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Al Capone — Part 13
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Wo are amused by the questions Mr, Grover asks Capone, and
Like Capone, reluctant to leave the little private office. However, there
are ether mon walting. Mr. Grover la a busy man. . » sometimes! And, with
a tinge of regret we jump from our perch on the pertition to the floor below,.
and march out beside Capone, Wot one pair of oyes are directed anywhere
except at his smiling countenance, as, like a gladiator of the ring who has
defeated his opponent, he resumes his corner.
Boon thia is all over, We follow Capone back to hia cell,
Be site on tho wall-attached bunk. He lifts his pillow to beat a soft place
fin it. & package has been hidden beneath it. Mell, what can that bef we esx,
our eyés wide in curiosity. It certainly wasn't there when he made his bed
this morning!
Capone feels the bundle. He is skeptical. It might be «
pomb! Tt might be - - = Well, it might be anything, he thinks; and surely
it is something! Be cautiously unwraps it, holds it at arms" length and
de ms surprised af are we - - = For inclosed in the paper wrapping ia the
half of a baked chicken}!
Chicken! How our mouths ‘water’ as Capone sinks his teeth ints
tho end that went over the fence last}
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