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1%. Wiggins, formerty Capone's mo-t reliatle amr, upon release fro Solitary 4s assigned the menial duty of "slinging hash" in the Dining Hall, This duty -- carrying a bucket of food and forming art of the ptail shat monotonously melis back and fortis feeding the seated innates ~- 4s known us the degradix; punishment. It 4s not only huniliating and one Darrassing because Le doing 14 is competed to be subservisnt to other convicts, but it is the only resort the officials iave for the ignorant and unintelligert. ieturally, an innate feels, amthing 46 preferavie to "slinging hash". ‘iguins herbore an injured vanity. To think, he protests, thet his last few wouls must be cerved at so menial uw tuss! Ho bed been Jooked upor by other inuates as one of al's cronies. To now dray bir woary legs {rem one end of the section of rows to the other end, “taking lip” fron grumbling, dissatisfied and Cinnicky famutes, goes acuinst his grein. Further, he has discovered to his rosentment and disappointment thut Capone has not made the last pa;nent -- tie ane due while he was ir the hole. A mrsage to Capone is ignored. Wiggins knows the uselessness aca futiiity of appealing further. ile knows @ lot about Capone, he boasts, and if he munts to talke » Wiggin knows too that in a few days he will be “on the bricks” (free), and it fs an annoying thing to live ir constant fear of so..cone stepping up behind you and silencing you forever! He knows that other men have gone from the prison, and have been found along some deserted road ss « fn a ditch. . « the doad occupant of a deserted house! io, ho resolves, he can't take the chance. He shall not go back to Miani, his bona fide residence to where passage has beon arranged. Anything but that! Any place else -- providing Capone cannot learn whore it ist But Capone learns the most secret movements of his former aides. He learns everything, Wiggins reasons, Yet, he'll try. Maybe. . « maybe the Director of Prisons will understand, . .