The Washington times., 1925-07-09
New and Amazing Serial Des crbes in Detail One Mans
& "a Long But Losing Battle for Freedom, As Told
49, - By Himself s.>.aE


A moment later l was out of
the house, suitcase and all. Sub.
sequently. learned that when
Jack was ridiculed by older for
permitting my escape he. said:
That's all right. It, proved I
was never cut out to be a jailer."
don't know just how it came
about, nor whose suggestion it
was, but late that fall 4 found
myself working on new serial
for the paper. my Life Out of
Prisons J, tt was to be a nara.
tive of my experiences since
leaving San Quentin-not too
intimate.
became absorbed, in the work,
and held myself fairly well in
hand until the middle of Deem
bers when j, fell by the wayside.
The narrative was about half
finished. and Nillicent, whom I
had made "a confidant, was terri.
bly, concerned when / got to
Diminishing again. h. 1.
Outing to;Be DrinIxIess.
She was to leave for her home
IN the Sierra Nevada Mountains
during the Christmas holidays,
and she invited me to go with
her. She had learned that I.
would not. drink when near her,
and ] know that was her primo
motive in asking me to the home
OF her parents. knew, if / ae-
cepted, that 1 would be drfnkless
till we returned, and / was glad
of'tfae opportunity.
7 shall never. forget those ten
days.sI accomplished much work,
and we spent the. afternoons
traInping. Christmas Day the
entire family assembled at dinner.
some of them coming many miles.
It was my third Christmas out
Of prison. and the best one. of all.
When we returned to San Fran
cisco I was again a new man, and
for@severaI weeks kept a firm
grip on myself
In February, 1914. Isreceived
communication from Thomas Mott
Osborne. asking me to come to
New York and address a State
conference on penal and social
conditions. Older thought it
would, be a, good thing to do
the responsibility would sober and
steady me. I wired osborne stat
ing I would come If expenses
GEere guaranteed. e-..-.-.-.- -~4.--y----A
Osborne. had Just completed a
voluntary week as a convict in
the old Auburn prison. He was
engaged in writing a book. with.
IN Prison Walls telling of his
experiences. In that book he
stated that it was'~the reading of
my Life in Prison that had de.
cided him to take an active inter-
est in prisons. - f.s..-.
Il knew all this. of Osborne, also
that he was a. prominent man. I
bought a nine months round-trip
ticket to- Boston and left San.
Francisco with q, feeling that 1
had actually reached a, turn in
the path, and that 1 was destined
to. make good" in a, big way.
1t was Saturday morning when
left, and i boarded the Over
land at the Sixteenth street sta
ton .in- Oakland, Millicent seeing
me off and waving to me as Ire
coded from her sight on the OBJ
servation.
There had been nothing said in
words between us, but there
seemed to be a tacit understand
ing that the future might be ours
together.
felt very confident and happy,
Gs the train gathered speed.
Chapter XVII.
All went well until l arrived at
Chicago, where was obliged to
cross town to make train con-
nections..- Instead Of making the
transfer as / should have done,
/ decided to stop over a day or
two and see the city. I had been
in Chicago before, but had visited
few places Of interest. There was
no definite date fixed for my
meeting Osborne He had invited