Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-07-15

kid. l can get any kind OF a hat you
want to wear. But III tell you about
It In the morning."
No 6O,1OS and Bin Hawkins were
out Of their hunks next morning before
the Changing Ut the bell, Bill grinned
very knowingly as they pulled into
their baggy gray suits. He crooked his
right index finger and held it before
the boy.
See that?" he asked.
YES" replied Montgomery. wonder
ing.
ut Is exactly one inch, that second
joint. I'm going to measure you for
your suit Turn around"
Montgomery turned. facing the door,
and Rill stepped behind him. He felt
the finger joint pressing against bis
shoulders as Bill took the dimensions
for the piece of the coat be was to
fashion surreptitiously As he worked
be explained his scheme tn q whisper.
THE color Of the cloth is all right"
be said. but it Is the baggy shape of
the coat and pauts that gets an es-
capped convict in Dutch III remember
these measurements and swipe the
stuff and cut it in the shop. I'll do
one piece at time In the cutting
room there's isaacs. The Butcher Gu
my right ano '.'1aho Shorty on roy left.
They'll be bind They won't say a
thing to anybody. aud they won't see
thing. III smuggle in the suit piece
by piece and swipe the basting stuff,
needles aud thread" He finished the
three dimensions of the first piece Of
the coat he was to make and was salts
fed
''One piece at a time," he said to
himself. when get 'em all done I'll
sew 'em together by hand right here In
this handsome little one room fiat.
When the suit Is ready you're to put it
on under your prison clothes. Then
when you get on the outside you can
peel of, stick hat on your head and
beat It," He laughed softly to him.
self
And as for hats" be whispered, Ill
get one swiped, an old CASTOR kelly
from one Of the prison Offices"
The boy wondered at the goodness
and kindness that lay hidden in the
heart of this old offender against soci-
ETY.. who looked almost monstrosity
and yet was as gentle as a child.
Trc Eoon n0n1lo n1oo r -
advised Bill. Don't be In any hurry.
Whenever you see chance that prom
Uses tell me about it, and Wen talk it
over: All the time III be working on
on this suit, and I'm going to make a
swell JOB Of it. Seer"
And suppose do get out, Bill" sug-
gested Montgomery, land patent my
Inventions and make fortune, how
am ever going to repay your"
well, I'm fifty years years old.
now" replied the burglar. when ]
get out I'll be sixty-6ve and still
burglar, perhaps. Mebbe I'll be able
to run in on you somewhere and you
can help me keep straight, give me a
job, lock me up at night and treat me
like human being In the daytime. l
amt been treated like human being
in so long I've clean forgot how it
feels"
The old burglars face clouded for a
moment, and his heavy jaw clamped
tighter.
Say, kid,'' he said huskily. never
breathe it, will you? ! had a boy Of
my own once. He'd be just your age
If he'd lived. wanted him to live
and that's why I'm here. needed
more money than l could make to send
him to the mountains to be cured of
the white bugs-the T. B. just had
to get the money and so went In on
house breaking job. Well. the boy
didn't get to the mountains: he died Of
consumption. The cops got me and |
came to this place for my first bit.
One Of the gang hollered and the bulls
got all the loot. When l got out after
my bit the boy was dead and his
mother was-well, she was worse than
dead, they told me. 1t amt the man
who goes to prison that does all the
suffering. It's his wife and babies
that take the punishment"
Both were silent as they finished
preparing to answer roll call and
march to the mess hall for breakfast
BILL" Montgomery finally suggest
ed. "perhaps If get out and all goes