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sleep As A you aali the o 0 ne qu leed ed in the in torning number r one fl hundred undred ani flint ont 1 otho should sly his remains litell ft be ile carded carriell secretly down to our cell lou ou will milli be moved up to the tile cell of number oue one hundred and one I 1 hall shall at once report the deith of number twenty nine he ile wilt will be burled in la the cemetery liere here before Is possible now the in question aries how to dispose of you t 1 I was ira getting interested la in thai that my ov hit gerald admitted n II 11 art I 1 I 1 on ono I 1 til I 1 II 11 I 1 I 1 IH 1 so f I 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 f 0 r o 1 I 1 t I 1 II 11 1 I 1 f r W ill 1111 I 1 I 1 clr IT I 1 I 1 woo W II 11 I 1 1 I 1 1 li I 1 II 11 I 1 lih lilt is 11 I 1 r 11 II s i i I 1 f of I 1 I 1 i f I 1 t 1 1 i i I 1 1 1 f I 1 il s I 1 e N e or 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 art or 1 I 1 II 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 if 1 H n i 1 1 I 10 I 1 f I 1 I 1 I 1 V if it ll 11 V 11 II 11 ll t I 1 I 1 ill 11 ll of 11 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 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something tom ething tetter to do to w the r alired too you re a man M wien en i ou were brought ini hine cefro inu a canom part it rei p monther if rill viii flint or do aru thine 0 0 IN sp ret et our teeth and take oft fir bour feinthel fl thel you tire coin oln to be pt et at liberty number nine scarcely fal I 1 ain to he I 1 he aid colla I 1 trust ahat bour enli are luarks men thin they are eol got 1 I I 1 t rl 1 impre I here Is n I 1 mg ing korv bernid inter enil I 1 if if I 1 lalih lilt h the governor eo vernor will ill tell 1 you no not much as he chomes I 1 am an tin n cm lent herf here b hp of your yours t I 1 li if tie been able to for nt filim m in et few davs time von will I 1 ill hp be fir ff or i rilland nt tit it H mort fri ri lie the inter 1 I 1 ill jo 40 nil all the tile explaining arald took at letter fryou his hill pocket bo boo k lidid fail that lealir he ignited it Is froin I 1 faulene she he Is mv mi friend I 1 tm 11 1 P nibby RD an I englishman ng lishman IN e shall meet at I 1 etro grad later on the file I 1 will mill explain ever thing meantime take your clothes I 1 cou will ill hae haie to ear par mine for a couple of bollot life young ronn main look took oft off hie fits cat a al mist mt iani 11 ills moo shirt was f aggedy lit H load 1 nil apparently no under ell clithe the thea A I 1 ills I 1 Is minors began to shake I 1 annot he faltered allut it 11 1 ie ts ary derold as a hi ill n see I 1 am halt undressed ili gel f he lie tul k off his mat coat and waistcoat at tre tip ti P bilhl if of his alik underclothes the oilier cather main began suil denly to sob 1 1 hue hae had no water here for a fortnight he groined gerald cooled him tn in the itea TO BE CONTINUED |