Show t i III n Jimmy Valentines Valentine 7 3 v t f 4 y i su 4 Y Novelized by FREDERICK R. R 4 TOOMBS e From the Great Play E by PAUL ARMSTRONG I. I cc PL PLa t F y a Copyright 1910 b by Q American l Association oda oa JIMMY VALENTINE WARDEN HANDLER HANDLEE LANE AND RO ROSE E E n SYNOPSIS Warden Handler of Sing Sing prison on and nd Detective George Doyle endeavor to prevail on Bill Avery a released prisoner to search March out Information against a former tor for mer tier pal a young convict known as Jimmy Valentine Avery refuses and Doyle Dorle and Handler threaten to attack attackS S him bim Valentine had a trick of opening safes afes solely by the sense of touch 4 Avery goes oes Lieutenant Governor Fay Ida bis beautiful niece Rose Lane and two women workers In a rescue mission visit tb the prison 5 Warden Handler hears Rose Lane tell tellow 5 how bow ow she was rescued from a thief on atrain a atrain train and he Is 15 amazed at a coincidence is jt a Convict Jimmy Valentine No L 1289 9 is to brought into the warden wardens office to open a sate safe as aa an object lesson to the visitors tad 4 Rose recognizes him as the man who Ted saved her from the thief Cotton Valentine says he cant can't open the safe sate waging enraging Handler The lieutenant goverT governor gover- gover T nor and Rose talk with Valentine hoser HoseI Hose Kose r pleads with Fay to aid the young prisoner prison prIson- I er t who Is ts handsome even In Sing Sing garb y Fay Far promises for Roses Rose's sake to to ask the governor to pardon Valentine A A stormy r Interview occurs between Handler and Valentine A Valentine waits walts patiently In prison for a Finally h Is I. pardoned pardoned and and goes to Albany to thank the governor Lieutenant Governor Fa Fay and Roset Rose t k Valentine refuses S positions offered by byE byi i t the e rescue m workers To his bis amaze amaze- tir x it u t. t he ht nets h ii rein Lull Bill A Avery very and a former f 8 ift orl orl r et 01 Flanigan Flanagan e H i. Hf to tn to dissuade Jimmy E from s ft defective Doyle appears api ap- ap i f 1 pears eara a U ar i rv f r hide Doyle iere Avery Averyt i 1 I wants t r t i tt U. U for tI t- t h U 0 n 0 a Valen Valen- I n j Un refit refu- t f Doyle deg fi o. o a threaten vai- vai Ji i v back to 10 Sing Sing ir Vr verJ Jl tries to Kill Kilt Valentine J J J. J 10 to go go It crook- crook 5 S s ft Valentine finally tI n S y d again agahi but out a note hote from Crom Rose brings i shim Wm back to bis pis ls former determination to tob toi i be b Honest one t In n spite of ot the she h coppers t toss Hose pers persuades her er father to give Valentine Val Vat 5 entine a position In his bank In Spring Spring- S field nL Ill L He and Red go to work In tn the bank back For several years Valentine works excellently ex excellently ex- ex excellently r and rises to be assistant cashier He lie and Rose love each other but Valentine Valentine Valen Valen- tine knows Doyle Is on his track and dares dans not tell her of his affection for herA her A mysterious Mr Air Cronin turns out to be beoM 5 5 t old oM Bill Dill Avery now reformed and a man manof manof I of business t 4 i. i i Valentine receives a telegram from I Doyle He tells Red Rfd how he be has planned eto to outwit the detective by means of ot a 1 cl cleverly concocted cleverly erly conc concocted alibi i iI a I I CONTINUED 7 t f Its a dirty trick muttered the old man starting after the others A shaft r Sot lof yellow light reflected from one of ot f his drove t th the golden co coins ns caught eye I pinto Into his very brain Into the thin red blood that coursed through his hardening hard hard- ening veins He Ue stopped He turned 1 full fall around and slowly with hands tull Y v i. eagerly outstretched tiptoed back to tor 4 r r the table bearing the precious burden 1 His This brows narrowed down over his r pale pale paJe gray eyes his fingers long talons In their curved fixedness began to nervously twitch Then Avery Jerked t himself a away way of ot a sudden He straightened straight straight- f ened erred himself up and started toward the vault Tault room door to summon Valentine But Bat even as he be did so BO his glance roved t i back to the alluring tray He was d wn to It as the nerveless rabbit that succumbs to the Insidious charmf charm of ot the oscillating head of the hungry iy f python the tray He lie seized I 1 I He stepped to f tio two packages of ot hundred dollar bills s thrust them Into his bis pockets then f j had hadt fever i clutched two more The fh 4 t p him ills IDs eyes shone with the fire of ot gone one nc days and gone nights His poi pol- poisoned t- t r toned blood sang through his veins Then he be stopped once more He raised r his head S t IJ And have the coppers after atter me again he murmured thoughtfully He lie HerI rI laid ald down a package And double straight Not cross cross' a 11 pal that put me me rue me not me He lie replaced the r rp of ot the money And coin that t comes crooked never was any good to Avery stood before the tray of ot moni mon mon- i- i ty q ey Now he looked at the tempting fortune with the sure knowledge that 4 b be had that conquered-that he had faced I hi his greatest test and had not been i 4 t f J Wt tin t L Lt t A The thought of ot how narrowly he be bad escaped committing the meanest crime of his career came over him and he be realized that he be had hid been on the verge of ot plunging himself into the death dealing life from which Valentine Valentine Valentine Valen Valen- tine had rescued him Ungovernable rage possessed him at his Insane lapse into the self that be he had cast from him He lIe swung his fist at the neatly Stacked piles plies of ot gold pieces Curse you curse you he bl cried In 10 frenzy The tray and its Its Its' contents crashed to the floor and the money scattered In all directions Valentine and Red fled hearing the noise came rushing In from the vault room They saw the floor littered with banknotes banknotes bank bank- notes and coins And crouching forlornly forlornly for for- In a chair was wa the figure of ot old Bill Avery His hands bands were pressed over his eyes and he sobbed In the agony that gripped the soul which had been restored to him CHA CHAPTER PTER XIII VIII Ii T TOOK TOO some TOOK some of that of-that money y ATI Avery Avery Av- Av I ery finally managed to say as be he besaw 1 I saw his two friends before himA him A And you put It back smiled Valentine The minute you touched It you found you It it put In Avery eagerly as he arose and proceeded to aid Red RedIn RedIn Redin In restoring the scattered money to Its place I 1 couldn't take it then Now I 1 can go out of ot here and know that Ill I'll never steal again You mustn't go until Doyle Doyll com comes In for tor he might see you on the street warned Valentine When he comes you can go out through the vault room and make your getaway while I 1 stall him here In talking with Avery TImmy Jimmy Valentine Valentine Val Vat entine unconsciously fell into Inta the use of ot the vernacular of ot his early vocation vocation voca voca- tion With a parting handshake Avery went out Into the vault room mUG where Red lied was to exhibit to hits the big new safe sate The assistant cashier now that the tray of ot money had bad been blen replaced replaced replaced re re- re- re placed on the table picked up the photograph hung it In the place of ot another affixed to the wall at the right of ot his bis desk and Inspected It with pronounced satisfaction The hall ball door opened and Rose Lane came Into the office The girl was In Ina Ina ina a peculiar mood that day there day there was no denying It Valentine had always found his benefactor young though she was particularly difficult to fathom fath fath- om ow and today she was more baffling than ever She talked at length regarding regarding regarding re re- garding her plans for the childrens children's Christmas celebration and standing before his desk while he stood behind It It she said And I want to know what you want for tor Christmas Is there anything I could want he be answered In low tones Think of ot what you and two short years have done for me And theres there's never anything more you want Dont Don't you ever dream- dream dreams of ot say two years more She turned her eyes to the floor Oh yes to go on as Ive I've been going these last two since your father gave ave me a position of trust and make everything everything everything ev ev- good and pile up the money mODey for tor you She drew away from him you ever thought there might be something I want more more than money Valentine hesitated His voice became became became be be- came Intensely serious I dont don't let Jet myself think of ot you only as your employee he be finally answered answer answer- ed Rose turned sideways to him so that he could not see her face a ns a ashe she delivered her next question although she would have given much to have been able to watch the expression of ot the assistant cashier her cashier her assistant cashier cashier cashier-as as she asked It But she ventured you must have thought that I would marry some day S. S R s r rr x f 7 J a Silence Silent with Valentine In embarrassment a n pencil h la hl hey upon hi his desk Yes Ye Yes I I I he be began an but bat no Rove p con continued on- on timed his sentence for him And nd It hurts you to think of ot It It doesn't nt It Sa Say It It ity y s Go Go tin no He lIt could endure the situation no nolon lon longer w The girl Irl had p penetrated his hisen very en soul snuff with her questions had un- un oo in Valentine the secrets se se- crets of ot his new life the life the secrets h he bud hud resolved to keep buried burled forever fore Rut But now he be must speak He lIe mu must t tell her the truth about his sit sit- nation n us s re regarded her part her part of ot the truth at nt least ml the thought of ot you brings darkness desolation he said keeping keep keep- ing me a firm grip on the emotions that threatened to unnerve him What Is the u use e Youre You're all nil there is to live for forto forto forto to to just see you now and then You Youre You're re renil nil all there ther is to life Men ien have loved and slaves have hayl loved and animals that tint ha line have been saved have loved but never were werl the three loves fused in one Omit nd youre you're oure good and your life Is clean clem while mine mine but but you know all that II lie He Inclined his face from herI herI herI her I ha have forgotten she said simply You cannot annot And any day the shadow shadow shad shad- ow of other days may fall tall But nut I want you yon to know this and believe It as your jour our my God my love for tor you is a holy thing sacred and deathless Valentine Valentine Valen Valen- tine was looking earnestly Into her here e eyes e es now His hand was resting on the desk She seIzed sel it in hers and anddrew anddrew anddrew drew him toward her Take me In your jour our arms Lee s she e cried fervently I love you Ill I'll love bye you fill till tier Her face was upraised to tobis his bis as fiS she clun clung to him lIe He held h her r r v S I. I yr t HE nE HISSED tIER DEn AGAIN AND AM AGAIN in n his bis arms and kissed her a again aln and again How lIow I have for tor jon yon yon- Oll years years years Her lIer wor words were smothered in his kisses There Therl Is no end to the happiness you bring brill murmured Valentine atthe at atthe atthe the first moment he thought tie lIl could spare bl his lips for conversational purposes pur pur- poses Oh exclaimed Rose drawing away at arms arm's length temporarily I 1 waist want to tell you something Lee something Ive I've known for years Yta and years wc years years-we we weare are UP going to marry murry He taught caught her Into his bis arms once more I 1 love you It will never end he whispered fondly The telephone bell rang at his desk As be bt released her and placed the receiver at his bis ear tar slit she Iw encircled n d his bis neck In her arms and lod him Hello he called II II Id I'd At As tit till r response tame fame she hp felt It a Ii tremor run rums through him Haggardness Into IUlO hN his eyes He De seemed almost to forget her ber pres ence Yes EI ye yes yeK he be an answered Ill lil set see the gentleman in a u few fen minutes He lIe hung up the It t Hod oc be he groaned Doyle Iove s Valentine tur turned toward the girl who surveyed him anxiously sl What Is If It she Ibl linked asked She tu- tu saw aw that he was deeply worried I 1 dont don't know Ue qt lf hut It Is most mu l Important must t Important Well Veil Ill I'll run downtown lb ear I Is Is waiting she said Mild happily ba bi Then hEn Ill I'll coQ come e hack back and aud gt get t you slid dad did and take lake you home HU His face bad had taken on Gin th th pallor marked the vi visages u of men who came from Warden Handlers Handler's game of solitaire Yes but should this mitts man have e bus bust ness neRS which would take me out nut of town But nut you mU mustn't go o out of town- town now noV hear mE me 81 She of course had hadnot hadnot hadnot not the sll slightest t lIu ion of the true Importance of that telephone call tall I wont won't If flu res a H way out Well Just don't dont dont don't Just dont don't pleaded plead plead- ed Ho Rose e I am um going to le 11 leave t ve e the children children chil chil- dren here to take curE Bare of you Rose Hose he bE berried cried riEd going oin to her Rose It ft was wal chance that brought us together er It wa was that brought you to toa toa toa a prison one day duy e cp is il uncertain tain tabu capricious 1111 nod and 1 that same Mame chance mm may separate us Ul suddenly Nothing can cun separate us us dently Let that thai be bl our prayer to all the gods But this I l want you to remember ber tram her from my mj s soul I 1 love you No Now go She kissed her lIer hand and waved It toward him as she went out of ot the thedoor thedoor door Goodby Rose He stood a u moment then taking down the telephone re receiver he be said la Unto iRY to tie the mouthpiece f L f. f Hello A All II right tt Send Rend nd the gentle gentle- man ninn In In After l n a pause I What lies He pone gone Into Mr 1 r. r Lines Lanes office t The fhe telephone er tell fell to the desk with II a cr crash Doyle gone Into the Ihl office of of- office fice tk of Mr Ir Lane Roses Hoses HU father lIerl was a IJ new v complication a new hew danger danger dan dan- ger one which h Valentine 1111 bad hud hudnot not Included Inc rl ii In Iu his biN tale I WellcomE Well come tome what may h. h he must muo fac fal face e th the HUn n MI l sTa lt lor MII Mabel he failed ailed t. t taking up t the hl receiver r and asking for tor forthe forthe the central of the banks bank's private h inge give me line Mr Lanes Lane's office once Hello Belle Mr r. r lAnE lune I une Oh Ob now regarding that tha I Germond note nott he h. says t that hilt Be- Be P- P II i Oh you jou un ire are coming coining Into my office now with n a Mr Ir e. Il All right Ill I'll be ht here rE er Very Verj well Un dby The Thc rei rp elver clattered into its wonted wont wont- ed Pd position lI i on nil the hook book and Jimmy Valentine n 1111 I lilt stood at nt his desk awaiting the I arrival ul of III Hose Lanes Lane's father tather and orge ie-orge J Doyle o IE GIL XIV n II i few fete moments Valentine Valen- Valen tine u again glanced at the rI photograph of the dinner group Next he be opened a drawer n n at t hl his liN left and took out a 1 e gif n book bOllt with the legend is Sane nip Hook Bok In fancy green letters letterson on nu Its cover coter He Ile ed the volume In a drawer at atthe atthe the rl lit of his bis desk and l d ou on top of it laid several other books taken from E another drawer He slammed the dra drawer shut Rhut straightened himself and walked talked across the office to the table on oil which was laid the tray of gold old sliver silver and greenbacks Tm rill going J to beat |