,” w eut on
th o se w h o hoped to l ir e a s w ell us of
llo y le engag in g ly
sc e n e th a t is a s c le v e r ly c o n ­ th o se w ho hoped to die. th u s to ed H a n d le r.
“ N obody w a u ls m e." sa id A very d e
“ I s n 't B ill A very to lie let loose to
c e iv e d a s a n y th in g ev e r p r e s e n t­ s tre n g th e n th e nerve* o f th e u u fo rtu
•p o n d e n tly .
e d in A m e r ic a n fi c t i o n or d ra m a . n a te s w hom Ju stic e hud d e c re e d m ust day ?” q u e rie d th e new com er.
"I th in k I eon a rra n g e It.”
Ilo n 't k u o w
I* lie?" re tu rn e d th e
W h a t y o u a re su re o f as yo u so m e d a y a t su n rise go to a sh a d o w y w “ a rd
e n In differently.
"A Job lu a la u n d ry , e h ? " sn ap p ed
r e a d — v ery, v e ry su re, in f a c t —
I h n l e g a te d a t th e o th e r s!gulfl
th e ex p riso n e r. " I 'v e been a w a sh
is th a t y o u a re fo llo w in g th e
c a n tly .
w om an lien*.“
"Y es," he said. ” 1 h e a r h e 's very
" T h e re « re lota o f Jobs w h e re yon
s to r y o f a m o s t in te r e s tin g c h a r ­
frie n d ly w ith J im m y V alentine. T b s d o n 't h a v e lo know a trad e , l a u 't BUI
a c te r, o n e w h o se d o in g s on th e
w ay V a le n tin e 's la w y e r la g o in g n ftc r s it dow n, w a rd e n ? ”
sta g e h a ve h e ld th e in te r e s t o f
a n e w tria l m a k e s th in g s look d a n g e r
"W h y . c e rta lu ly .” re sp o n d ed H nu
m a n y th o u sa n d s. J im m y V a len ­
o u s."
d lcr,
tin e b e c o m e s a “c r o o k ,” w ith
" W h a t a b o u t th e m an you h a d m ake
A very, voicing hi* th an k * , s e n trd
frie n d s w ith V a len tin e In o rd e r to get
m o s t o f th e fa i l i n g s a n d w e a k ­
b lu iself a t Ihe w a rd e n 's table,
him to ta lk a b o u t h im se lf to give
lloy le c am e clo se lo Ihe old nuin.
n e s s e s o f a m a n w h o d o e s n 't
h im s e lf a n a y ? ” th e w a rd e n ask ed
" T h e re 's one llilu g you w n n t to do.
r e c o g n iz e th e d iffe r e n c e betw een
a h rew d ly .
Bill, alsiv e e v e ry th in g e ls e keep out
m in e a n d th in e , b u t h e w in d s u p
llo y le sh ru g g e d .
o f bad c o m p a n y .” he w arned.
a s a — w e ll, r e a d th e s to r y a n d
“ N o th in g to It
V a len tin e w o u ld n 't
A very h e sita te d , l i e glum ml from
g et c o n fid e n tia l w ith him . Inn If I th e d e te c tiv e a c ro s s to th e w a rd c u
f i n d o u t f o r y o u r s e l f how he
co u ld gel A very on my s ta ff fo work
" I'u i g e llin g out o f bad c o uipuuy to­
w in d s up. I t w ill be w o rth y o u r
fo r m e a n d sq u e a l on V a len tin e I'd d a y ." he rep lied briefly.
w h ile , f o r th is a b so rb in g , t h r ill­
g et him . I'd I* u h le lo keep him from
lH>yle s ta rte d fo rw a rd .
in g r o m a n c e o f b o th th e u n d e r
g e ttin g n n ew tria l."
" i e s . am i lt‘* a go,*] th in g you are.
w o r ld a n d th e u p p e r w o rld as
T h u s did th e d e te c tiv e d e sc rib e In fo r y o u 're g e ttin g a w ay fro m \ a im
h is c o n v e rsa tio n a sm all p a rt o f the tin e ”
w e ll p r o v e s th a t a m a n h a s n e v ­
sy s te m W'hii h his fellow m nn h u n te rs
"Y n lc u tln c ? ”
er s u n k so lo w b u t th a t h e m a y
find o f u tility til se rv in g th e ir |Mirtlc
"Y c*." Insisted lloyle. " I t d o e s n 't
a g a in re g a in th e h o n o r he h a s
u la r en d s, w h a te v e r they m ay lie th e do you a u y good to know a m an like
th r u s t a s id e w h en th e tru e s p ir it ■
"«tool p ig eo n " sy ste m , w hich c o n sists
th a t. I su p p o se you know be klllisl
o f m a n h o o d th r o b s w ith in h im .
o f fo rc in g o r |iersu n d liig re le ased ertm
C o tto n so be w o u ld n 't h a l e to d iv id e
In a ls to spy on th e ir coiu|>nnl»na a n d
th e sw a g w ith h im ." T h e o th e r shook
to con v ey to th e police th e In fo rm atio n
bl* head decisively.
[T hs A r m s t r o n g d r a m a , o f w h ic h t h e
th e y p ro c u re
f o llo w in g Is t h e n o v e lis e d v e rs io n . Is b a s e d
"I d o n 't know n n y tb ln g a b o u t It.”
o n O- H e n r y ’s s t o r y . "A R e t r ie v e d R e to r -
S o m e tim es th e d e te c tiv e u se s the
T h e d e te c tiv e uow spoke sh a rp ly
m a tlo n .]
“ C H JC A O O W H 1 T X T
HA D raC A S T D .
k n o w le d g e so g u lm d for tile p u rp o se
•A n d » lu ll's he got a g a in st you?
CHAPTER I.
H e se n t out w ord th a t" th e q u e s tio n ­
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H E w a r d e n 's office In S ing S ing
e r suddenly s h ifte d - " » h a t m essage
w ooden c h a i r e q u ip p e d w ith sto u t
p riso n U n o t a p le a s a n t sp o t in
did he g b e you to ta k e out l<v to " —
s tr a p s a n d e le c tric w ires.
w h ic h to lin g e r, w h e tu e r you
A very d re w h a rk In v o lu n tarily
T h e w a rd e n w a s in h is c u sto m a ry
m a y b e in n o c e n t o r w h e th e r p e ssim istic m ood. G ood re aso n fo r it
" l i e d id n 't g iv e m e a n y m essa g e,"
be i rhsl out lu p o sitiv e lone*.
g u ilty o f a c rim e . A nti no m ore r e a s ­ th is lim e , too, fo r "C h ic ag o W h lte y ,"
1 hell both th e official* n o tic e d th a t
s u r in g c o u ld b e te rm e d th e a b ru p t, a tru s ty , d o in g a " b it" o f se v e n year*,
th e m c i j o t H '» eye* slow ly dro o p ed
hnd got th ro u g h th e g u a rd s u u d drop-
d o m in a tin g p e rs o n a g e w h o p re sid e d
a n d becam e d ire c te d to Ih e floor.
o v e r th e d ism a l d e s tin ie s o f th e office tied o v e r th e w all on to th e to p o f a
"I conk) do you * g»**l tu rn If you
c a r o f a n “u p b o u n d " f r e ig h t tra in th e
a n d in s titu tio n w h e n o c c u rre d th e
trn lled along w ith m e." su g g e ste d the
e v e n in g b efo re. N ot n tr a c e o f blui
e v e n ts c h ru n h led in th is n a r ra tiv e
d e te c tiv e
y e t. H a n d le r’s p rid e In bis reco rd a s
T h e released c rim in a l b ru sh e d a sid e
T h a t a m a n fa te d by h is choice o f a pen m n s te r w a s a t s ta k e , a n d he
th e In v itatio n , l i e rose stiffly from
o c c u p a tio n to d a lly a s s o c ia te in tim a te ­ b lam e d h im s e lf a n d th e w hole u n iv erse
his ch air.
ly w ith c rim in a ls o f h ig h a n d low d e ­ fo r th e official e x p la n a tio n s » bich
“ I'm on to you. Doyle. I f y o u 're to
g re e a n d to c o m e c o n s ta n tly in p e r ­ m a s t soon lie fo rth c o m in g . Ilia d a rk
lie tny frien d I kuow th a t I'v e got to
s o n a l c o n ta c t w ith a ll th e m isery a n d j e y e s g lea m ed v e n g e fu lly ; his sh o rt
be a stool pigeon, r h ? W ell, I'm old,
c ro p p ed b lack h a ir fa irly b ris tle d w ith
d e p r a v ity g o in g to fo rm th e life o f a
a n d I d o n 't know w h ere I'm goln'
th e ra g e th a t surgi-d In th e th ic k skull
s t a t e 's p ris o n —t h a t a m an so fa te d
» lie n I leave In-re. Rut | ' | | ta k e th s
b e n e a th i t; h is stro n g , s q u a re Jaw s
sh o u ld find e x q u is ite e n jo y m e n t In a c ­ w e re g rim ly s e t, th o u g h now sn d
riv e r out th e re ," p o in tin g o v e r Ills
c e n tu a tin g th e s e d e p re s s in g c o n d itio n s a g a in bis u p p e r Up w ould c u rl slig h tly
sh o u ld e r w ith tils th u m b , " fo r m ine
liefore I (day th a t gam e. I te d yo u "
is s u re ly a c o n tra d ic tio n o f w h a t o rd i­ b a c k a s he g ritte d h is te e th , re v ea lin g
th e old u iau 's voleo ro se to a n Imtlg
n a rily w ould be e x p e c te d . H u m a n s o f a ro w o f to b a c c o sta in e d in c iso rs Ye*.
n a u t p itc h —" I f a only fly g u y s like you.
n o rm a l m old a r e g e n e ra lly o c cu p ied iu W a rd e n H a n d le r km d is tu rb e d .
lloyle. H int's too laxy o r too Ig n o ra n t
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a m e lio ra tin g th e e v ils a n d a n n o y a n c e s
to do th e ir w ork th em se lv es th a t has
o f th e i r s u rro u n d in g s . T h a t Is n a tu r e s im p a tie n tly , u u d bis Ups seem ed to
to h ave stool p igeons on y o u r stu ff to
m ove.
w a y . N o t so w ith W a rd e n H a n d le r
d o y o u r w ork fo r you.
W hy, you
" S e rv e s m e r ig h t fo r m n k in ' a ’tr u s ty '
T h a t w h ic h Is b a d c a n lie m ad e to be
c o u ld n 't lint) a tw e lv e y e n r old 'd ip ' If
o u t o f a blo o m in ' y e g g ." be m u tte re d .
w o rse . In n o c e n c e c a n be sh o w n to be " M ig h t h s v e k n o w n o n e o f th em
T"ti d id n 't h sv e som e poor n e rv e bro
ken sin her o f a '*ti*»l to go out a h ea d
g u ilt—w ith th e a id o f tra in e d w it­ w o u ld n 't stn y p u t In o n e p lac e any
a n d m ake th e Job easy f«r yon."
n e sse s. R epealvu< e is a lw a y s In sin ­ le n g th o f tim e , n o t e v e n In a coffin .”
B oth llo y le a n d th e w arden, cnrngvd
T h e d o o r a t H a n d le r's rig h t opened
c e re . a n d if it is n o t it c a n he m a d e
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him lo w reak v en g ean ce upon bbu for
m e m b e r a lw a y s his ig n o m in y . A th ie f tru s ty w h o sh u ttle d iu, c a r r y lu g a bot­
hi* d e n u n ciatio n .
a b o u ld b e re m in d e d o f his a m a te u ris h tle o f d rin k in g n-nter.
CHAPTER If.
" I t 's p r e tty s o ft fo r you a ro u n d here,
c lu m s in e s s w h ic h led him in to th e
e h ? ” g ru n te d th e w a rd en .
IT H an a g tlliy su rp risin g ly
c lu tc h e s o f th e c e n tr s i office m en
T h e c o n v te t h a ste n e d to p lace th e
lu c o n tra s t w ith his form er
T h a t w aa H a n d le r 's p h ilo so p h y . T h a t
b o ttle In th e h o ld er a t th e sou n d o f the
d e cre p it a ttitu d e , t b s In ten d
w a s H a n d le r 's w ay .
official's voice.
H e th e n h u rrie d to
ed victim seized Ids eh n lr
A nd u n d e rly in g a ll b is p e tty o p p re s­
W ard th e door, m u m b lin g a fa in t "Yes.
a n d raised It th re a te n in g ly o v e r hi*
sio n a n d g ro s s In h u m a n ity w a s a
a ir.” a s b e w ent.
heod. Tin* tw o officers h a lte d
D oyle,
c a u s e , d e e p ro o te d in a s y s te m o f bis
“ S u p p o se he'll b e try ln ' th e w est wall
re g ain in g a e alm d e n n sm o r, th ro u g h
o w n a n d o f a ra c e o f Jail k e e p e rs t h a t
th e e x ce lle n t s«*lf con I m l w h ic h had
w e n t b e fo re him .
E x p o su re ?
R e ­ n e x t." c o m m e n te d H a n d le r, pounding
m o v a l? B a h ! H e h a d c o n sid e re d nil ! t l s fist on th e d e sk " R u t I'll trim 'em DFTgOTJTI 0 KolloK DOVt.B E .N rP hrtJ TUB becom e one of hi* v a lu a b le as»et* In
III* b u sin e ss, «poke easily.
orgies.
t h a t . A nd, i f w o rs e e n m e to w orse, t a ll y et. I l l ”—
"Bo you d o n 't w a n t n frie n d , old
“ A v isito r fo r yon." an n o u n ced hi*
b a d h e n o t frie n d s In th e s t a t e se n a te ?
of a r r e s t i n g a fu g itiv e, a g a in for *e
fellow ?”
W a s th e r e not a g o v e rn o r w h o w ould i s e c re ta ry . Sm ith, e n te rin g ' Ills nam e c u rin g a division o f 111 gotte n spoil*
A very lo w ered th e c h air.
n e ed h is a s s is ta n c e in th e s t a te c o n ­ Is like s roll call In the G e rm an n avy.'
a g a in for th e p u rp o se o f o b ta in in g
"N o.” he sn o rte d , "n o t a n y frie n d s
v e n t "*n w h e n it c a m e to a q u e stio n of ! H e han d ed H a n d le r n card.
witness#* Win, Will find It |K>llcy to
T h e w arden took th e p asteb o a rd .
th a t a re copper*.
T h ie v e s a re had
d e le g n 'e * ? C le a rly th e p o ssib ility o f
c o m m it p e rju ry a t a trial, a n d so the
e nough "
"B llck en-dol fen bach ." he rend slow
re m o v a l w a s th e le a s t o f his w o rries
H a lt EWorld g ro w s suspic ious o f ils
T h e point o f th e rep ly did not esen p e
W a rd e n H a n d le r s a t a t hla polished
ly. "A m an w ith a nam e like th a t bar neighbors s n d finds d a n g e r lu rk in g
D oyle.
o a k d e sk In th e m id d le o f hi* office. j no r!<fht b " th e o u tsid e o f a prison
w h e r e fr ie n d s h ip 's sm ile Is sought.
"W e ll," he re sp o n d e d a n g rily , "yon
A t h is le ft w aa a n o th e r d e sk used by j " W h a t's bla g r a f t ? ’
T h e w ard en re su m ed th e 'o u v e rs a
S m ith , h is se c re ta ry
A t his back the
h av e got m e for un en etn y a ll th e re st
"H e has a le tte r from th e s ta te board tlOH.
“ A lias Jim m y Valentine”
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Infant’s
First Clothes
Patterni anti full dtrro-
liona for inuking 32 arti*
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Ing nntfiMry matrrial,
or full n»tof |>att(*riin for
(inti abort clothe*. either
art. si'ii t
Postpaid for 25 cents
All order* promptly at-
t«*nd«*d to end satiafao-
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Mr». II. McNAUCiH
3413 Holmrad Plan*. N W.
WASHINGTON. I>. <\
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BAKER & McCLAV
Announce that they
have opened a
Bowling Alley
Two Regulation Standard Alleys
in the building on the
corner of fith and F SU.
They invite the public to call at
their place and roll a game of
Ten Pin«, Nine Pin« or “Cocked
Hat”.