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8 THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM. OTiEJUN. SUNDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 21. 1020 0. HENRY Me AL. JENNINGS (Continued from last week) CHAPTER TWKXTY.EIGHT The warden got a closed car riage. Early in thef afternooD the three of us went to the of fice of the Press-Post Publishing company! Dick wanted me with him. We scarcely spoke. There was a strained, nervous hush over us The warden fidgeted, lit a cigar- And let it go out without taking ja puff, Ite- m'as worried. So was I. I was afraid, Dick couldn't make good. 1 figured that ho probably had lost his art through disuse. Then it occurred to me that he might have exaggerated S'xteen yeais in prison knocks the props from a man's brain often enough. The warden had , wired Gover nor George K. Nasi of Ohio. H promised the pardon if the safe i was opened. What a sore hu miliation to Warden Darby if Dick failed! Not a word had been said, but Dirk looked up with that younp magnetic smile of his. "Don't worry.Al." he grinned. 'Til rip hell . out of it's made of ca?t iron nd cement." His) confidence made us feel easier. lirk Files Hi Nulls to Quick. "Give me the file." Dick had autioned me to get him a small : at-tiiled fll? and to maka sure that ' the edges w?re keen. 1 iiaudeu it to him. He scrutinized it as though he. were a diamond buyer looking for a yellow speck in a gem. Then he started to work. The warden and I shud dered. Half way down the nail across the middle he drew the file. Hi na.ls were deep and beautifully shaped. Back and forth he filed until the lower half of the nail was separated from the upperbv a thin red mark. He filed to the quick. Soon only the lower half of the nail remained. Light and deft, his sensitive hand worked. I watched his face. It didn't even twitch. He was completely absorbed in the process and seemed to have for gotten the warden and me. Once or twice he champed his teeth and his breath came a bit short. The fingers bled a little. He took out his handkerchief and dabbed them clean. Then he sat back. He was finished. I took his hand and looked at it. It was a neet job, but cruel. The index, middle and third fin gers of his. left hand looked as though the nails bad been pared; half off and the quick bruised and ; sandpapered. I Officials of State Forced to Leave. Dick was so tense with sup pressed excitement that he bolted out of the carriage as soon as it stopped and walked so quickly the warden and I had to run to keep pace with him. When we reached the office about a dozen men were waiting. j "Is this a show, Al?" Dick snapped the words out. He was full of " Impatience. We stood around about 10 minutes. Dick looked at me angrily. I was beset with alarm anyway. I took his look r to mean that his . fingers wouldn't respond if we didn't hurry. I ran over to the warden, bumping against two gossipy, stupid looking officials. "Hurry up or the Job i3 up." His face took on the scaredest, grayest shadow I ever saw. Dick put his hand to his mouth and laughed. I whispered to the : warden that the men would have to remain outside. Only two state ; representatives, the warden, Dick ! and I went into the room where ! the safe was kept. "That's it," one of the men said. Dick went over to it. There wasn't a breath of hesitation in : his answer. . Ojx-nJng of Safe j Seems a Miracle. 1 "Take the time. Al." There ! was a chuckle of triumph in the challenge. His thin face was quiet ss a statue's. The cheek bones were smudged with red and his eyes unnaturally brilliant. He kneeled before the safe, put Lis bruised fingers across the dial, waited a moment, and then turn ed the combination. I watched every quiver of his Ftrong. deli cate hands. There was the slight est pause, his right hand went backward. He turned the dial ocain. pulled the knob gently to ward him. The safe was opened! The miracle seemed to strike everyone dumb. The room was stiller than silence. It was spell bound. The state officials stood 3s though riven. I looked at my Hatch. It was just 12 seconds since Dick had begun. He got up and walked off. The warden sprang toward him. The tears were crowding into Darby' eyes. His face was flushed with pride. He put his arm on Dick's shoulder. That was fine, lad. God bles3 you!" Dick nodded. He was an In different sort. On the ride back to the pen the warden leaned over and put his hand on Dick's. "You're the noblest fellow God ever, made." he said. "If they gave me the deal you get. hell itself wouldn't have made me do it." k'lrt Klddv? Seen In Sixteen Years. Dck shrugged his shoulders and started to speak. His Up trembled. He looked out of the carriage window, watching the peojile and the house? He rouldn't keep his glance from the street. He was leaning forward a? though fascinated. "Look at that, look at that!" He caught me quickly and pointed to a little boy of 10 or so carryidg a rollicking youngster of Z or 4. I saw nothing unusual In the spec tacle. Dick sank back as though a vision had passed. "That's the first kid I've seen in sixteen years." He didn't look out again. We said nothing further. The next morning every news paper In Columbus was full of the sensational story. The warden had given his word to Dick that the process would not be revealed. Not even the two men who had watched knew how the feat was accomplished. To them it seemed as witchcraft. All sorts of ex planations were given. Irincfpal Concrn About His .Mother. A prisoner in the Ohio peniten tiary serving a life term a prisoner who had been sent up as a boy and who was now dying had opened the safe, with a steel wire. one daily said. Another paper said he used a paper cutter. They were all mystified. Only one spoke of the pardon promised the convict. I went to the warden about it, "Dick's cough is pretty bad. They ought to hurry it up." "They will hurury," Darby promised. I know he meant what he said. I brought the word to dick. He was back at the ma chine shop. , "I don't care." he said. In a fit of morose Indefference. "I don't believe them. I did it for you. Al." He looked up quickly. "I wonder If the old woman saw the paper. I'd like her to know I did it. It would give her a sniff over the neighbors. Could you get her to know?" He walked to his cell and turned. "Al." he said, "donl worry about me. I know I'll never get the pardon. I'm about done in. anyhow." (Continued next week.) Jndga Laadls ia Chicago is as sessing violators of the prohibi tion amendment as high a $20,000. It will be necesaary to assess that size fio but onc on an individual. It U oaly u offenders ara seateacad ta a, small fine, with time to firau. J hich la seldom doaa.) it .v law u laughed at. " LENA BELLE TARTAR Teacher of Singing Choir ami Chorus Training Pupil SIoiU for Programs 1C2 L:Wty St. X. 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