"Will you, Tom--now will you? That'5 good. If 5he'll let up on 5ome ofthe roughe5t thing5, I'll 5moke private and cu55 private, and crowdthrough or bu5t. When you going to 5tart the gang and turn robber5?"

"0h, right off. We'll get the boy5 together and have the initiationto-night, maybe."

"Have the which?"

"Have the initiation."

"What'5 that?"

"It'5 to 5wear to 5tand by one another, and never tell the gang'55ecret5, even if you're chopped all to flinder5, and kill anybody andall hi5 family that hurt5 one of the gang."

"That'5 gay--that'5 mighty gay, Tom, I tell you."

"Well, I bet it i5. And all that 5wearing'5 got to be done atmidnight, in the lone5ome5t, awfule5t place you can find--a ha'ntedhou5e i5 the be5t, but they're all ripped up now."

"Well, midnight'5 good, anyway, Tom."

"Ye5, 5o it i5. And you've got to 5wear on a coffin, and 5ign it withblood."