| Show J. J V Aims Jimmy Valentine Valentine k J 1 Y F Ic tk f r 5 5 Novelized by y FREDERICK R. R 5 TOOMBS From the Great 5 z 3 e by PAUL z ARMSTRONG I xA 3 1 1 w I y I. I r Copyright t 1910 b by F 1 i AmericAn Prell c JIMMY V VALENTINE WARDEN HANDLER HANDIER AND RO ROSE ROe E LANE SYNOPSIS f t Warden Handler of ot Sing Sing prison and Detective George Doyle endeavor to prevail on Bill Avery a released prisoner to search learch out Information against a for former mer pal a young convict known as aa Jimmy Valentine Avery refuses and Doyle and Handler threaten to attack him Valentine had a trick of ot opening safes late solely by the sense of ot touch Avery goes Lieutenant Governor Fay tU liLs beautiful niece Rose Lane and two women workers In a rescue mission visit the prison Warden Handler hears bears Rose Lane tell how bow she he was r rescued from a thief on a atrain atrain train a and he Is amazed at a coincidence Convict Jimmy Valentine No 1249 Is la brou brought bt Into the wardens warden's once office to open a safe sate as an object lesson to the visitors and nd Rose recognizes him as the man who saved laved her Ir from m the thief Cotton Valentine says he cant can't open the safe sate enraging Handler The lieutenant governor governor governor gover gover- nor and Rose talk with Valentine Rose Hose pleads with Fay Pay to aid the young prisoner prison prison- er er who Is 15 handsome even In Sing Sing garb arb i ir r Jay Fay promises for Roses Rose's sake to ask the governor to pardon Valentine A stormy Interview occurs rs between Handler and Valentine Va Valentine waits walts patiently In prison for tor tora a news W. W Finally he Is Is pardoned and goes to Albany to thank th the governor Lieutenant Governor Fay and Rose Valentine refuses positions offered by bythe bythe the rescue mission workers To his amazement amaze amaze- ment he meets Dill Bill Avery and a former coworker co Red Flanagan Red an and 1 A Avery very try to dissuade Jimmy Detective Doyle from going square agars HR- HR pears ars and Red and A Avery very hide Doyl Voyl I nt ita Valentine to tell him where Avery Aver he Ise e wants to him Valen n. n refuses gyle departs threatening to send Val s back pack to Sing Sing p prison on Avery Avert 9 oV tries to kill Valentine Valentine finally agrees to go U It crook 4 again put but ut a note Rote from Rose brings bringa Mm Alin back acl to his former determination to b. b t In ln spite of ot Jh coppers CONTINUED i That J at is Is entirely satisfactory J I Rose hose Rs arose with her father tather and stepped clo close e to Valentine extending a dainty gloved handI hand I I shall look look t forward rw rd to seeing you yon In a low Jow voice I Z The prisoner ex gazed steadily Into her her eyes eyes I can only thank you yon he mur mur- Goodby bY sir until next e f. f week reek ge ke the ban banker er 1 s an try Y my y best es to tp make Jt 4 of this thin t II responded V Valentine Intine his manner evidencing cing t the e gratefulness n that a wl within him as well as s the thern earnestness rn suu ss of ot his desire to build anew the life Ute that he had so nearly wrecked Father and daughter stepped to the entrance trance leaving Jimmy Valentine standing In the middle of the hotel p parlor Half Halt dazed by his good fortune for tor- tt tune he gazed after them The banker hesitated a moment i believe you sir turning to-n to toward ard Valentine I believe e we shall never regret what we have done Rose nose also had a last word for tor her hero She grasped her fathers father's arm armand sad arid said enthusiastically That is la j Mist fust st how I feel teel too and she and er she sheT T Ras was bec becoming embarrassed Spring embarrassed Spring Spring embarrassed P r J a bea beautiful city Sir Mr r. r Ran Rand lV j she JJ managed to tp R eq end They bey were gone Valentine sprang to the entrance and peered after atter them from between the portieres A fleetIng fleeting fleet fleet- ing ision of a n sweet ct young girls girl's face tace smiling and aud confident was his reward M Rose Lane walked out Into the corridor corridor cor cor- odor He stood and stared even when t father th r and aDd daughter had gone from tb his Ms erts fixed on the point where tb the girl had disappeared And he was still standing In the same Mine position when Red Flanagan bad ad noticed poured the tUi cessation of ot the tue conversation e stole quietly back Into th i om lie ne saw and understood Hl Hf into the abysmal underworld under under- W world where might makes right and where bere might makes wrong bad had not 1 yet entire his knowledge of f flome some ome of ot the finer emotions that impel Impel impel Im im- pel mankind to various courses cours of ot acl ac ac- 7 l t 1 i flon tion He lIe smiled Hes hopeless Hes He's goin square for tor keeps he be mur mur- He diploma diplomatically coughed Valentine wheeled about II Here ere Red ned he cried from now on we go straight Ive I've got my chance He lIe caught Red by both shoulders and shook him violently In to his overwhelming joy By right But what do I do W was 8 the gasping response of ot Red almost carried oft off his feet by the enthusiastic tic nature nature of ot Valentines Valentine's greeting You trail along Red with me Get Geta a Job In my town for tor a year and by that time Ill I'll have one for tor you Doing what Valentine hurled at his brother safe sate breaking expert a reply that caused him to stand speechless In amazement jaws distended almost to the point of ot dislocation and with eyes that threatened threatened threatened threat threat- ened momentarily to bulge entirely out of ot their sockets Im going to make you watchman In a national bank was the cool response response response re re- re- re of ot Jimmy Valentine S One bright winter afternoon three years after atter the day Jimmy Vl Valentine lent began bega to go It straight a A r d v I J SHALL LOOK AnD TO SEEING SERING YOU boy attired in black velvet knickerbockers knicker bookers turned the knob of ot t the e doo doof of ot the private office of ot the assistant t cashier of ot the Fourth National tI a at of t II Ill Rarely Barely eleven elen Q y years Robby Lane Laae considered It the rarest treat of ot his life Ute to be allowed a chance to Invade this usually busy office and to play at being a banker The large office had tw two entrances one leading Into the ball hall of or the large building and another leading Into the tiled Inclosure In In which was being built a spacious new vault in the middle of ot the room was a large mahogany mahogany mahogany ma ma- desk Near the hall door and close to the wall walt was a small ma oga- oga ny writing table Three or four tour fO gon chairs were scattered s about the room room- On the glass of ot the hall ball door glaz glazed halfway to the top was the inscription Inscription inscription tion In trim black letters Lee Randall Randall Ran Ran- dall Assistant Cashier And so it was with Lee Randall alias alias alias' Jimmy Valentine that Bobby Lane the bankers banker's little son was fo fond d dt of t romping away bis Bobby's Bobbys ts Id Idle t 1 t 1 y t I f I 1 j hours bour and with whit whom be hr tr fn tuly enacted tin the role rolt of ot au nu austere uncompromising promising bunker banker Very much the tup same mm Jimmy Valentine Valentine Valen tine in up appearance t and manner Mr Ir Randall hud had scored a sl signal success a as assistant cashier and neither Mr Ir Lane Lant nor any other official or director had bud round found In the rl three ee years ars occasion for Cor the slightest adverse criticism of at the new employee ce In fact tact he hI was deemed to h he hi a u most valuable acquisition tion to the till staff of ot the bank blink and had hud evidenced t d unusual capacity as asa asa asa a detector of or counterfeit notes and of for forged ld signatures on negotiable ments Yes the assistant cashier was wasa a man with a future of promise in store rt for him and the Fourth National l lor of or Springfield had bad but a month before offered him the position of ot cashier with a n thousand dollars a year In Increase lura lu- lu crease creme ra over his present salary Not one official of the Fourth National could give In a II satisfactory reason for tor his bis refusal refusal re re- re- re of ot the offer otTer Very remarkable young man very pry was the comment of If the th pr president of ot the Fourth National when notified of the episode Nobody in the office exclaimed exclaimed ex ex- ex- ex claimed Bobby obby to his bis sister Kitty who followed him bim into the room The Tbt children prime favorites favorites' with I the ibe ht as assistant nt cashier were accustomed to do very pry much as they pleased with biro or with his office at nt this late hour hourIn In the day when business with the public hd Md practically concluded Almost Almost Almost Al Al- most the only remaining thing for him to do was to attend to certain routine matters connected with the closing of ot the banks bank's business s for tor the day Come on let us play something challenged tb the sprightly Kitty who in hc her r short skirted white linen dress and with TUh her bel delicate features much like JItt tho those l' l of ot her sister Rose appeared appears appear ed more mort like a Christmas doll than a future Inheritor of ot a fortune and of ot an Imposing ln dictatorial social position At 1 Bobbys Bobby's su suggestion the children de derided t to play at being a 8 banker and after aCter a lengthy spirited dispute Impersonated tro the role rolt of Mr Jr Randall while Kitty was forced to be hE 5 H f L 3 5 LEE D ALL CASHIER content onte t with the e character of ot a lady borrower Bobby Dobby perched himself on the a as assistant as- as nt cashiers cashier's chair and assumed as stern an expression as his childish features and aud mischievous roving eyes would permit Now I understand yon you wish a aloan aloan loan began Bobby I dont don't either retorted tty try sitting sit Un ting herself herselt on a chair in fruit from of ot the desk Oh come on and play When I 1 say sayI say I 1 understand you wish a loan lonn you say Yes But you wont won't give me mt any money If It your security is good enough I will Now imperiously I understand understand under under- stand you wish a ri loan How lIow much can I ge geSt e. e No no You 0 St any say a loj at pt t first that's bu business n Now O I how W m. m ch Fifty tIfty th thu u n J Q dollars 1 1 t fine fi fine e. e Re liP iv paused 11 Judiciously puckering W kt I f hj ht his brows brow considerable considerable consid erable m money money ney the mn most t I t could think of ot decisively tl Dont Dout talk that way Instructed Bobby You would be hl put out for making brooks breaks like that Just Ju t dont don't say anything when they find fault Now r that's considerable money but hut butof butof of ot course OU l' l you ou have security 11 He lie paused Well Yell say Yes y Yes s Well I thought so n. n what bat Wb What t. t What have l you got ot In tb the way of at security he ht asked A farm furm How large a farm Ten million acres W Well II that's tR good 1 Now what b t grows grOWl on this fa farm farm r She t I. I en gal said t tt- tt r ac p. p ad Hd t tt s opt What else be he pro pro- Q TI a. a Pears Any bananas T Kitty itty shook her head bead Very ery sorry Norry till the lad went on but we wp have p all nil the fruit you have In our own hl hack k yard Tb The only fruit farm tarm I J could loan lonn money y on em would b be bea a n banana farm No No bananas no loan lonn loud flood day But you on didn't tell me me f Sn p 9 say n bananas nas Insl IJ file tLe c gird J. J Tell Telly y yi you f et fan hapler an cr rf don't dont tell teU you ou ar ytm nt m O. O WIH to know nn n F himself lt of this rf r r of nf financial ial wisdom Bobby Hobby end endeavored endeavored en en- d to continue but Kitty In Insisted insisted in in- sh tEd on the man for tor awhile While the imminent argument was In progress Rs the door lc leading from the vault Inclosure opened and In came no less lessan lessan an Individual than Jimmy Valentine He had come om from Inspecting the new nw vault now practically completed d and which he be had pronounced n ii us fine a piece of t burglar proof o. o c construction n tr C ua as y 1 Y i be he had ever ver seen and seen and JI Jimmy in my Valentine Valentine Valen tine In bis his day as some come of ot us know had bad rightly tightly been considered d a connoisseur connoisseur In this particular connection To settle the dispute the assistant cashier took Kitty out with him to show her herthe herthe herthe the vault In the building of or which she had shown a n childlike Interest st No sooner had bad the door closed behind behind behind be be- hind them when through the halt hall entrance entrance en trance came Rose I Lane who gowned In the height of ot Paris fashion and of ot more mature matur de development presented even a more alluring picture of ot feminine fetal femi nine loveliness than she had bad at the time three years before befort when Just out of ot Vassar she Rhe had rescued Jimmy Valentine from the horrors of ot Sing Sing prison Hello Bobby Wheres Where's Kitty she greeted the boy Outside He lie pointed toward the thedoor thedoor door leading to the vault Where Is Mr Ir Randall she con con- le Bobby grinned knowingly Youre Y always asking for Mr Randall Randall Ran Ran- dall arent aren't you o he bt asked saucily Into Rose Hose Lanes Lane's face tace came suddenly sudden sudden- ly H II flare tare of or nn linger anger er at the lad but In a moment it if was gone A smile tender hopeful and true supplanted it it And Bobby with all all all' the tbt accrued wl wisdom dm of eleven years rears saw the smile and smiled In return for he be was old enough to un understand CHAPTER XI IY ALE VALENTINE TINE entered his CJ JIMMY private office from the room where the new vault had bad been erected He Ill saw Rose Lane Lanet standing close to his desk where Bobby Bobby Bobby Bob Bob- by was presiding with all the dignity that went with his age The girls girl's eyes met his but only for tor an Instant Valentine lowered his gaze to the floor his thou thoughts thought ht whirling rapidly through his brain True at one time he bad had had serious thought concerning the beautiful young woman who had sa saved led him from Sing Sing from Warden Handler and the wardens warden's favorite pastime of ot solitaire But of or late he had come to realize that be he would be bl doing her a lasting wrong a n vital Injustice to permit him himself self to make any serious advances toward toward to to- ward her She tibe bt had bad been attracted by him She was now even more Interested Interested interested Inter Inter- ested in him bim lIe He was observing enough learn team this As for his own emotions toward her ber He loved loved her ber That no one ont would deny who saw him himIn himin himin in her company He lIe could not conceal conceal conceal con con- ceal it Even en the infantile Bobby h had d guessed what he be had bad endeavored to tomake tomake tomake make his secret Yet he be had realized plainly the uncertainty of ot his position At any moment the unexpected might happen or nr rather the expected might happen n and some one would possibly uncover r and und reveal renal phases of ot his past that h he would be bt unable to explain J had tad b o thoughts Jimmy Valentine in his social intercourse intercourse inter inter- cou course P with th the bankers banker's daughter during his tenure n as assistant cashier In the hank In Springfield and now be he besaw saw SI more clearly than ever er the wisdom wisdom wis wis- dom dow of ot his bis course ourse Doyle Doyle Voyle Doyle the relentless tracker of ot men men had had threatened threat threat- threatened ened to get gel him and Doyle was always al nl- ways an element to be reckoned with Although Do Doyles Doyle's les threat had been |
