Arthur Train

Summary

Arthur Train,  The Man Who Would Be Crooked (1921)

“ Thornton regarded him severely. "Won't this performance of yours seriously affect prison discipline? Won't the warden lose faith in the bows?"
Squinty bit his lips, his twisted face became distorted, and tears—real ones—came into his eyes.
"Look here, my friend!" exclaimed Thornton. "You're sure to go back! No question about that! If you don't, every privilege they've got up there will be cut off. You'll make the other fellows pay for your good time for the next two years!"
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Arthur Train,  The Man Who Would Be Crooked (1921)

“ THE course of true love cannot be permitted to run smooth. The wallop Fate had in store for Dean Thornton was delivered within a month. The wedding day had been fixed, the bridesmaids' costumes chosen, and Jessica was in New York visiting Dean's mother and buying her trousseau when the bomb exploded. The two women were sitting in the cozy drawing room waiting for Thornton to come home. A key rattled and the girl flew to the door. Thornton, apparently in the gayest of spirits, carried her back laughing in his arms. ”
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Arthur Train,  The Man Who Would Be Crooked (1921)

“ We make no excuses for Squinty. He had promised not to touch alcohol while in the city and he had intended to keep his word. The promise played no part in the matter. At that instant there was for him no such thing as Sing Sing, a warden, or a Welfare League: promises and paroles did not exist. He was thirsty and he drank—again and again.
He drank alone and he drank with others—he drank up his $2, and then, mysteriously absenting himself for a few moments in the company of a new and sympathetic friend, he returned without the warden's cutaway and drank some more.
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