New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-01-25

'MY TRUE NAME IS LEE RANDALL"
f0se," -caueo the neu,.nuur sv~-
ernor. ..r.
EYES," said the girl, going to him.
'Is he innocent?'
"Why, certainly"
"Thats your intuition?'
eyes, and that's all q girl has in
Judging men. Don't you think he is
innocent, uncle?"
Il don't know, but think he might
be honest were he given the chance"
"And you are going to give it to
him.?
1--WE will go to the governor. The
matter rests entirely in his hands"
| Rose threw her arm around her
uncle's neck and kissed him fondly.
'The warden is very angry, and the
man is helpless" she said fearfully.
"Why, they might even kill
"Oh, no, Rose, not that"
"But you realize
"Yes, but don't think they would
dare since p
"But I am in a chill Of fear. The
warden's manner
"Most wardens are DULLES, Rose,
and don't think this Handler an ex-
ception; think few words from me
might
At this juncture Handler stormed
into the Office. He glared angrily at
his visitors. At Fay's direction Rose
went out into the waiting room.
"Finished your star chamber SEES
sion, governorY' he asked sneeringly.
"Mr. Handler" sternly, ''let me say
something to you for your own bene-
fit. You are an employee of the state.
Employees have been removed, even
wardens, for speech no more dis
courteous than the one you have just
made. When Valentine gets out-and
l hope it will be sOOn-1 am going to
ask him how he was treated, and if he
tells me you treated him any worse
after today than before came I
promise you little polite HI. Good
day, SIR
The lieutenant governor followed
Rose.
Smith had come in with the ward
en-. The latter turned to his secre.
tary as Fay departed and snarled vi
ciously, his teeth protruding like vel
low fangs. "Valentine, ell? Get him"
Smith, his face gravely set, obedi
emily went out Of the room.
CHAPTER v.
Il 8 his secretary left the room to
IA procure Valentine Warden
| Handler glowered darkly at
4 4 the door that closed behind
him and through which No. 1889 was
to be unwillingly brought. He would
show this man who had dared to talk
to the lieutenant governor that Billy
Handler was the boss Of Sing Sing
prison and no one else, even lieutenant
governors to the contrary. Discipline
must be preserved. Yes, that was it
the old explanation that always held
good when prisoner who offended
the warden in any way was meted
out the vengeance that the warden
would not be denied. Once there was
q thin chested, cough racked little
election inspector doing three for
crooked work at the polls who had
had his front teeth kicked down his
throat because he would not shine the
warden's shoes. AS for this slick Mr..
Valentine, he was altogether too inde-
pendent, too, and the warden would
give him the lesson Of his life. He
would
The door opened, and in came Smith,
holding Jimmy Valentine by the arm.
The warden stood at his desk.
"Bring him over here.' he cried
hoarsely, pointing to the space in front
Of his desk.
The secretary slipped his hand up
behind the prisoners neck and with
violent heave flung Valentine forward
so that he was barely able to prevent |
himself from falling fiat on his face.
Gritting his teeth, No. 1880 straishten-
ed himself and finally succeeded in |
suppressing the impulse that surged |
within him to spring at his cowardly |
assailants throat Probably it was |
the realization Of the fact that he |
knew himself to be more than an |
equal for Smith in hand to hand |
conflict that enabled him to restrain |
himself-the contempt Of a strong, |
confident man for an ignoble inferior.
Smith was larger and heavier, yes,
but the man who had hip locked the
burglar Cotton and had thrown him
headlong to his death from the win
dow of n rushing railway train was