The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-03-26
The Black Sheep.
Another Phase of the Struggle.
CHAPT. XXIIT.

| Two weeks after his Incarceration
Jack was once more brought into the
filth Uttered court room of the MIMI
cipality of Anamoose. Here the jailor
handed him his suit case and railroad
ticket and laconieally told him to get
the next train out of town. He was not
a little surprised when the boy in
formed him that that would be alright
if his two companions accompanied
him; and that unless they did he would
not 90 until his sentence had expired.
The jailor not accustomed to hearing
such talk from what he considered a
mere hobo attempted to employ the
time honored methods of petty official
dom. Said he: "The judge gave me
orders to turn you loose and to see to
it that you got out of town, that is
all there is to it. Now you git"
"And if I don't get, then what?'
"Then By God I'll lock you up
again
"Wcll that's what I want. So that
ism It so bad"
"No well put you on the train and
see that you git out of town. It's
the judges orders'
"Wen, I'll tell you partner, the
judge can put me on the train and
send me out of town and I can get on
the train and come back again. Merely
! throwing cat out of the window does
not stop her from going under the
| bed, and what is more I might as
well tell you right now that 1 am
going to stay in this town in Jail or
out until my partners are released and
neither you nor your judge nor any
one below the supreme court of the
United States is going to exile me.
/ will stay here if I have to go to
Harvey and get district Court order
restraining justice Duffy from letting
me out of jail. Either we all come ont
or l 90 back in" So saving he flung
his suitcase in the corner and sat
down upon bench and grinned at the
jailor.
Low Brow did not know how to take
this so he walked out of the court
room and into the livery barn office
to inform hizzoner of the boys deci
sion. The story amused the fat Irish.
man and after taking a copious draft
of the forbidden juice, which he kept
in large quantities under the oats in
his feed bin. He then followed the
jailor into the court room.
He smiled good humoredly on the
prisoner; it was the first time he had
seen him since ordering him to iail.
After once more listening to Low
Brow story which this time was far
more accurate than what it was at
the trial he asked the boy if that
were really his attitude. Jack admitted
that 1t was. The judge then told him
that he was a bigger fool than he had
considered him to be. "These buns
would not do that for you kid. They
would let you rot and beat it the
first chance they got. One of the
reasons 1 have for letting you 90 is
that I came to the conclusion is that
iyou were not really bad but simply in
bad company. Now take my advice
and get out of town; it is the best
thing you can do. Has Low Brow
given you ticket9"
Here the jailor told the judge that
the ticket had been offered to the boy
but that he had refused it.
The judge using his wit where he
lacked wisdom resorted to diplomacy.
Amy way'', said he, ego up town
and look around. Get yourself bath
ard hair cut, in the meantime +
Will see the city attorney and find
out what l can do about your friends.
know that what you say is true, all
that ! can do is lock you up again.
and don't want to do that. But III
he hanged if I'll turn those other
buns loose until they have served their
time"
"And 7 refuse to be turned loose ;"
persisted the boy, "I'll go back into
that jail and stay there. I am as guilty
as they and they are as innocent as |.
l. IN not going out of this can until we
90 together
'W Well any way 60 Up town and get
fixed up and then come back and
we1l lcck you up'', said the Judge
handing the boy his suit case. "Take
this along, you may want to change
clothes or something Come back in n
couple of hours and Wen put you in. ;"
That's a bargain" said the boy as
he took the suitcase and walked out of
the door.
Jack had no sooner left the court
room than the Judge turned the KEY
IN the door, as he said to bis officer.
" Now he is out, and he II have to 90
some to get back in"
" Yes" agreed the other, "you have
him out of Jail but how are you going
to get him out of town9'
Don't bother your head about that
He has only two or three dollars in his
pocket; he II be hunting nnother
climate in day or so. ! can't under.
stand why Gus is so damned anxious
to get him out of town. In fact III
don't know why he is interested in the
case. wouldn t have turned him loose
but we can't go against Gus. He'd
simply raise the devil could turn the
other two out but that would raise
stink. Every body would want to know
why we did it. Once get a bunch of
hens to cackling and you don't know
where it'll end, wish Gus hadn y
butted in" So saying he went over to
the livery barn and called up the city
attorney. The two went over the entire
case. Small hetd was of the opinion
that "The young snot should be locked
up again, but when Duffy informed
him that Anderson wanted him freed
he Immediately read an entirely DIFF
ferent meaning into the law"
On the point of running him out of
town however the lawyer agreed that
1t could not be done without running
serious risks If the boy had any back.