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"THE HONCKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1936.

THE PRISONERET SEGIRACAKAND

A novelization of DARRYL F. ZANUCK'S 20th CENTURY PICTURE

SYNOPSI

Dr. Samuel Murid, a simple country doctor, who unwittingly net the broken leg of John Wilkes Booth, assassinator of Abraham Lincoln, was convioled of conspiracy in the murder the President. He was serving sentence on "Shark Island," Aries hell hole of

torture where life in un fronic term for alow death. Peggy, his wife, de termined to free and exonerate kim, formulated a wild plan to rescue him from his prison and take him to Kay Vent where he could be serurd with a habeas corpie, as a first step towards a new trial.

CHAPTER EIGHT

with WARNER BAXTER, GLORIA STUART and d' cast of 1000 players

WILK Π

contemptuous gesture, prison, running along the wall of the As the revolving Ronkin brushed past him and step- parade ground. ping on the stone, looked out of the light again made a circle he was window. Apparently he saw noth- cautiously preparing to climb the wall, ing to arouse his auspicions. An- but just in time he saw the waiting grily he stalked around the tiny gure of Rankin, in the crevice of the gate, pistol in hand, and he quick- cell, flinging the mattress nside, moving the soap on the wooden box ly dropped back,

There which answered fer a table.

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Realizing that his escape had been was nothing.

discovered and is only path to free- "Don't start anything you might dam cut off, Mudd looked desperately be sorry for

Doctor," he mut-around. Suddenly he dropped fat on tered as he left.

As Rankin's steps receded down the hall, Dr. Mudd, working rapid-

the ground, hugging the wall...

From his place against the wall,

ly, slit the maitress, took out Murid could see the legs of the sentry

rope and breaking open the cake of soap, extracted a key improvised from a spoon,

Knee-deep in water, Dr. Mudd, grown thin and haggard, was hard at work with n ground of ragged and boarded prisoners in the construc-block?"

outside the tion of breakwater walls of the prison.

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The men moved with effort, both from the weight of their chains and because of their emaciated candi- tinn. Every once in a while a col. oured guard would shout at them, or prod them with his rifle, in effort to speed them up.

Except for a low growl or two, the men

were apathetically silent, They did not even notice when a hundred foot schooner with black snits slipped up close to the lunding

wharf.

The soldiers, busy heckling and bullying the shacked tollers, did not notice the schooner either, until it was almost upon them.

Suddenly one of them looked up and quickly unsung his rifle.

"Can't come in heah!" he yelled.

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A guard detall was lining up is Rankin entered the guard office on A volce answered, "Corporal of the way to his own room. He the guard," as another pair of legs

appeared. paused, looked sharply at the men, then walked over to Buck.

"What were you doing in the cell. As the soldiers moved away In opposite directions, Mudd began to The Negro looked astonished. "Says creep along the wall, stopping coch time the revolving light it up the which?"

Enw you."

scene. He was behind the prison in- cinerator when several soldiers ran "Naw, suh, twan't me." Balked by the darky's wide-eyed through the parade ground. By their:

continued, breathless exclamations he knew they innocent stare, Rankin

his OWTI office. wero hot on his trail. disgruntled, into Antain he stared out of the window.

Protected again by the darkness, But there was nothing to be seen but a few fishing sloops, one carry-but knowing that in another few seconds the light would disclose him

Jils

Mudd ing two riding lights.

enemies,

began desperately to scramble up the wall.

Gaining the top after termendous effort, he rolled over on the grass, wet with perspiration and breath- | ing heavily. He was just in time.

below him. Soldiers There was the sound of hurrying feet The examining every inch of the parade ground between the cell blocks,

A corporal entering, asked, "Any-to thing wrong?"

"I don't know yet... but in a well going to minute I'm ranged find out," his chief growled.

a shelf he Taking a club from went out: Creeping down the ear- ridor he came to Mudd's cell. Au. ruptly he stopped and whistled. celt was empty. The prisoner

one.

was

A moment later Rankin came run-

A grizzled skipper at the ware! called back indifferently. "Where'llning into his office. I anchor?"

were now

la the meantime on the bridge, out- ide the great gate, Buck arched What post that nigger, Buck,back and forth searching the dark-

The guard made a gesture out to en?" he shouted.

Bartled the corporni answered, for a sign of his former master. "Oh Lawd," he prayed, "let him Government orThe bridge. He swapped with a sea, "A mile out.

come throught Oh! Lawd ders!" he barked.

fellow."

Still Mudd did not look up as the "I thought 40," grimly.. "Relieve schooner slowly awung around, and put up. He did not look up until him. Place trim under arrest and

bring him here." the boom of the sunset gun called a halk to the day's occupation.

"What's up 7"

And then he knew that the worst had happened.

Two white soldiers had appeared "Mudd's out. Wait! He's out, but on the bridge. "Halt, nigger" came In his cell the doctor lay half-I don't want him back alive! You the sharp order. A bayonet point conscious from exhaustion, unable understand? Post extra guards pi even to feel the throbbing ache of the bridge, notify all eentrics, and was pressed against his back. "You're the sores on his wrists and ankles, we'll see if we can't give this Judas under arrest," caused by his chalas.

"Keep it to yourself. Move!!

what the Court-Martial should have. "Bul-" whispered Buck through The whisper of Buck, the guard, given him. Tell 'em to shoot and parched Hps. who had once worked on his plan-hoot straight"

N The corpoml tatlon, roused him.

out. Grimly "Mars.Sam Here's yo' grub." Rankin broke his service revolver,

On the embankanent below, un- With the hunk of state bread the span the cylinder and then strode

aware of what had just happened, Nergo thrust a letter through the out, gun in haul, bare. It was addressed to Buck. As he approached the great gate, Dr. Mudd had somewhat recovered

from the bridge from his exhaustlori but inside was a note to Dr. Mudd closing the fort

his wife.

over the most, lie alared warily

from are now in Key West," she had written. You will know the hoat we have hired by the black walls and two lights at night

Trembling with excitement, the doctor looked up at the Negro.

"Im ready to go," he whispered.

T-1-1-to-night?"

"But, how about the mout?" "I'll have to try the bridge."

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As the great, revolving light-in- -Then, sheilered--by the ensuing the prison light house swung slowly darkness, he erept to the edge of the Around, Rankin drew himself further embankment and looked down into into his hiding place, until nothing the dark, shark-Infested moat. could be seen of him but the steely

the light Pulling the rope from around ble walst, where he had previously con- At the sound of footsteps in the glint of his revolver as

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