Convicted Page #5

HAVING YOUR FOOD SENT IN.

I'LL EVEN LET YOU

SLEEP UP HERE,

BUT KEEP AWAY FROM ME, PONTI,

I CAN'T STAND A WHINER.

BUT, WARDEN -

THAT'S ALL, DOUGLAS.

CAPTAIN, YOU PROMISED!

COME ON.

YOU KNOW:

YOU PROMISED ME.

HUFFORD, SIR.

YOU WANTED TO SEE HIM.

I'LL SEE HIM ALONE.

HELLO, JOE.

MR. KNOWLAND.

COME IN. SIT DOWN.

CIGARETTE?

I HAVE SOME.

THANKS.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, JOE.

SEEMS THAT WAY TO ME, TOO.

I'VE BEEN LOOKING OVER

YOUR RECORD -

YOU'VE DONE

PRETTY WELL HERE.

IF YOU CAN CALL SOLITARY

DOIN' PRETTY WELL.

THE GUARD DIDN'T KNOW

YOUR FATHER HAD DIED, JOE.

WOULD IT HAVE MADE

ANY DIFFERENCE IF HE DID?

I THINK SO.

I DON'T.

THIS IS A BIG PLACE.

IT'S HARD TO KEEP TRACK OF

EVERYBODY'S PERSONAL PROBLEMS.

YOU MANAGE TO KEEP TRACK

OF EVERYTHING ELSE.

IT WAS A BAD BREAK.

I CAN BE SOME HELP.

I CAN KEEP IT OFF YOUR RECORD

WHEN YOU COME UP FOR PAROLE.

THAT'S HARDLY

IN THE LINE OF DUTY, IS IT?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

I REMEMBER YOU TELLING ME

A COUPLE OF TIMES

THAT YOU HAD A JOB TO DO.

NO MATTER HOW THE CARDS FALL,

THAT'S THE WAY

YOU HAVE TO TAKE THEM.

YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT.

IF I WERE DISTRICT ATTORNEY

AGAIN AND YOUR CASE CAME UP,

I'D PROSECUTE YOU AGAIN.

THEN WHY BOTHER:

TO KEEP ANYTHING OFF MY RECORD?

I SAID PROSECUTE,

NOT PERSECUTE.

YOU WERE PRETTY CRAZY

ABOUT YOUR FATHER, WEREN'T YOU?

OF COURSE I WAS.

MY DAUGHTER CALLED ON HIM

AFTER THE TRIAL.

I KNOW.

HE WROTE ME.

DON'T YOU THINK HE'D WANT YOU

TO PULL OUT OF THIS,

GO AHEAD AND MAKE A LIFE

FOR YOURSELF?

I HAVEN'T ANY IDEA

WHAT HE'D WANT.

JOE, HAVEN'T YOU SOME KIND

OF FAITH OR RELIGION?

YEAH. I DID HAVE.

IT KIND OF SPRUNG A FEW LEAKS

IN THIS PLACE.

WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS

WHEN YOU GET OUT OF HERE?

I HAVEN'T ANY.

CAN YOU DRIVE A CAR?

I USED TO.

ARE YOU BUSY?

STEP IN HERE:

FOR A MINUTE, HUH?

JOE, OTHER MEN HAVE HAD

LOTS WORSE BREAKS THAN YOU,

BUT THEY'VE COME THROUGH THEM.

HOW OLD ARE YOU NOW?

YOU'VE GOT A LOT BEHIND YOU

FOR 29.

YOU GO A LOT AHEAD OF YOU, TOO.

ARE YOU GONNA LE EVERYTHING GET YOU DOWN?

I HAVEN'T LE ANYTHING HAPPEN.

IT'S JUST GONE AHEAD

AND DONE IT.

KAY, YOU REMEMBER

JOE HUFFORD?

YES.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THE TRIAL.

JOE'S GONNA BE

OUR NEW CHAUFFEUR.

THIS MAKES YOU:

A TRUSTEE, JOE.

YOU'LL DRIVE ME AND MY DAUGHTER,

DO ERRANDS.

IT'S ONE

OF THE BEST JOBS HERE.

I KNOW.

SEND IN A GUARD.

YOU CAN START TOMORROW.

I'LL TELL CAPTAIN DOUGLAS.

THAT'S ALL, JOE.

THANKS.

HE DOESN'T SEEM THE SAME,

DOES HE?

NO, HE DOESN'T.

HE'LL BE COMING UP FOR PAROLE

BEFORE TOO LONG.

I THOUGHT THIS JOB

MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA -

HELP HIM TO READJUST HIMSELF.

YOU COULD HELP, TOO,

IF YOU WOULD.

HOW?

WELL, HE'S GOING TO BE

DRIVING YOU A LOT.

TREAT HIM -

TREAT HIM MORE LIKE

SOMEONE YOU KNOW

RATHER THAN A CONVICT.

DRAW HIM OUT -

MAKE HIM TALK ABOUT HIMSELF.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU STILL HAVE HIM ON YOUR

CONSCIENCE A LITTLE BIT,

HAVEN'T YOU?

NO. IT ISN'T THAT.

IT'S JUST THAT HE'S GONNA BE

GETTING OUT OF HERE SOON,

AND I'D LIKE TO SEE

THAT HE'S READY FOR IT.

SURE, DAD.

I'LL BE GLAD TO HELP.

WELL, I DON'T BELIEVE

YOU'D BE TOO INTERESTED

IN KNOWING HER, ANYWAY.

WHAT'D SHE THINK I WAS GONNA DO,

STRANGLE HER?

IN A PRISON TOWN, YOU'D THINK

THEY'D BE USED TO UNIFORMS.

NOT MANY OF US HAVE A CHANCE

TO GET OUT AND PARADE AROUND.

DID IT BOTHER YOU MUCH?

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO SCARE

THEIR CHILDREN WITH TONIGHT.

HOW DO YOU LIKE THE CAR?

THEY'VE DONE A LOT TO THEM

IN 3 YEARS.

JOE, YOU KNOW,

YOUR FATHER WAS A FINE MAN.

I KNOW.

WHEN I WENT TO SEE HIM,

I WAS A LITTLE AFRAID

HE'D RESENT ME.

HE WAS NEVER LIKE THAT.

WHY DID YOU GO TO SEE HIM?

I DON'T KNOW.

I SAW HIM IN THE COURTROOM

DURING THE TRIAL.

HE LOOKED SO NICE,

AND SO BROKENHEARTED

WHEN YOU -

HE REALLY APPRECIATED

YOUR CALL.

I'VE ALWAYS MEANT TO

THANK YOU FOR IT WHEN I GOT OUT.

NOW YOU'VE DONE IT.

TAKE THE LONG WAY BACK

IF YOU'D LIKE, JOE.

THANKS, MISS KNOWLAND.

NO. THANK YOU.

TELL MELREAU I THINK

THIS POT ROAST IS WONDERFUL.

I TASTED IT, SIR,

AND I TOLD HIM MYSELF.

YOU MIGHT TELL HIM

I ENJOYED IT, TOO.

YES, SIR.

HOW'D IT GO TODAY?

NOT SO GOOD.

WE'VE GOT TO GET JOE

OUT OF THAT PRISON UNIFORM

NEXT TIME WE GO INTO TOWN.

WHAT HAPPENED?

THEY DIDN'T MAKE HIM FEEL

TOO WELCOME.

I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THA MYSELF.

WE'LL HAVE TO GET HIM

SOME KIND OF REGULAR SUIT.

WHAT'S THE MATTER, MARTHA?

YOU'RE NOT EATING MUCH.

I FIXED MYSELF A LITTLE

SNACK ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.

WHY?

WELL, YOU CAN TRUST THAT COOK

IF YOU WANT TOO,

BUT WHEN I THINK OF

HIS POOR, DEAD WIFE -

POISONED,

GASPING FOR BREATH...

WELL, THERE'S

ANOTHER GOOD MEAL SHOT.

THANKS.

WELL, JOE, HOW ARE THINGS

IN THE GREAT OUTSIDE WORLD?

PEOPLE ARE STILL LIVING,

EATING, DYING, HAVING BABIES.

THEY'RE JUST ONE UP ON US.

NICE JOB -

DRIVING A PRETTY GIRL AROUND

ALL DAY IN HER OLD MAN'S CAR.

I KNOW GUYS THAT WOULD BREAK IN

HERE FOR A JOB LIKE THAT.

HOW DO YOU GET ALONG?

ALL RIGHT.

NO BETTER:

THAN JUST ALL RIGHT?

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?

I'M NOT EVEN HIRED HELP.

YOU'RE NO SO BAD-LOOKIN', JOE.

NOTHIN' TO WHAT I WAS

WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE,

BUT STILL NOT TOO BAD.

YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN ME.

BACK IN 1910-

TELL US ABOUT IT SOME NIGHT,

CURLY.

HOW ABOUT PLAYIN'

SOME CARDS?

Tell me, Joe,

did you run into Ponti lately?

JUST ONCE.

HE'S SCARED STIFF.

HE'S GOT REASON TO BE.

Shh!

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE

A HARD TIME GETTING TO PONTI.

I THINK IT CAN BE HANDLED

WHEN THE TIME COMES.

WHEN'S THE TIME?

RIGHT SOON.

WE'LL LET YOU KNOW.

NO, WE WON'T.

WE'RE KEEPING HIM OUT OF IT.

GIVE ME ONE.

WHERE DO YOU WANT THEM,

MISS KNOWLAND?

JUST PUT THEM:

ON THE SINK, JOE.

WHERE IS EVERYBODY?

THEY'RE PROBABLY

AT THE BALLGAME.

WHERE?

TWO OF OUR TEAMS

ARE PLAYING IN THE YARD TODAY.

EVERYBODY GETS OU TO SEE THEM.

I'M SORRY, JOE.

IF I HAD KNOWN, I COULD HAVE

DRIVEN MYSELF TODAY.

I'VE SEEN PLENTY

OF BASEBALL GAMES.

I SUPPOSE I SHOULD STAR GETTING THINGS READY FOR DINNER.

THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

IF YOU LIKE,

I'LL DO THE POTATOES.

AT THE LOSS:

OF HOW MANY FINGERS?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

YOU'RE TALKING TO A MAN WHO

WORKED HIS WAY THROUGH COLLEGE.

JOE, DID YOU KNOW THAT DAD'S

WORKING ON YOUR PAROLE?

YEAH. HE TOLD ME.

HE THINKS THE BOARD SHOULD

ACT ON IT IN A COUPLE WEEKS.

YOU DON'T SEEM

VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

IT ISN'T THAT.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

WHAT AM I GONNA DO

WHEN I GET OUT OF HERE?

WHO'S GONNA TAKE A CHANCE

WITH ME?

CAN'T YOU GO BACK TO

THE FIRM YOU WERE WORKING FOR?

I DON'T THINK THEY'RE

TOO INTERESTED IN EX-CONS

IN A BROKERAGE HOUSE.

WHY SHOULD IT MAKE

ANY DIFFERENCE TO THEM?

IT'S ALL OVER

AND DONE WITH -

YOU'VE ALREADY PAID

WHATEVER DEBT YOU OWED.

WOULD YOU FEEL THAT WAY

ABOUT IT?

OF COURSE I WOULD.

JOE, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE

DONE MUCH WORSE THAN YOU DID

WALKING THE STREETS

RIGHT NOW.

BUT WITHOUT A RECORD.

ALL THE GUYS I'VE TALKED TO

TELL ME IT'S NO CINCH.

THAT'S WHY A LOT OF THEM

END UP BACK HERE.

YOU WON'T.

NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

THAT ISN'T THE QUESTION.

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