Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-12-21

"Huhl / can guess how" snarled
the prisoner. sTae Doodle is going to
be divided. What win be my share7
! can't understand how you got track
of it,"
Nov. the first thing is to pronounce
sentence" said the judge, rising slow
y and Putting on his judicial face.
After that We can talk"
He stood. looking down at the pris-
oner for some moments. and then said |:
For the crimes OF which you stand
convicted. John Battey, sentence you
to twenty years in our state peni-
Tertiary"
He paused. and the prisoner col
lapsed in ludicrous heap. his eyes
bullying.
"Tw-twenty years" he suffered.
I'll thought
But. in view Of certain things In
my mind" the Judge went on, calmly,
will suspend this sentence indefi-
nitely, the length depending wholly on
yourself, II you siolGte or fail to meet
In any particular the terms am about
to propose, the sentence will immedi-
ately 20 into effect, and there win be
no LAT lr mitigation Now, pronounce,
as a provisional sentence, that you ex-
pend $1,000 of the money In doing
Christmas work the coming week, COM
mencing tomorrow. There are hun
dreds OF ways Of doing this, but. as
You are rev to the business, / might
suggest going through department and
other stores and studying the Christ
mas shoppers. There will be many
with anxious faces. counting the few
dimes or dollars they have to spend.
Get In touch with the clerks so that,
by nod or look, you can make them
understand they are to cut prices In
half. or put In extra goods, and you
meet the difference. Let the children
shufling through the stores, with
eager hungry eyes, who appear to
have no money, select something and
you pay for 1t. Do the same for those
whose faces sre pressed against the
windows outside. Talk with market
men and have them send turkeys to
: homes that can't afford one. It
doesn't matter whether the father or
mother may be unworthy. It Is
Christmas, and a taste of turkey and
cranberry sauce would mot hurt them.
And, besides. there are the childrenl
You can find ways enough, and each
one you meet viii open Others.
"And after this week, Jack, you win
expend $1,000 each month In such
work, until the whole is gone. It win
take you nearly four years. We win
allow you $50 from 1t each week for
your personal needs-no more. The
very last $500-.-the dirty $500 left by
your uncle and which may have start
ed you into that way of money get
ting, you viii give to some poor wom-
an in memory OF your wife. Because
1t is bad money, it should expiate It.
self in good work"
The prisoner had been Strengthening
up. There was sullen defiance in his
eyes.
Suppose 1 don't do 1t to the letter,
judge?" he queried. Suppose / save
out some2 You never could know. It's
too much to ask me to give up every
cent. How could live afterwards
There is the suspended twenty
years sentence, Jack" significantly.
IF you deviate hairs breadth from
this work the sentence will be. en-
forced 1t would take the rest Of your
life, and the money is not worth
thought in comparison Besides. you
must be purged Of the money for your
own good. AS to not knowing, we shall
keep close watch Of all your money.
II you draw more. or take more than
the sum allowed each month, the
original sentence win go into effect.