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ding as il they had been bound and
carried there.
II viii take all the time that may De
neCesSar y-my DAYS and my nights for
weeks and months I shall know the
joy OF him who seeks and finds Com
pared with that, what are the emotions
Of the gambler I shall have mingled
all emotions in one. Alp Ali but one
And that IS fear-the fear that crippIes
a mans strength and doubles and triples
MS hours Yet Is there any JOY equal
70 that Of the hunter Yes The JOY
Of Abe huntsdI'i
The animal tracked by hounds. crash
ms through lOw-hanging branches,
bleeding from q hundred wounds, what
tale Of terror il could unfold II *
had q thinking brain The guilty muir
derer who feels that he Is discovered
nd who fears the hand Of justice at
every street corner; whose days are
endless and whose nights are ghastly
dreams. what must his emotions beg
These too. are worth knowing And
then the Wild ecstasy he must feel when
ne has thrown his puTsuers OF the scent
and he breathes freely again for q
brief space, only 70 know that they are
once raore at his heels. That indeed
WOuic bs 4 combat, q struggle OF man
against man. a pitiless war, with AL
the peril and the triciCerv Of war. Ev-
eTy INSTINCT OF the Wild beast that man
VIII know; above all the instinct that
pits beas. against beast 81 that great
and the strong survive
Here was the problem then, he
shought- shall I, a seeker Of new sen
salons. be the hunter OF his prey
Shall be the detective or the criminal 3?
A thousand men before me have been
amateur detectives, but no one has
played the part of a man charged with
a crime Therefore. I choose IL Doubt
less the consciousness Of my innocence
VIII deprive me Of the JOY OF real ter
TOR, but, on the other hand, the pleas
IRE Of pursuit shall be mine. Playing
ne game with an empty purse l shall
watch my opponent and read his emo
lions In his face RiSkinE nothing. 4
have nothing 10 lose and everything 70
gain And 4 by good luck am TT
rested. I viii write an article which for
maTTOW-freezing SensatiOnalism viii
make the nladdest rawlings OF a yellow
journal seem like the harmless babbling
OF z school primer
Il shall be photographed IN every
conceivable position-laUghing, weeping.
anding, walking. sitting. conversing
and gesturtng- For days and for weeks
portraits OF myself IN all these attitudes
VIII appear in ali the newspapers Of
europe A sensation-loving public VIII
~egaTd my likeness with eCstatiC dread
ana comment on my rnurderous fea-
lures Newspaper reporters. thiTsring
Cor interviews, viii haunt me day and
night To my most casual words the
most exaggerated Importance viii be
given Criminoiogtsts viii n1ea sure my
cisiOn- IN certain eccentriCities OF my
rars. IN the peculiar position Of my
mouth, IN the shape Of my nose, they
viii see unmistakable Indications OF
-TfTli8aI tendencies. The position OF
my eyes alone viii prove my guilt with
scientific COnCiusiTenesS-
Every journalistic door viii be open
20 me I shall dine as kings dine. 7
shall be able to tell without fear Of de-
-tal how jails are conducted. how pTts-
Oners are treated, how confessions are
XtOrted- In a word. I viii level, II
iced be, e powerful and a Just attack
at our most formidable institution
he police and the courts
An idea flashes on every man or &c
n his lifetime II I am not famous
sfter that exploit, then fame Is not Tor
ne.
Parton, my boy, from this second
YOU are the murderer Of Boulevard
LauuesI'
The Continuation of This Story WIZ
VIII Re FOund In Tomorrow
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