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f ‘Write hin an interview slip and ask bin.” Wel, maybe later,” 41 condescends. "Seo that old guy playing tennis over there? Well, he's the best tems player here, Old Man Pennfield, Doing twenty years for robbing widows and orphans. He's about sixty now, end aint been bere so long.” “aw, bell. I could beat him playing.” Capone's remark is tinged with derision, “Who's the little fellow playing with him? He's good.” “that's Chip Robinson. He's Dinty Colbeck's lieutenant. Boy, can be use « machine gund Be's doing 25, too. Hackethal, down in the Officer's Mess - - bots doing 25 on the sane rap. So 4s Dictemeyer, his brother~in-lem. | | He's in the Kitchen, They all cane together, You know then!" “Yen,I know Dinty and Chippy. But I don't know the other two.” “Look, see that fat blonde guy standing about twonty fect be- hind ue, looking at ust Don't turn now -- he's looking, Well, that's Hackethal, Ho's the bird you want to got next to, He ias charge of the Offi Mess, under Fenters, the civilian. Hackethal can get you anything you want to eat. . « pro- viding you pay, of course, You'll learn that anything you get done in hero, which 48 againet rulec and regulations, 4a gotta be pald for. But it's worth it.” "Look! See these pants! Seo the crease in then? Well, ONE CARTON A MONTE! That's what I pay to have then pressed by a ‘Jig! (necro) in the laundry, You gotta ce careful, though, for you can't pay anything to « ' guy i front of a guard. Bring 1t on the yard, and give it to someone w give to whoever it 1s for, That's the best way. “Say, 41," oxazinirg the extra large shirt and tight pants on Capane, “you oughta get acne decent rags, That stuff's baloney! . mimite. .. I'11 get @ guy who'll fix you up. Aw, Hell. . » there's Hoad watching mo, Capteic Youd. . ~ I'm gonn> scram, See you later!” The talkative, willing abettor wake off and ie lost in tho group watching the ball gam. Hia eyes searci out and find Captain Wend still standing on the spot we last sow hin, Maybe, he recrete, he wasn't watching him after all, Well, better not tuke @ chunco. No use goin: to the "hole" for nothing,