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226. Doe has one swore letter permissable under the privilege granted all inmates. It is Tuesday evening. Doc is to be discharged in the morning. Shavines has been pacsing up and down before Doc's stall, wondering if and wighing he will write that final letter. The hours pass. . » Doc reais a ‘book. Fourteen hours from now Doc will be free . . t Thirteen hours. . . He still roads. Twelve hours! It is now 9500 P. k. At 10100 P.t. 02] must retire! : ‘The letter that mist be delivered to Capone is not being written, Doc is preparing to retire! Thon, as if receiving « telepathic mestare fron Shavings, an urge. . . @ command, almost. . . Doc sits down and writec. Ke destroys the letter before it is cacpleted! Again he begins a letter. He finishes it as the 9:45 signal, to prepare for bed,is sounded! Indolently walking to the mail box, unaware thet his every movement is carefully and breathlessly watched, Doc drops the letter for posting. He returns to his stall and creeps into bed. ia less than twelve hours he will be » free man! Yet, in lecs than twelve hours much can happen. He has been expooting it daily....Hourly! Capone will not let him get by with that racket! Never! Ee dreads tho darkness that will soon descend on the base- ment, . . the night of horror that it brings along! . $35,000,001 Hot 20 bad, he muses. If he san only get out Alive! And enjoy st! Mexico? Maybe. Then there's Europe, tool Som Place where he'll mever find m. "ell, I can etay ewake tonight. . . Aint Bo use taking any chance on the last night! ; The letter, of course, is stolen the next morning after it Teaches the mail office and posted on the corrospundence book. In that way, it 4s explained to Shavings, there's no oome-back. . The letter is immodiately delivered to Capone, Doo, meanwhile, has passed to the front on his my out. The letter, later, is turned over to John Capone. What it contained remains a mystery to us, We were not able to creep between its folded pages. “Just as X thought) Same handwriting, That lowe! Good thing I didn't have this before he left, He'd never have left!"