| Show J 31 11 tah Calt of x By BV Jos h and tbt A 5 en C t ence 0 Days ay r nis t Walton 11 h had 1 id I waited nearly a year others i 11 1 months others othera for but a few Tin Tie fh jail was old oId and inside i i rid i lo l looked as much as it did in inI 1 ih I n 1 t WIZ was w built Tramps liked tI tint of the toe roomy corridor 1 r ti tl r w were re permitted to lounge h I I and lid nd because the pris k d l I their own food feud The TM raw I i f fr ir r the meals were passed 1 i nl tIl through a little window in ini i Ii i 1 i 1 and the men took tu tuI turns tura I 11 1 The cells eella en were wen placed above t ii 11 1 r and at night the sheriff n nj 1 I Io k d us m in tin till morning t i i d all told nineteen men IReD and andi andt t i I tt I n fl of f whom were Vere court pris pyle ill i I had stood their trials tria and it 11 lil ins n for their sentences The Thein TheLin in Lin j n r three including Ruderick I and uni myself my lf had had punish e i I i nut lit to Ii them by the wis wie 1 a i ai magistrate and were i u ii nut Ill then and there t r k and in I bad had been unfortunate i 1 t i fall tali t II asleep as p in a box car in is the thea 1 i u way a i V and the magistrate magi V h Ii mi we Wf U were ere been heen 1 I to I make an example of us I 1 IN N u fl URn m n to in learn to sleep where whre i I l sleep sl p he explained i Miu I that you yon need a little c f r sr m I r V nto into the habit again and andri 1 s nj ri i I Yu v u over to the sheriff for tor torIi forI Ii If I you w u behave yourselves you fU 5 1 I him imi an agreeable host boI t We u i selves tvs and found the sheriff ii I I i 1 host he st but hut be he took the most mo t tin in what wha hat t he caVed aJ fd the th tran te in tn men 01 whom Justice Justi e had hadI 1 n 11 v I ha 11 nee and found want wantI w nt I I ei Welch h he had not hOt nott ot t if I Ii in n e m si in to o as asih ih lIh p i s ted a subject of i nd n ii tery which we did didin in turn 1 lIre fr r I the interest ta they y yi i h II off ff l I them gruff gruft little hi lIt ii hoped would help belp i V r i rn r Kee minds off oft their C il d t nt II of e r f them were cuU tul nur ng stan line men who bad had bada a tre lr ri Ii hI i is r as aM they called caned 11 in I rion son regularly and andi n i ng but none non of them li l ir next stretcher r was to f them 1 It nt were lads sure re to tl go gom goU m U M shoot S hoil hool and all ail of or them themen m mj j t were en to retire lire from the tb rf I I I i I j jI I II I I Ii I I II I i I 1 i 4 I 1 i i I Ij Ii I j II I I Ir II I I r I I I IJ I J F J tt HE HEi i I a i n oI r j but butu how bow I I u if i hat thit NI h of them I C is s 5 W fi i Known kr tov n but no n one otIe I t h to l vcr er v i 1 or ur r would get C eto i ii R I I c i Ilu T tie lie I P ti ha v w rId i id it over r feel teet teat tt the t n caught at ai I h t cia 1 in nd justifies them then ha us L i with the judge n 0 nen ence enee them If detection i any further dis T 1 to be measured according i and chagrin eha u i tion has bas caused i I r m but all aU J men mea are irrational I TO 1 I their opportunities I j im Y as 5 to hew far tar Ju j It m 1 i t lh perso r of g the th old mane ft I slung L OR I basis that tha kept the men on a strain I Morning noon and night the constant con tant tantI word was ens what will the old man do doThe doThe doThe I The first thing we heard beard even before the sheriff had let us ur out for the dy dU was 88 the call from cell to cell of the themen themen themen men to be sentenced that thai they were i twelve hours nelt the appointed time j i Even during the night mutterings reached Ruderick and me from fro fron the men who ho had been waiting longest One 1 night we heard an old oid man of or 70 who I might have been the grandfather of or orI I nearly all an of ot us cry out in life his sleep Make it a year e judge jut juSt an even V year and d ah he threw into the words w wI all I pleading and aDd pathos that he could ha ba have e commanded had ht is been awake At lest last the morning came when Jus Jan Justice Jantice Justice tice was to take off the bandage band e and end the sheriff told his hiB wards that they must hold themselves ready reads to go vo to 0 the court room at any moment He was not sure himself of the exact time when hen his honor would call aU for them theIn but he be cautioned them to be quick in responding to the call when it came Every one rushed to his cell to get set his clothes in hi order Want the tM old uses man manto to see me me me in my best t one said and the others followed hint him up till u to the cell eel cellI gallery and began to overhaul their I scant supply of togs They The discuss discussed ed ad the merits of or a patched waistcoat wai or ora ora ora a frayed necktie as aR women do the most moet J I delicate finery Onery SHow How do you think th thO old man U Li like this a man called Bony said holding up a coat Get it sterilized sterilised B my tOY Its full o 0 th old man 11 II give yo ye de delimit limit if they get Bet to parading around the court OUrt room another remarked un us untruthfully truthfully How do ruse yuee yu e think U this white rag U Ii take queried still another dubbed Jet Eyes Eves exhibiting a boiled shirt which he be had bad kept kepi under his ld pillow for four weeks for fot fear It wo Would W be sw swiped Keep it to swing in Sammy advis edna advised advise ed e his but It too good JIMS to get two years in Put it in a safety vault till un time Ume comes In an hour boor they had all cli ix put t on their t lust best and a dress rehearsal hi In the cecil corri corridor dor dec was in order One of ot the oldest t pets pris prisoners onen was appointed judge judg and end the men lined up m its front of him bim This was wan play and in a measure comedy but not ot en entirely entirely entirely no so the culprits expected to catch from the mock judge and the mock moek ness sen sentence fence tence some omen of or what tHeir fate would be The judge carried off oft his kill part with ith impressive dignity and aad severe eyebrow he be had borrowed a clean cleaB eel col collar lar Jar and amI a sky blue necktie for or the occa occasion occasion sion he lie had absolutely refused refu ed to eM late except in costume The men practiced t attitudes and gestures which they expected to use u e with effect later In the tM day Hungry he said In a voice Which which was a proper er to the majesty of the law to the man at It the head of the line liue you was caught in de act a t wa t you youN N Now that mean Blokes what hat knows their hu dont get pinched in its the act But Rut youse you e gettin getlin old eld Hun Hungry gry rv We all 11 knows dat Yu must be ben bent n nt nearly arl rl SO a O De Dc UV w says eay dat for what you y v u done I ought to give If v you fifteen years venis H but I dont don t believe last lam that long You Youse get so many diseases es v ju pe goin to croak before a great v while bile N Now u it ii aint amt right to give a man life for an that what It ud ad adhe lw he 1 If I gave pf you what de law says ay Im ting mg to be tie square with you Im coin cointo to give gh you a bance hance to die outside You Youse se HE god for about two to years yet f 1 fv yU you v u take care are o yourself so I sentence you Hungry to eighteen months to de penitentiary Thank bank y yer honor saId amid Hungry bowing b awkwardly A faint murmur of approval and ap applause applause please arose in the tile audience Silence in de cort corf cried Rhada m l with truculent majesty ty bring up Op the next nest prisoner He Hf was a boy of 18 it called Eddie woo who h had bad been convicted in company of an older companion of burglary Kid KIdo the mock judge went on OD you se e started out too fast Youe Yoe e too young to da do dim bin If I sent you tr to t the penitentiary learn a good I deal dt al but get your jour bead head turned talkie with de men an tackle t too K big jobs Job for your years an expert experience Coca ence when you got outside again If youve YOU gout gets to be an ANo 1 I gun Kid yon voI yo want to go tru try your apprentice apprenticeship apprenticeship ship you want to begin at the begin nm an a good place to do that is in I de do Ref all fly crooks has bas been trained In is de e Ref Refo o I sentence you to de Ref till Ull youre 21 L But Bat Ill ril be square with you too I wont ont consider it any re oa on my connection with de sic deca ca cess as de da d old oM nan ud nd say if you run runway way ft yaw tunes times a Bk u ne lIle to te jer er honor bonor I bin bbs to the Ref an its but hut a kids joint I cant learn there He went through h the lines line of men mea and ansi boys sometimes the scene acene being comi comical comical corn cal and sometimes pathetic The re rehearsal rehearsal rehearse hearse finished the crowd broke up into little groups groU 9 Some of ot them gath gathered gathered gathered ered around the able table others took their stand near the iron door impatient for forthe forthe the sheriff to call can thorn them th em Ruderick and andI I I took seats ts on a bench in one of ot the corners come and the boy Eddie Eddle and his 11 pal strolled up p and down the corridor I His pal urged him bim to take advantage e of his hit boyish boyi lt appearance and try to get geta a reform school sentence You may run away either after youse been there therea a while the urea max said ald an then youse yousef free f se set Damn the Ref th tho lad replied Im fOrm goin to the pen Know that kind of kid Ruderick asked ask d nodding in the direction of the two when they had passed paa ed out ont of ear earshot earshot earshot shot I can read his isle future for lor you Did Hd I ever tell you bout boot the Michigan kid It began way back in 77 77 when I Iwas Iwas Iwas was doin a Mt hit t for tor the Ute state bavin havEn done dane an bungled a bit hit for tor myself my elf The jal jail was over in Pennsylvania Pe an one day the sheriff brought in a young fel tel fellow tellow i ilow low been bound over for bitin off oft users more than he be could chew which is grand Krand larceny They caught him red handed ded He was waa a nice nire lookin plucky little chap hap an I saw right away t he be I was new w to the business He have much of a story to tell teU at the I time perhaps that was why he would i inot not tell it I found tou nd out later however that his bi father was a swell awell lawyer over overla I In la Michigan an bi his people had sent him to a boarding school an hed mooched His money mODeY gave out an he done the tM touch or to do 0 it to get ge I some dough doup He was not 17 then a tenderfoot as far tar as vou you could see Bee him Hed been with the hoboes a little before he got pinched pi n bed an knew some Orne of their lingo but jus Jan the way he shap chap shaped shaped ed ad up an asked us u all an when he first come in what we e was shut up for was I i enough to r Dit pt us next Well I liked im just cause ause he was wasa a tenderfoot Wise Wi kids is an all that but bat you don dont t always like em just as you dont always allays like wise wI blokes It takes takeR all aU kinds o people to tomake tomake tomake make the crooks world same lame as to tomake tomake tomake make the good peoples world an there have been tenderfeet t I liked bt anybody else t lse I forgot what the kid told toAd me sue hiss hiM name w t probably remember to give me the right one anyhow but I jus Jaa called celled im the kid kidI I call him that still but I guess Ilea Im the only one that does it Hes a pretty big stiff today an everybody cant slap sap I in irs on the back I sort o 0 brought im up you jou know an be am aint t one o 0 them that forgets ets things except his bin name Course Coune Im proud t hes turned tuned out outa a fly bloke but things thiap was as different i when I r first got to the rag th i him in that jaiL I tried to persuade i him to go home bome I told him to write writ his govnor an anet get the thing fixed up upI I II I 1 cant tell you e exactly why I done dODe it but its Gods truth that even now I aint no chicken passed my y rth I day last Ja t month yes sir r even now I 1 I hate ta W see II k kid hOS been bee brought 1 up f d 4 m me t was Vas J different erit BoWs Both my old folks was I I crooks an I r i never Bever had ha a home house anyhow came caste natural to me an ap p Chi Chicago ChiCago cago where I was born made me JiM wise I If a mans got a bent for Chi Cal Chicago Chicago cago cage 11 U tell him how to get his hIM graft grat t in You know that as well wen as 88 I do New NewYork NewYork NewYork York aint no DO saint ome mighty good thieves have out o u that town but if a kid is II lookin for a place to get dead wise let him railroad i for fot dear old Chi I like the place God I years Ruderick u used ed to pat PItt himself on the back evry now sow an then when he thought cht o the kid hid I pictured him at home you know with his govnor ov nor goin gem to school fallEn fallin in love lore with nice girls gins an gettin to be one o othe oUte othe the Ute towns young men I had to do a bit in lit the pen about eighteen after tbs U t kid hut was 8 sent to the tte ref an whenever Id get et real down in inthe inthe Inthe the mouth like lUte about the latter e ed d o things an t what I used to say 7 to myself my elf Well WeH W H Ruderick Ru you did that kid a good turn anyway an Id brace up I remember once up in the middle o 0 the night out of a dream Id been up in heaven an Peter he let me pass the gates Youre a bad lot Ruderick he lie says I 1 let you pass f you was me own son BOn I remember t I said Mid to him himas as well as if It Id said the words out loud Peter I says aint you yOLI forget f l lUn tin Un that good mark t I I got for bein bela square with that kid an then I woke w aun h S J 4 vf t THEm m TIIE Th AC T knows but Its crooked crooked as a fish hook Well this kid t tellin you about lie he listened to me all right but he t write to hl hI his govnor v Or He was took stuck on himself ee I r have haye the govnor find me here he says if K I had to take ten years in the pen penWell penWell Well Veil I know any thin to tell teU him to ask uk the judge to send nd him to the ref I know what bat the ref is aa as well as the next bloke I know DOW that its where a lot Jot o 0 kids get gt wise Old OW when he was ma makin kin believe Eddie a few minutes ago o be he told the truth The refs the place where a thief goes es through his pren lawn tlc Jug Jan the same Id rather see seea ee a kid o mine take his chances chan es in hi the ref than In the pen pea anI an gave tt it to that kid straight I told him what hed he And nd at the ref an what he wanted to is steer clear of an then I explained to him it how he be could get a mooch oa on an CI the shop the slip sUp He was a very nervy kid an theres mighty few vets refs t a aneny nervy neny kid need stop in if hes he got a for the open W Wy y they had hest me In a ref when I was 12 years old oldan oldan oldan an I stay there a week w ek They got me back after a w while hile but bu t I mooch mooched ed again a ain an they re lookin for me yet W Veil U the judge be gave the kid what I told him to ask for I Id d explained to the kid how he Ie wanted to put his plea when the judge asked him If Jf he had anything to say why the court eo pronounce s sentence on oh himan him himan an he got off ort his song and dance aH all right I can hear the kid now floW w when hen he came back to Jail He t ca me up op to me are mean mean an said Ruderick if It I can beat that school Im oleg home borne to the govnor I Youve done me a good turn do you know if It Course Counte I jollied jellied him bim along a little an told him hint not to get too Sunday schooly all aJl of a sudden T when hen he got home an the next net day the sheriff took i him bim away An tot tOl 01 the tilt next nen three I a Tip p Im just tellin you this 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