The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-11
Cole and Jim Younger Released At
ter Twenty-Five Years in
State Penitentiary
Noted Survivors of the Desperate
Band Calmly Receive the News
Come Out Changed Men.

ready compliment had made them kin
again with all men
When we came here, of course. there
We're no electric cars, no telephone. no
telegraph, no bicycles" said Cole Young
er. The world wistfully. must seem
very different"
But We've read the scientific maga-
zines put in his brother eagerly. We've
Kept up with things through them"
But it isn't like seeing things. Jim
You know reading never is. Why CON
tlnued Cole eagerly, when / think Of
myself walking by those high buildings
and watching those cars that go with no
pushee, no pullee, as the Chinaman
says, l feel afraid that ] Will forget that
am a grown man and act just like a
simple country boy"
jim Younger smoothed a letter reflect
lively.
'It's from a girl I went to school with
in Missouri" explained Cole. she was
about eight and ! was ten. Now she is
married, the mother of eight children
She has written regularly, and her let
ters tell us that she is just as sweet a
woman as she was sweet little girl"
Both the brothers had a number Of tel
egrams that had been sent them during
the day. Professional zeal prompted the
Visitor to inquire if she could not have
a list of the names of those who had
sent such kilograms.
You see, it would not be quite right
to the people who have sent them"
said Jim Younger, endeavoring to put
his refusal as delicately as possible
The kilograms are the property of the
people VINO sent them and we have no
authority to use their Mans"
WIRE FROM PAWNEE BILL.
Just then another telegram was hand
an lin
Bill Of the circus" he said, handing It
to his brother. Now, please don't men
ton that" he went on TO the Visitor cor
people will say we are thinking Of
circus on dime museum, and indeed
We are not"
Perhaps we have exceeded our time"
suggested Cole Younger looking over
at the Official Man, who had seated him
self at the desk near by. He nodded
reassuringly at the brothers and both
looked relieved
I'VE are still under orders" explained
jim. That's why we didn't speak when
we came into the room. It's against tho
rules here to speak unless you're spoken
to, and, then, Of course, never without
the permission of the warden"
I'VE hadn't any idea you were the one
that wanted to see us, ether continued
Cole, smiling pleasantly. You didn't
lcolt a bit like a reporter" politely, so
We thought it was the other lady" and
he nodded at the woman who sat in the
other corner, still brushing her hand
carefully across her lips.
Yes, 1 like hospital work pretty we'll"
said Cole in response to an inquiry as
to whether he would like to keep on
with the work when he was outside the
PRISON. you see" with pardonable
pride, 81 mad charge Of everything I'm
the hospital here. But I wouldn't mind
doing the nursing, too. It's curious"
he went on meditatvely, "how different
patients are. Some are so grateful for
any little thing you do for them and
some are so difficult to please. But 1
like the work very we'll"
RECOGNIZED MR.. DEMING.
Just tnen a man entered the Office and
talked for a moment with the Official
Man. Both the brothers glanced at him
in their fultive manner and their faces
frightened perceptibly
why, jim" said the older one,
that's Mr. Deming. The man that III
troduced our bill in the legislature" he
explained to the Visitor.
How did you recognize him so qulcG-
ly?'' queried the Visitor.
do you think I could ever forget
face tnat I seen during the past twenty
gray pallor became marked as if the
specter OF that quarter Of a century Of
life again confronted him.
when we get out" said Jim sudden
ly, 1--WE don't want to be stared at and
we don't want to be interviewed. We
would like to be left In pace. For
twenty-five years, now, we have been
summoned here to have men stare at us
and question us and then go back ana
write up what they think and believe. We
we hope there won't be any mo-e of It,"
the voice quivered, almost broke, and
Cole Younger, as if to hide his brother
feelings, put in Gag rly:
But the newspaper people have been
good to us. Some OF our best friends
are newspaper men. We are grateful
to them"
"Only,' said Jim with an auoloSetic lit
tie smile IT'S hard sometimes TO have
people write things about yOu that arc
not true and put worls in your mouth
that you never uttered"
But the time was up, and at a signal
from the Official Man the brothers stood
up to take leave Of the Visitor Both
the brothers have a warm, cordial hand
shake and they shook hands heartily.
"WeH soon be out there, too, said
Jim with his tremulous smile.
''Yes, we viii" added Cole, not looking
at the Visitor, but smiling hopefully into
his brothers troubled face, and they
stood there smiling and close together
until the Visitor had passed through the
door