The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-11
SEMI ONTHLY NJ AC ZINE

what happened then? Well. Shaver
turned me up and saved himself from
the rope" He threw up his hands
in a gesture of impotence. yep.
that's the way 1t comes back on you.
They gave me fifteen. ! tried to
make deal with 'em by turning up
my plates. but they figured fifteen
would wind me up; and they knew
| was the only one who knew where
the plates are buried. And they amt
afraid of those plates as long as
they're in the ground. and I'm In
here. There you are, kid; that's how
it nicked me Now will You believe
me when | say know you can't
make 1t pay?"
Club played the part of remorse.
full youth to perfection.
You're right" he said. eve been
Il fool. Well. IL Is Mt too late for me
to go right when | get outside"
He let there be no doubt concern.
ing his reformation. always giving
Clarkson credit for opening his eyes.
The warden noted 1t and told "A r..
porter. The reporter wrote u Christ.
mas feature story about II. II was a
touching little thing. the tale of the
old broken convict who had saved a
young man after his first false step.
The warden mailed a copy with
hearty. encouraging letter to clubs
father in New York City. And Club
continued To work Clarkson. and day
by day absorbed bits of the two great
secrets which he need, / in his bust
ness.
Clarkson never told Club the Sc
crets - his secret process for counter.
feiting and the location Of the buried
plates - in so many words. There
We're times when he seemed on the
point of so doing. but on such occa-
sions Club swiftly changed the sub.
jet or moved himself out of hearing.
II was no part of the brilliant young
mans plans to permit the old coun.
terfeiter to realize that Club Walker
could possibly be in possession of the
precious secrets. Little by little. in
dribbles of information painfully
small, the desired knowledge came.
II was a process of education that re.
quired infinite patience and plenty
of time. Club had both. Bit by bit
Clarkson unconSCiously revealed his
counterfeiting secret and the process
of its application. Bit by bit Club
pieced the information together,
building up in tiny mosaics a com
plete knowledge of how Dell hungry
had produced the bills that had made
him famous. And bit by bit, as
Clarkson rambled over and over
again the story of his last forced us"
| of his plates and their final cOnsien-
ment to the ground. club pieced to-
| gcther tiny plimpses of the circum-
stances of the burial until AT last,
when the term of his sentence was
| drawing 10 an end. he was able to put
| down in black and white on a paper
| hidden in the sole Of his shoe the sec
| ond great secret 49, the exact location
of the hidden plates.
| THEN Clubs manner toward Clark
son began to change. lie wanted
| Clarkson to forget about the plates.
| lie ceased to be the patient, silent
| listener; he became the talker.
| Clarkson had to listen now. Club
was thinking and talking only of his
| impending release. of his hopes, fears
and plans for the honorable scheme
| of life which he was to lead when he
| TO revert TO his old experiences Club
| excitcdly interrupted with sketch
| of his plans for the future. Never
for an instance did they talk of the
| plates. Apparently Club had for.