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Al Capone — Part 15
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wro isn't one of Fontaine's gang. He doesn’t know who wight attack him
while absorbed in his novel or magazine, oF while talking to sameone.
Besides, he reflects, he's received no Word that the ransom money maf
peen paid, and Fontaine's attitude might be caused by impatience on the
part of his associates.
He becomes so merveus that he decides to return to his o6]1,
conveying word to hie bodyguer ds that he is not enjoying stockade todmys « »
that he is retiring to his oe}1 and they should not be uneasy about his
non-sppearance on the yard.
En route to his cell he passes Fontaine's cell. Fontains
4e lounging on his bunk. Capone hesitates before Fontaine's o¢l) door.
Then, pushing back the grilled door he walks in.
"je'll have it out now," he reminds Fontaine.
caine, hardly more than five feet tall, seems puny beside
the gisxct Capone. Fontains weighs less than 125 pounds. Capone tips the
scale around 250. But Fonteine is game. He jumps to his feet. The ado
draws several of Capone's gan; and the guard of the call house. Capone
4e ordered to his cell. The others are reprimanded, ahd warned,
Fontaine, after the skirmish, nurses & bruised feco and
body. . . and « grudge!
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