The Washington times., 1925-07-23
New and Amazing Serial Describes Ont
Mans Long But Losing Battle
for Freedom

I any rate, I found myselS III
"A the warden's residence up there.
with Tom as my guide, and urg-
ing me to occupy the suite Of
rooms directly opposite his on the
second floor. They were big
rooms, three Of them, with a
bath. Somehow they seemed too
sumptuous for me. 1 asked If I
might not have a single room.
somewhere, urging that this suite
might be needed for visitors, and
that it was altogether too~large
for me.
you may" have any room you
WISH" he said, pleasantly. Lets
go upstairs"
(On the third floor I found just
what I wanted-a medium sized
front room, with windows on two
sides, steam heat, extension lights
and a bath just down the hall.
Moreover, I learned that the room
opposite was occupied by Jack"
the warden's chauffeur, whom I
liked, and who was a graduate
from the George Junior Republic
of which Osborne had long been
q director, and the room next to
mine was that of Harry" the
warden's valet and all around
handy man, and Harry was also
a graduates from, Auburn prison.
Jack was a big fellow, blond
and handsome. Harry was small,
wiry, and a Hebrew. The other
rooms on that floor, I learned,
were unoccupied..
TO be up there meant freedom
and close association with men
could understand. One could run
about in any stage Of undress
and be comfortable under all CIR
cumstances. My room had win
dow seats, from which a view of
the Hudson coud be had, and
faced south, away from the
storms of winter. A little sun
balcony ran the full length OF
the building, and there were easy
chairs in abundance.
New Surroundings.
Osborne had an engagement in
New York for that afternoon, so
had all the rest of the day to I'M
pack my belongings and get in
stalled. I had been introduced to
only two or three of the subordi-
nate officers, and had not yet
been given entree to the prison.
That evening I dined alone, and
then went for a walk along the
heights down the river.
AT IL O'Clock, when Osborne re-
turned, we had long talk. He
seemed to already realize that
there was much trouble in store,
and told me that he wanted me
to- act as his confidential secre-
tary, handling correspondence and
care to trust to regular prison at
taches whom he did not know,
and also to be a sort of major
domo over the residence, attend
ing to the ordering and checking
of supplies, arranging for meals,
providing for the proper reception
of guests, and the like.
What I would like to do would
be to make a clean sweep of the
holdovers," said Osborne. Few of
them are in sympthy with new
ideas, and I don't know whom I
can trust But, unfortunately,
there are details connected with
the running of a big institution
like this that it will take me some
time to master, and meanwhile
/ must rely upon those who are
familiar Nth the place.
That win be the trying period
the weeks. perhaps months, that
wen have to spend finding out
whom we shall have to replace.
I've already learned that more
than half my own work will be
that of handling the guards and
officers and keeping them in line.
IF we only had the prisoners to
think about, the work would be
easy"
CHAPTER XXXIV
My first days at Sing Sing
prison were very depressing.
knew from ten years personal
suffering what it meant to be
locked in a cell 100 hours 4
week-a cell five feet long, seven
feet wide, seven feet high. But
the holes called cells at Sing Sing
were an insult to the miserable
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