as had told him he was removed from the manners to a cell in block on the ground floor which was like all the others in size ten by sixteen but to which was attached the small yard of the same size that had been mentioned as possibly coming to him came up two days before he was transferred and had another short conversation with him through his cell door you ll be transferred on monday he said in his reserved slow way they ll give you a yard though it won t be much good to you � we only allow a half hour a day in it i ve told the about your business arrangements he ll treat you right in that matter just be careful not to take up too much time that way and things will work out i ve decided to let you learn chairs that be the best for you it s easy and it your mind the and some allied made a good out of this prison industry which was enforced t was really not hard labor � the tasks set were simple ind not oppressive but all that were made were sold and the profits it was good therefore x see all prisoners working and it did them good was glad of the chance to do something for he � did not care for books and his connection with and his old were not sufficient now ta his mind in a satisfactory way his hands the ing would be better he thought if he seemed strange now how much stranger he would seem then behind these narrow bars working at so commonplace a task as chairs he thanked for the sheets which had been permitted to be brought in and the toilet articles that s all right replied the latter pleasantly and softly it s no more than your due we know that there are men and men here the same as anywhere it a man knows how to use these things and wants to be clean i wouldn t be one to put anything in his way he went away and awaited his transfer with interest it would be better even though he liked old man so much to have a yard and a trade both would help him to pass the time and to think cf better days to come the new had been instructed to be considerate of him that would make a difference too he thought he was quite cheerful over the prospect he began to gather up his things on the day of his transfer for being an ordinary he had to transfer all his personal by hand to his new quarters and old man seeing him observed well you re goin to go now t well i ve done all i could for i ve taught the rules as best i know i ll see you down there maybe now and then t goin so far but what i kin find maybe if everything goes right you ll get out a little earlier than you expect i see one and another here go that way from time to time grasped the old man s hand you ve been very nice to me mr he said warmly i certainly appreciate your kindness and if i ever get out of here i shall not forget it was too old a man to expect an much from life in any form he was nevertheless flattered by the interest and good v of for the average character of his charges was not high the that s all right mr i never expect fur what i consider right i hope you out though fer i think very likely you deserve to you look that way to me youve had a taste o this place now and ye see what it is k i can ever do for you i ll be glad to who was actually moving at the time gathered up an of linen books and the like and went his way in his ill fitting semi cotton striped cheap suit and with his arms full of he looked anything but the who had been such a striking personage in third street the new with whom had to deal was a very different person from his name was walter and he was not more than years of age � a big sort of person with a mind whose principal object in life was to see whether this prison situation as he found it would not furnish him a better income than his normal salary provided a close study of would have seemed to indicate that he was a stool pigeon of but this was really not true except in a limited way because was shrewd and quick to see a point in his or anybody else s favor instinctively realized that he was the kind of man who could be trusted to be on order or suggestion that is if hai the least interest in a prisoner he need not say as much to he might merely suggest that this man was used to a different kind of life or that because of some past experience it might go hard with him if he were handled roughly and would strain himself to be pleasant the trouble was that to a shrewd man of any refinement his attentions were objectionable being obviously offered for a purpose and to a poor or ignorant man they were brutal and contemptuous he had a score of methods of making money out of the prisoners by selling them extra of things which the he secretly brought into the prison it was strictly against the rules in theory at least to bring in anything which was not sold in the store room � tobacco pens ink cigars or of any kind it is true that tobacco of inferior grade was provided and wretched pens ink and 