The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-03

sam jimmy. SAID l. II fnnHEhf
you nad turned over a new leaf
So 1 did. AR Burton he answered
but you fellows don't give US POOR chaps
d chance' YOU don't. indeed. Just because
l wanted TO look through the window OF
q mouse last night. they run me in here.
90 nadi now. amt it. Mr. Burtone
II IL De another five years penal. will
ms Jimmy said + What a foolish
man You are. Why don't you reform and
live honestly2''
he smiled knowingly at me- why do
oilds N.Y. said he. Zoos they used to il
! IL natur-that's what it is. Mr. Burton. "
80 Jimmy languished in the town Jail
lot a lew weeks. having been committed
Tor trial Then the assizes came on at
Wooltord, and he was brought up to
stand his very doubtful chance His trial
was little more than a formality. for JIM
my had been caught in the very act of in
sertlng his pocket crowbar in the window
ledge Of the house. He was found guilty.
and sentenced to 1--WE years penal servi-
'uae ana a certain term of police super
went to have word or two with lin.
my in the cells, as he waited there for
removal TO his next abiding place His
sentence did not seem to have disturbed
ms equanimity, and he smiled very plac-
idiy as / greeted him. We'll you've done
1t again. Jimmy" said l. I'VE shan't
80 any AloIt Of YOU LOT awhile.
You're right there. Mr.. Burton" he
answered. And I shan't see any more
OF you, Ell? I don't care. / can do five
years on my head. But I'm sorry 1 shan't
be able to see Jerry. He comes out next
week"
i believe he does"
We were always very fond of each
ether. me and Jerry" said Jimmy Tim
bic. Very fond We was. We've worked
things together many time
You have, and given us good deal of
trouble with your efforts"
I dare say answered Jimmy. iuper-
turbabie as ever-"I dare say. But 7
say MI. Burton, you might do me ia
vor. I've always looked upon you as a
friend; and when a chaps got put awav
Tor I'VE years. he naturally looks to his
friend, don't hep"
Why, there's two or three things at the
clearinghouse that ! would like given to
jerry when. he comes out There's q
KNIFE, and watch chain. and two or three
other little articles-all come by honest.
Mr.. Burton. Oh and there's a book the
Pilgrims Progress very interesting
book is that VIII you tell the lodging
house folks TO liver them up to Jerry. Mr..
Burton?"
Very well, Jimmy. Perhaps I'd better
take charge of them myself. and give
them to Jerry next time l see him
shali be sure to come across him as soon
as he comes out"
I'D take it real kind if you would.
said Jimmy; land you might tell him to
keep that Pilgrims Progress cos I'll fin
ish reading it when I've done this five
years"
with that we parted, and Jimmy was
presently whirled away in the "Blacl<
Maria to the town jail. We were rid
OF his presence for four days at any rate
He was soon removed to Portland. ana
there, no doubt, made himself perfectly
comfortable.
forgot all about Jimmy's parting re-
quest until a week or two later. Then
inding myself one day in the ncighbor-
hood of the lodging house which had
served as Jimmy's home, / went inside
and asked the deputy to hand over the
cohvicts possessions. He did so with an
air of scorn, remarkng that Jimmv's
belongings were not worth twopenee TO
anybody 1 thought he was right when
l subsequently turned over the contents
of the bundle. There was nothing there
of any consequence, and / wondered very
much that Jimmy Timble should have
been so particular about having his lit
tie properties handed over to his brother
Jerry. The "Pilgrim's Progress" was
the most incongruous object turned out
Of the blue handkerchief which held Jim
my Timbles belongings. / shook my head
perpleXedly as l stared at it. What was
Jimmy Timble, thief. burglar thrice-con-
victed criminal, doing with the "Pilgrim's
ProgressT'' And how was il that that
particular work was the only book he
possessed2 And how did he come to
possess it at all? I turned the leaves over
carelesslyl and could see nothing unfa-
miliar about the book. l finally conclu-
ded that Jimmy Timble had picked it
up somewhere and kept it out of curios-
ity. and with that l tied it up again with
the rest of his possessions.
The days passed by, but l saw nothing
of Jerry Timble. He had left the coun-
ty jail but he did not present himself
at his usual haunts in Woolford. I pre-
served the bundle for al, and waited
knowing quite we'll that, if he was in
town, we should see him at the police
office sooner or later. 1t was impossible
for either Jimmy or Jerry Timble to
keep his hands from picking and stealing.
But time passed on, and Jerry did not
appear. I began to think he had removed
himself to some other town.
About nine months after Jimmie Timble
had gone back to penal servitude. I
CHANGED to go one day into secondhand
book shop the proprietor of which was an
old acquaintance of mine. Somehow, our
conversation drifted TO the criminal
classes and ere long the shopkeeper mem
toned the name of Jimmy Timble. He
was a queer customer, was Jimmy said
he He came in here one day last time
he was out of prison and looked round
him as if he wanted something. Now, sir.
saws / what can I find for you?' Give
me an old book to read, mister. answered
jimmy We don't give books here said
1. we sell en- He said nothing to
that. but after a while he pulled out two
pence What can I have for that?' he
asked. Here you are, says l, a Pill
grim's Progress pictures and ALL for
twopence' SO he walked off with the
book
That explained Jimmy's possession of the
"Pilgrim's Progress" then lying at my
house. 1 went home and had my supper,
and then sat down to have thorough eX-
animation of the book. l was confident
that there was something about that
book which would repay anybody to dis
cover. and l was determined to solve the
mystery But though / went carefully
through it page by page once, twice and
three times, 1 saw nothing. There was no
writing. no hieroglyphic signals, nothing
to attract attention. But at the fourth
time of examination 1 made discovery.
Underneath the first the on the first
mage there was the plain mark of PIN
nrick. lust as if pin had been carelessly
s,.1 to- Tho manor and quickly with