Alias Jimmy Valentine
mau whu dues ■ th lug tut lli« luv« uf
artist.'-
answered
Mrs
Web
’ Artist!
Then I’ve got a lot of
li«-ti . laughed Handler sar. a«tl< sally
Well. to me they are Inanttr ”
To Hose lame the adventure was ri
■reuiely Interesting
Fiually auv-teed-
i-g in gaining her um-i«» consent to
li« r accompanying him on a »Hit to
:!;e grr.it prison. she was now seeing
• little section of the darker aid«- of
life which appealed strongly to her
uing'.nxtli e natut* Iler checks flush
«al with the < x .irnieiit of the orca-
i<T.< te Coi tlnurd)
Helpless.
It wns a dark morning. .Hid Mr l>nr
kins was groping around tn the t«a»<»
turut when somebody suddenly flash
cl n dark lantern on him
Mechanically he threw up bls hands
“I'm tlw gas meter Inspector," ex
plained the Intruder
U hereupon Mr Dorklns held tits
bands up still higher Chicago 1 rib
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Shutting Off Campatiti««.
Rlsbop Nathaniel H Thomas >«f Wy
oming visited tlie state penitentiary
and endeavored to a»« ertali! what
an bad tad to the d
various prisoners
Almost to a mnn
they told the bishop that love of drink
had put them twhlmi the Imre Thia
Interewied him. and he asked each
Copyright. Iglò, by
prisoner for his solution of the liquor
American Press
problem, carefully tabulating the an
Aac.'c utius
ewers for future reference
All but
one of the prisoners nnnoiiti-e«t tlwiu
J’MTKY VALENTINE. WARDEN HANDLER AND ROFE LANE
selves sdvwstes of protiildtlon.
"Ry a •stool' you t lli’-lU"
One man. « lenu. rugged. leather
Utile did they know that It might
"A stool pigeon, a d«coy. They win necked convict, not yet blesi bed hy
I«« Jimmy Valentine. No I3tp. who
was to ten« b them that the soul of a th«- roiittdem e «if pris« Ilers ant! tell prison life, denounced this plan when
man Is an un<iu«n«bable spark that «itisi they Itnrn to the detectives."
the bishop suggested It Io him.
Mr» Mo«>r>- bt-re went ««n to state
uot even years of opf«r<-v«lun an I
"The trouble with prohibit Ion la It
detrnulatlou can lastingly dim when that tn Hing Hing nml lit nil prisons don't prohibit." he salii rigorously,
«< <-rv coiiUm <! iminv inm» «-¡It in« n and '•What you want to do Is to close up
the spirit Wills that they shall not
And Just n -w th«r« came a knocking that lit any event reb-i.»«-d t.ien should the distilleries They're th« boys logo
at th« wartlen's door that portrnded in- en- <«m ng«d to lu«- h n-««ti.t should I
t«v glieli u « itati«-« Tbey «ught imi to
"A sensible Mett, certainly." »al«l
much for No l_-*:t
Th«- wardens secretary went t«> the he pummul ntui bounded luto tieing lllshop Thomas, making a note of It.
"Your plan la to stop the tratti«- at Ita
d«s«r oj«e««lng fr -tn the -rtl • Into s spie« hy detective« nuvlou« Iti mal.e
a record f««r a«* tirimi cottvictlons re
source.
Ex<-ellent! You s««em like a
waiting room where visitors were r«-
very Intelligent man
May I ask who
t-elvct!
lie returned to anuoum-e. girili«-»* of ilio trulli uf ihe h-stltnony
"H««mo members of the Mate of Hope itti«« mi »« li III«- i« m li mirali. <-<l for you are what you ar» h«»rc fort’
“Ob. me." said the prisoner. “I am
so. lety. ami they have the lieutenant ber stand i»» Ih il a luna u.'io I h »
«ame a spy «>r d« ««y inuat a-saoclnt» a moonshiner "— Pittsburgh l>is|«atcb.
governor and his niece with them "
- oiitlnu'iHy «Uh mi-li ami women «‘f
“The lleiitenatlt governor?" ejacu
qoastlotialiie t-barwefer. lituo rendering
lit -r ilaudh-r
t-'ay "
Anger.
li illl|«- il!l tu «olirr «ir Uni-il Iosa bridle thy pa salon Anc«r Is the sin
“Yes."
Of a>l I he greatest
It leeda up to <t«e«1s
“What's the Gate of Hope?" asknl rema In in bnnont employtnenl.
"Hoah"' ei'lslmed tinnii « r ss ohe Ki iwn only to the darkest hours of night.
Doyle
It tempts the upright man to throw aside
cenarti
"Tll -w foiba we gel don't
“A gang of women tryln' to release
Itie eloek ot reason and go forth to dip
want to li-r strntght. won't lire Ills hands In human bl-»od II covers up
from prison convlcta ib««y believe are
alnilgur . m i Uve alralgilt «lini they The path wheia duty walks with stead-
Innocent." said the warden
fast f«H-«
gel un thè outstrie
First, they're all
The detective smiled
It will not listen to the soft apr-eala
mxy. seco ini, ni--et nf them ar« In
At Handler's order Mmlth summoned
of oialden loveliness or turn aside
siine
Froiu Its her.« purpose wlien the dimpled
the «altera. Is«yle making his exit
hands
"W
’
bat
wouid
y<>n
mil
a
man."
eon
“The lieu tenant govi-ruor." |>ond«-red
Of merry are held up before Ila gase
Handler
"/ trnmirr it fAer«'« asp tiauad the ward«-n "who does some
Inik
tA«»se cosfracfs for tn/>
pl«rs "
Sirs Moore and Mrs Wetister of the
s<>« lety mhhlle aged women of plims
Ing apiN-aranee came In fo||ow<«d by
Ituwe lame, the lieutenant governor's
me «, nml thst offl lal himself
Mlsa
lame, a young girl of imuilstakaoi«
charm and Is-auiy. held < lose to h«r
iiu- le's aide
"Mr Handler " spoke Mrs Wrtsiter.
“we come bdny with a famous hu
manitarian.
IJeuteuaut
G««v< rnor
Fay." she pronounced. Im lining to
ward that official
"Governor.” said the warden. Is«w •
Ing
The llctilcmini governor sln-ok
Handler's liaml and presented In»
nlo •’
The party «•-»t<-«i themselves.
fa< Ing the wnnh ii
■'lie have k iiic here today." said
Mo M««ore. "1<> again ask that men
t«e not forced to make confession»
while ln«prts«>u>H| her« that may l>e
UM'I against tltern When they leave
here
W«« umb-rstnnd that through
the pressure that cnii l«e brought to
la-nr on th« Inmates In the«« instltu
Hous they can Is- mad« willing to <<»n
f.-ss to crime« they never commit test "
' What do y««U meiui?'' queried Ilan
dler
“fih. we understaiMl that l«y depriv
ing prisoners of their proper allow
an«-« <«f fowl ami of small privilege«
they are allowed, nnd by bullying «on
dik-t on th« part of the men In < barge
of them the Initiate« can t«e lad to
make
false confession«
Involving
themselves or others
This inform«
lion Is used agnlnst the men after
they are released as well as against
men who are at large whom the po-
lice desire m liv-rlinluato "
"No one Is ««ver for« «-si to cotlfnes
anything here, madatn." protested
Handler
"Hnt I know" -
"I’ardon me. Mrs
Moore." Inter
rut .fed the lieutenant governor, rising.
"I do n»«t think that In y<>nr teal you
reallve what you are saying" lie ad
dressesl the warden
"It seem«, how
ever, that these well meaning ladle«
trrrrswavr
have at Idem-« that a certain man here
»««es« an.
did confess some offense to a—a"—
To a st. m H." commented Handler tllng the law forl-kls does it when
"Am I responsible for the detectives peer the opportunity offere w-iih«ut a
who have men working Inside the |< banc« <>f ¿.-«in? What do you «-all a
I
prison for them?’'
__
1« will nor faller In Ito st««blx.ru rourse
When old ago counsels with greet swelling
words
it Is the curse of youth end middle ago.
Of gray haired men end women
h t»*-
numbs
Tins eeneibtlltloa of all alike
’ lie only hl to live where madmen tlva.
gate stalled behind the strongest prison
bars
F. b«r.
M«ensmod.
An old lady was going over the Lon
don soo. ami after some time she went
up to a keeper and tapped him ou lit*
shoulder with her umbrella.
"Well, mum?” said the beeper,
"I wnnt to ask you.” eiplnlneti th«
old Indy, "which nf the anltmtls in th«
im> you cr-nslder the moat remarka
ble"
I be k«-e|>er er rati bed his head for
aw bile
Well, mum." he replied. "art er care
ful < onsldvratlon. ns yon might say.
I ve <-oine to the con elusion as tlie bis
cuit goes tn the laughing hyena!"
''Indeed!'' said tbo old lady In sur
prise "And why do you consider the
laughing hyena so remarkable?"
' Well, mum.” answered the aonlng-
I- a! eijert. "I m - only han n sleep on« •
a week, hr only tins a meal owe a
month, and be only has a drink on« « a
year H<> what lie's got Io laugh about
la a bloomin' mystery to n>«!''
A Casa •< Ecensmy.
Mrs Johnson, th« wife of the new
minister In a New England town, ask
e«l a nelghteirlng farmer's boy to bring
her n dooau eggs and s roasting <-hl< k
an when be brought the vegetables th«
next day. Tlie t«oy appeared prompt
ly. hut In his basket were only eleven
<-ggs ' Ma says ah« will send over liut
other egg after a while." he explained.
"lint whnt about tli« chicken?” Mrs
Johnson asked
That does not seem
to he tier« either."
"Mite will send that, too." was th«
answer.
"Hut." complained Mrs Johnson. "I
want to cuok the chicken for dinner
Why didn't you bring It over with you
tills time?"
"He« a use." replied the boy. "tie ben
Isn't killed yet You see. ms's waitin’
till ah« laya the other egg.”— I.lpplu
cutt's.
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