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Chapter 2

           Nownotethreethings:(a)CecilWinwoodwassodetestedbyhisfellow-convictsthattheywouldnothavepermittedhimtobetanounceofBullDurhamonabed-bugrace—andbed-bugracingwasagreatsportwiththeconvicts;(b)Iwasthedogthathadbeengivenabadname:(c)forhisframe-up,CecilWinwoodneededthedogswithbadnames,thelifetimers,thedesperateones,theincorrigibles.

           ButthelifersdetestedCecilWinwood,and,whenheapproachedthemwithhisplanofawholesaleprison-break,theylaughedathimandturnedawaywithcursesforthestoolthathewas.Buthefooledthemintheend,fortyofthebitterest-wiseonesinthepen.Heapproachedthemagainandagain.HetoldofhispowerintheprisonbyvirtueofhisbeingtrustyintheWarden’soffice,andbecauseofthefactthathehadtherunofthedispensary.

           “Showme,”saidLongBillHodge,amountaineerdoinglifefortrainrobbery,andwhosewholesoulforyearshadbeenbentonescapinginordertokillthecompanioninrobberywhohadturnedstate’sevidenceonhim.

           CecilWinwoodacceptedthetest.Heclaimedthathecoulddopetheguardsthenightofthebreak.

           “Talkischeap,”saidLongBillHodge.“Whatwewantisthegoods.Dopeoneoftheguardsto-night.There’sBarnum.He’snogood.HebeatupthatcrazyChinkyesterdayinBughouseAlley—whenhewasoffduty,too.He’sonthenightwatch.

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