The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-11-22
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Peter Borden, his former employer,
aoho has aided IN sending Terry to
prison because he thought ut qCds
his duty" Terry determines to
make Borden suffer as he has suf-
fered during the three gears in Dris-
on. BOb's prison pal is Todd Shan
non, a1hO urges him to call on his
niece, Kathleen Shannon, aehe1l
Bob returns tolhis home to1cn. Todd
tells Bob he might also look aD
John CdYmOdy, q criminal Jaeger
and political boss in the state, as
CdrmOdy p,dy hare employment for
him.
Bob says gOod-byc to his prison
pdl, Todd Shannon, and accepts q
present of a little earring Of q Jdpa-
aiese pdgoda Todd has CARED out an
prison, using an old safety razor
blade.
Bob is at last free to return TO
his home toqcR. He takes the train
home. and on the rag a railroad de-
tecfirc Ecck7es him, causing q tot
OF nafdrOrable attention from oc-
cHpdnts Of the car.
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CHAPTER W.
Bob's face softened. The old
newspaper wrapping took unto IT.
self the warmth Of a human hand
CLASH. 1t was the grasp of sincere,
unaffected friendship extended to
him across the scores of miles. He
funlbIed with the piece of tWlne
and slowly unwrapped the parcel.
II was a queer thing which he
held: block OF red cedar about
two inches square and Is inches
Highland it had been carved by
Todd Shannon into Shannon's dis
torted idea oil a Japanese pagoda.
1t was ridiculous thing pathetl-
caily ridiculous: all irregular
1 curves and weird figures, with here
and there tiny tack or bit OF
glue to repair a-split in the wood.
But Bob recognized it. AS far
back as he could remember, he mad
seen Todd Shannon working on
that bit OF cedar, his only tools an
old safety razor blade and a piece
: OF sandpaper. That bit Of wood
carving meant a great deal to Todd.
It was his six months emotional
outlet. Bob could vision him now
massively muscular llunched over
the Tiny bit Of red wood, clumsy
fingers manipulating the delicate
razor blade, jaw as firm as though
ehsaseu ~ piiss'ios'' ~ p.s', -. als
req nair lai,ins over ehe iexei e sba
"hien ooniu seo iio'iiiis
.ash III naiiu
And only because three years pc
hind stone walls mad taught q Eth
lesson III sell-controi was bop Ter
, ry saved from breaking uo"l.
isre III nis lianu Mae . soso NC,
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So - i,;ttnrnass tb.t pob ren,a,o-
..'d.,sd ~ ,attar ha bsd baen given
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~ nj. To,.,.u i,ad a,,tartoinad . dean
aseoat;a,, ana yast rsenecf
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$a,sa 90 r;rnad - nnon co,,1a.
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..,,anad ~ 10 sst;l1, snJ starad ~ tho
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iT;a IA, sansit;uo line txy;star INFO
or;,naoa ~ angar The man was
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, n.a no,,,d raot;fv +,,a< hlas sing If
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lie scanned the prlei, aiaaAiiis
ietter: u was typlcai Oh tne man
VINO mad written II. NO panaiity'
no mock sentiment. IL was written
simply and directly, without saiuta-
Ton and<wlthout preamble:
nave arranged Tor TINS 10 pc
given You at the hour OIL your re-
tease. You Will understand that Dy
now ! nave learned my mistake.
nfst thought TO meet you az
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