Evening star., 1921-09-27
BY FRANK L. PACKARD,
Copyright, 1891, by Public Ledger Co.
Copyright, 1921, by r. II. Davis Corp.

v,helming mass of horror from Xhich
the soul recoiled, blanched, scared,
shriyeled. And it went back 1urtneI
than that 1t went back to nlshl
of the long, long ago, eternltles aso;
a night when. in physical torture ana
anguish from his wound. his teetn
had sunk into his lips, and ne na9
become blood-fanged like the hunted
animal at bay he waS,i ana ne nau en-
dured until the blackness came. inat
was what it meant, this rough, neaVS
ungraceful clod of a prison boot upon
his foot, 1t meant that he had gone
the limit, that he had never hedgeo'
that he had paid the price, all or 1t
all of it-except only the Sixty y-three
days that were left.
"Ain't you going to say any 'iiihs'
Dave?"
Tony Lomazzi must have shuftied
his way back to the bars of his cell
door. The old Italian was Whisper
ing and muttering again. II one
listened very intently, one could near
him. There was no other souno'
Barjan cleared his throat.
Look hree," he said slowly, Nv hat $
the use, Dave? I've showed you that
you're bound to lose, and that on ina.
score it won't pay. And 1t don pay
any way you want to look at II. hoa
man, Dave There amt any trutn IN
that-that the police never give a guy
a chance to so straight again; Inere
ART anything in that It's all up. to
fhe guy himself. You come across, .;,
make good on that money, ana
guarantee you'll get the SQUARES, a,,,d I he
any man ever got. Why. it wouia oe
proof in itself that you meant 10 20
straight, Dave. and everybodyd ran
over himself to give you the 6iau
hand You can see that. can you
Dave? Don't you want 10 looh tne
of your life? Don't you want 10 os
a free man? You've got lot OF
Years ahead of you. Amt you ever
thought of a home. and kiddies. may
be? 1t don't pay, Dave-the otneI
way don't. You've got the chaneu
now to make good. "hat ao sou
say?" -, ,..ri,,
Strange the guard was letting the ola
bomb thrower have so much Iicen
tonight, Tony seemed to be chat.e
ing louder than he had ever cna.'e .i,t
in all the years ne hau occ"pie" '"-
next cell there.
than he had ever chattered IN an VI, .nS
years he had occupied that next cell
there! , ,ow
Barjan laughed little in a 10"
but not unpleasant way.
..Weu. then. listen again, Dave, ne
id. II got one more thing to tell you.
You know what 1 said is right You
come across, and I'll see that you
get YOUR chance-and you don't nave
to wait for it. either. Dave I've sot
it all fixed. I've got the papers IN my
pocket. You come across, ana you
walk out of here free man with me
right now-tonight"' He leaned 1or-
ward and slapped Dave Henderson 5
shoulder again Tonight, Dave-set
that" Right night-thls MIN
ute, What do you say?"
It was true! The tentative plan
he had half formulated was no good.
He realized that now. To lay low
and wait was no good-Barjan hao
made that clear The hope that tue
police might veer around to the pc
lief that Runty Mott and Baby
Vickers were. after all. the men TO
watch. was no good either-BarJan
had made that equally clear Ihere
didn't seem to be any way out-ahu
his number was up on the board on
every police track in the country
Yes, that was true, too. He lifted ms ms
ewes from the toe of his boot 1or
the first time. and met Bar1ans eyes
and held the others for long MIN
ute in steady gaze.
And then Dave Henderson spoke
for the first time.
"You go to hell!'' he said.
Continued in Tomorrow starr