Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-13
SYNOPSIS.

Warden Handler of Sing Sing prison
and Detective George Doyle endeavor to
prevail on Bill Avery, a released prisoner.
to search out information against a for
mer pal" a young convict known as
Jimmy Valentine. Avery refuses, and
Doyle and Handler threaten to attack
him. Valentine had a trick of opening
safes solely by the sense of touch.
Avery goes. Lieutenant Governor Fay.
his beautiful niece. Rose Lane. and two
women workers in a rescue mission visit
the prison.
y Warden Handler hears Rose Lane tell
Nv she was rescued from a thief on a
H.. and he is amazed at a coincidence.
N L1Hyict Jimmy Valentine. No. 1889. 1s
b brought into the warden's Office to open
safe as an object lesson to the visitors.
R&and Rose recognizes him as the man who
sMASsaved her from the thief Cotton.
EE&$# Valentine "a he can open the safe.
Eenraging Handler The lieutenant COVER
bESnor and Rose ak with Valentine. Rose
NJ pleads with Fay to aid the young prison.
"a er. who Is handsome even in Sing Sing
d garb.
III Fay promises for Roses sake to ask the
~ governor to pardon Valentine. A stormy
VI interview occurs between Handler and
Valentine.
Valentine waits patiently in prison for
news. Finally he is pardoned and goes to
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Governor Fay and Rose.
Valentine refuses positions offered by
the rescue mission workers. To his amaze
ment. he meets Bill Avery and a former
coworker, Red Flanagan.
Red and Avery try to dissuade Jimmy
from "going square," Detective Doyle ap-
pears. and Red and Avery hide. Doyle
wants Valentine to tell him where Avery
Is, for he wants to rearrest him.. Valen-
tine refuses.
Doyle departs. threatening to send VAL
milne back to Sing Sing prison. Avery
now tries to kill Valentine.
Valentine finally agrees to ''go it crook
h ed" again. but a note from Rose brings
him back to his former determination to
Nlnsr persuades her father to civ VAL
Wang I. position in his bank in Spring
.<I. III He and Red go to work in the
.S%eor several years Valentine works ex-
l$Sellently and rises to be assistant cashier.
He and Rose love each other, but Valen-
tine knows Doyle Is on his track and
dares not tell her Of his affection for her.
IA mysterious Mr.. Cronin turns out to be
old Bill Avery, now reformed and a man
of business.
CHAPTER XIV CONTINUED.
A clerk entered.
did you ring, sir"
eyes. Kindly remove that curren-
cy," cried Valentine, eying Doyle. so
many suspicious characters about in
these hard times that one must always
be careful of strange visitors. partic-
Slarly in a banking office"
The clerk cast an ~apprehensive
glance at Doyle. whose face had
turned red with rage. and. Selling the
Ytray. hurried toward the vault room
! with it.
"Take it out. take it out" command
ed Valentine, waving his hand. Il
1 shall take no chances. Now. Mr.. Doyle
! either show credentials to prove wha.
you are or l shall telephone the pc
Alice."
v 2oyle. amazed at the effrontery and
1 uaA2g assurance of Jimmy Valentine,
fell 'Dack against the wall. his legs
threatening to give way beneath his
heavy body.
"In the name of Dan the Dip" he
exclaimed helplessly, ''if the crooks
were all as slick as you, Jimmy, the
jails would all be empty. You don't
dare do it."
Jimmy Valentine picked up the tele-
phone and, getting the central of the
banks exchange, ordered in no uncer-
/ tain tones:
"Get me police headquarters at
once"
Doyle was further astounded by the
1 readiness with which the battling
young man before him had accepted
his challenge to call the police. Was
4 it possible, after. all. that he had been
/ mistaken? No. 1t was Jimmy valen-
3 tine who stood before him. the same
! Jimmy that was wanted by the Mas
sachusetts authorities for that old and
almost forgotten Job" In the savings
bank of Springfield. Mass.--$14.OU
In currency taken on a Washington
birthday night and not q mark Of an
instrument or Of an explosive on the
safe when next morning the doors