The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-08

on his knee and made a regular tool |
OF the stubby-ended pencil, slowly and |
iaooriously forming letter after letter
10 crude, clumsy way, pressing into
Tue paper heavily. He tore OF the
written sheet finally, folded it, wrote
an address on the outside, placed it
IN MS pocket and grunted out scant
thanks to Burr. Then he threw him
self on his bunk and was soon fast
asleep.
SUR settled himself for some writ
ing the pad on his knee. Then he
strained his gaze as he noted that the
cumbrous epistolary efforts of his cell
mate had made a plain deep impress
upon the blank sheet before him. He
held 1t up against the light.
4 Thunder" calculated Burr, and
began to think hard. for this he made
/ out OF the transferred scrawl:
Mollie Do just what say, or I'll
lose out, bad. First thing, get those
i papers out Of the mattress and hide
them in the cellar. Then 60 to Law
yer Marcus. Tell him if I'm not out
OF here inside of week, I'll blow the
whole game and give up the papers
to the investigation committee joe"
1t took little meditation on the part
OF Burr to figure out that strange
freak Of fate had placed him in the
company of one of the tools, or fellow
conspirators Of the gang controlled by
la 10 e1N IL
night. He planned to appeal to the
warden first thing In the morning, and
ask especial permission to call up
Merrill on the telephone. To his sur
prise, however. before he left the cell
guard came for him and escorted
him to the office of the functionary
he so wished to see.
neutrality-suspicious. by the may
or, announced the warden. and Burr
guessed rightly that his newspaper
friend had acted promptly in the prem
isC5
: Burr was speedily robed in his owl
} personal apparel and, hot-footed, made
for the nearest police station. H'
knew the reporting ropes thorough.
enough to promptly locate the on
: where Joe" had been initially i'm
5 prisoned. He learned that his forme
cellmate had been Jailed for deadl,
assault upon a pal and from the rec
ords secured his living address.
Time. he realized, was the essenc
of the occasion, Joe" might find a
I Nv ~ oh
note to "Mollie." There was no tim
to lose Burr reached the address
obtained from the police record t
find the gangster's home to be
wretched two-story house in a stat
of general dilapidation. He saw
woman moving about, formed a speed
plan and went into near drug stor'
Cutting the sheet Of paper nearl
in two that bore the impress Of tn
note Joe" had written to "Mollie
he proceeded to trace the pencil poll
marks direct, so that in the ham
writing of the delectable Joe
read:
- go to Lawyer Marcus. TIE
him if I'm not out of here inside of
week I'll blow the whole game ar
give up the papers to the investiga
ing committee"
Burr proceeded to deliver the not
He was assured from the manner
"Mollie" that the real letter had n
yet arrived He lurked about the pla'
N till the woman went away on h
mission, forced window, got in
k the house, investigated the mattres
n. found the papers and fastened to b
er friend, Merrill.
k The Evening Spectator made Blu
Landry handsome cash present f
n securing the biggest scoop of t
lg year, besides proving up the charg
he it had made against the gangsters.
H. meant the promotion of Burr to re
an reporting position. At which the a
bilious young fellow rejoiced; pref
IN loving Rose sharing his happiness.
es Copyright. 1915. by w. G. Chapman