Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-24
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES

IDAVE HENDERsoN'S lips parted
- but it was only to touch them with
the tip of his tongue. They were dry.
IIis'eycs we're still on that coarse, un-
gainy toe. It's significance had taken
concrete form now. lie knew now what
il meant II typified n living hell of
five long years, n ghastly hell and a
CHASTITY price paid for that hundred
left stencil in his nostrils that
would live ms long as he lived
years that piled the daily, never.
ending details of petty prosecutions, of
lonthsome associations, of miserable
liscomforts, Of haggard dreariness, of
heart sickness, of bitterness that wnS
the bitterness of gall, into one over
whclming mass of horror from which tho
soul recoilcd. blanchcd, scared, shriv-
clcd. And it went back further than
that. 1t went back to night oil. thc
long, long ago, eterniticS ago. nlght
when. in physical torture ana anguish
from his wound, his teeth had sunk into
his Inns. and he had become blood
fungcd like the hunted animal at bay
hc was. and he had endured until the
hlackncss came. That was what II
meant. this rough. heavy, ungracefui
clod of a prison boot upon his foot :
l. mcnnt that he had gone the limit.
that he had never hedgcd, that he lia"
nnid tho price, all of it-all OF it
except onl y the sixty-three days that
were left. ,,.
Amt you going to say anything
Davc?" ao. hi,
Tony Lomazzi must have. shuiticg MS
way back to the bars of his cell dooli
The old Italian was Whispering ,or,. nmu
listened
intcntly, one could near h'"'
was no other sound.
Barian cleared his throat, 49,,
Look here" he said slowl y, what
the use. Dave? I've showed you thnt
Won re bound to lose, and that on Una.
score II don't pay. And 1t don pnA
any way YOU want TO look at H. III i
don't have to go out of here ma, hcu
man Dave. There amt any tru'h III
,hat-thnt the police never give gHs "
chance to go straight again n'tv
ain't anything in that. IL al up ~
the guy himself lou come uI'TS',i III
make good on that money anu ,i
guarantee you'll get the squares. Hv',' -,
any man ever got. Nhy' IL Mou" w ',o
rroof in itself that you meant 10 ~
',trnirht, Dave, and cvcrybodyd q iai'
over himself to give you the glad hanu:
You can soc that. cant you. Dhvf
Dnu't vow want to look the other lc'-
Iov. in the eve for the rest OF your
lifrt Don't you want to he ircc man
ynu'vr got a lot of years ahead oi you
iim', Won ever thought of II home, ana
kidIicG. maybe! 1t don't pay, Dave
tho othcr way don't. You We got 'I'
chance now to make good. Nh"' u''
YOU say: ,u ,,,orir,
Tony LomnzHi was Stil, mu,i"''mSI ,n nj
Strange thc guard was letting inc on!
bomb throwcr have 80 much 'l'''''c w
might .,.. ,,,,lo,
cham Lo bnL over chnttcred in all the
wears he had occupied that next cci'
there. ,, =, ,o,. but
Bnrjnn laughed little in low ou'
not unpleasant way. Ia
. well. then. listen again: Dave ne
said. II got one more thing 10 yen
Won. You know what I've SAID Is r'Sht.
Won come across, and I'll see that you
cot your chance-and you don't have
f. wait for it. either. Dave. I've got
il all fixed. I've got the papers. III my
pocket. You come across, ana you Waik
ont of here free man with me rlShi
row-tonight :" he leaned l"rW;tru iI
and slapped Dave Henderson 5. shoulder =
Ripht now-tonigh minute What
do YOU say:'N ~ !,
II was true. The tentative plan i"
had half formulated was no good. lie
realized that now. TO lay low and
wnit was no good-Barjnn had made
thnt clear. The hope that the police
might vccr around to the belief that
Runty Mott and Badly Nickcrs were
after all, the men to watch, was no
good cithcr-Barjan had made that
"uuallv clear. There didn't seem to
be any way out-and. his number wa'
m on the board on every police track
in the country. Yes, that was true,
FOO He lifted his eyes from the toe
Of his boot for the first time and met
Burian's eyes, and held the Others ful
II long minute in steady gaze.
And then Dave Henderson spoke
for the first time.
You go to he'll :" he said.