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Show Good GoodCompany Company CompanyBy By George Graham WNU FeaturesWell FeaturesWell Features FeaturesWell Well Joe 1m I m going gomg on my vaca vacation vacation v cation tion next week and I want you boys boysto boysto boy : to stay on your good behaviorhlle behavior behaviorhiliI \\hlle hlle while whileI \\hiliI hiliI \ \ hlleI I m away said Sergeant Stevens Stevensw Stevensv w \v v \ tha th a good natured crm grm grin He was wasa wasa wasa a large heavy set genial man manhead manhead manhead head of o ( the guards at the County CountyPrl CountyPrison CountyPrison CountyPrisonHave Prl Prison on PrisonHave onHave Have a good time sarge said saidJoe saidJoe saidJoe Joe Walsl a trusty with six months monthst t me standing between himself and andfreedom andfreedom andfreedom freedom What are you } ) ou going to todo todo todo do Vi w ' " th j yourself7 yourself yourself7I ourself ? ' I I th nk I 111 11 take a motor trip triparound triparound triparound around the state Sergeant Stevens Stevenssa Stevenssn sa sn dis d is \ \ hen tl ti e a sergeant let himself out outof outof outo of ( the cell block Joe sat thmking thinking thmkingIgnormg thinkingignormg thinkingignoring Ignormg tl it e a other prisoners He had hadnever hadnever hadnever never thought of at escap eseap ng the prison prisonwhile prisonwhile while \ hlle Sergeant Stevens1 Stevens \1 1 \ was as in incI incl incl cI cl arge and responsible tor for the men menbut menbut menbut but no v Joe began to yearn for his hisfree hisfreedom hisfreedom hisfreedomThree free freedom om omThree freedomThree Three days after the sergeant sergemt : left lefton lefton lefton on vacat on Joe was ass assgned zned gned . to tobean tobean tobean bean p eking ekmg crew at the prison prisonfarm prisonfarm prisonfarm farm That afternoon v\ v wl vIe \ . \ I Ie le the theguards theguards theguards guards made their rounds ] lazily azly ] in intl intl tl e a hot sun he climbed the fence fenceand fenceand fenceand and cut qu ckly through the woods woodsAt woodsAt At the first town he passed some someqUick somequick somequick qUick thinking thmkmg and act ng re\\ re rearded rewarded rewardedhim rewardedhim \ arded ardedhim him with a denim shirt coverallsv coveralls v d da dl a l arA4 arA4b arA4t arA4yls W . . 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While Whle ] humm ng ngsoftly ngsoftly ngsoftly I ngI softly to himself he tell fell asleep asleepI asleepluned asleeplulled asleeplulled I luned lulled by the Jolt ] olt ng rythym of the\ the theI thew the theheels I w \ heels heel . on the tracksHey tracksHey tracks tracksHey I tracksI Hey you hobo C mon man wake up upI upA upA upA I A vo va ce harsh and hard grated 1D m 1DI 1DJoe mJoe inJoe Joe s ears A heavy foot toot tapping tappmg his hisshoulder hisshoulder hisshoulder I ( shoulder wakened him more com corn comI completely cornpletely cornpletely pletely He sat up slowly blmked blinked blmkedand blinkedand blinkedand I and ) pawned yawned awned and saw that the Sl1D sun Sl1DI Sl1Dwas sunwas sunwas was sh n ng br ghtly in the door ot of otthe ofthe ofthe I the fre ght carI carI car carI I m a railroad detective the theI theman theman theman I man said Get up I m going gomg to totake totake totake take you down to the hoosegow You Youkno Youkno Youkno kno v you re not allowed to ride the thefre thefre thefre fre ghtsHe ghtsHe ghts ghtsHe He pleaded with the detective 1D in 1Dhis inhis inhis his most heart melting meltmg voice beg beggmg begBing begging gmg Bing to be given another chance chances s earing earmg he didn dldn t know that he hewasn hewasn hewasn wasn t allo\\ allo allowed alloed \ ed to ride on the thefre thefre thefre fre ght trainsThe trainsThe trains trainsThe The detective deteetlve tapped his gl1D gun gl1Dsignificantly gunsignificantly gunsignificantly significantly I hear that same samestory samestory samestory story from every hobo we pick pickup pickup pickup up he said Nocome Now No\ No \ ! come along With Without without without out any troubleI troubleJoe troubleJoe trouble troubleJoe I Joe wearily wearlY ] stretched and stood stoodup stoodup stoodup up while p ctures of returning returnmg to tothe tothe tothe the Ja ] a 1 I ] cell lowed flowed ( through his hisI hismmd hismind hismind I mmd mind Each time he thought of ot the theconfinement theconfinement theconfinement confinement he added fresh and andconv1Dcing andconvincing andconvincing conv1Dcing convincing pleas to those already alreadysubrrntted alreadysubmitted alreadysubmitted subrrntted submitted to the detectiveWhen detectiveWhen detective detectiveWhen When he had given up all II hope hopeand hopeand hopeand and made up bis hIs mind that be he was washopelessly washopelessly washopelessly hopelessly headed back to County CountyPrison CountyPrison CountyPrison Prison the man softened I guess guessyou guessyou guesyou * you re having a pretty hard tlIne tune tlIneI tuneof timeof I ) 01 of it travel ng around the country countrythis countrythis this way 111 III I11 let you oft off of4 this timebut time lime I II Ibut Ibut but after this stay away from trom thel theltra the I Itra ( I ] tra nsGosh nsGoshi ns nsGosh Gosh Goshi ' Thanks mister said Joe Joegratefully Joegratefully Joegratefully gratefully almost crying with re rehet relief relief het lief You don t know how much muchth muchth muchth th s means to me 111 stick slick to the theh theh theh h ghway after this He heaved heaveddeep a adeep adeep deep heartfelt sigh and almost ran ranthe ranthe ranthe the short distance to the hIghway hIghwayfor highwayfor highwaytor for fear tear that the detective might mightchange mightchange mightchange change his mindThe mindThe mind mindThe The walk made him hungry and andas andas andas andI as he realized reahzed how long It had been beensince beensince beensince I since his last meal he almost wished wishedhe wishedhe wishedhe he was back at the prison where the boys theboys would wouId be eating catlng breakfast Oh Ohwell Ohvcll well \ , cll he bethought thought Pretty soon IB IBbe I 11 11be Ube be tar far enough away that I can stop stopand stopand stopand and find some food tood His thumb thumbfl fI fl pped 1 ' ' it 'it t the passing cars and andfinally andfinally andfinally finally a sedan scdan slowed down Bnd and Bndpulled andpulled andpulled pulled to the s de of ot the roadJoe roadJoe road roadJoe Going Gofng Joe opened opcned the doo doe door doorquickly " * " quickly Go fng ing relaxedin my way he asked and relaxed in the comfortable seatSure seatSure seat seatSure Sure always glad to have goodcompany good goodcompany goodcompany company said the driver in avoice a avOice avoice vOice that seemed familiar tamihar to Joe Thanks JoeThanks a lot Joe said but as he ashe looked at the man the smile smilefaded faded suddenly from trom his face tace Hegulped He Hegulped gulped and added ibeeplshly sheeplshl7 sheepishly 11 11gulped ' LSarge sheeplshl7Sargel Sargel ! 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