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Desmas
was
a
large
man
physically
--
Irish
by
birth
,
a
politician
by
training
--
who
had
been
one
thing
and
another
in
Philadelphia
from
a
policeman
in
his
early
days
and
a
corporal
in
the
Civil
War
to
a
ward
captain
under
Mollenhauer
.
He
was
a
canny
man
,
tall
,
raw-boned
,
singularly
muscular-looking
,
who
for
all
his
fifty-seven
years
looked
as
though
he
could
give
a
splendid
account
of
himself
in
a
physical
contest
.
His
hands
were
large
and
bony
,
his
face
more
square
than
either
round
or
long
,
and
his
forehead
high
.
He
had
a
vigorous
growth
of
short-clipped
,
iron-gray
hair
,
and
a
bristly
iron-gray
mustache
,
very
short
,
keen
,
intelligent
blue-gray
eyes
;
a
florid
complexion
;
and
even-edged
,
savage-looking
teeth
,
which
showed
the
least
bit
in
a
slightly
wolfish
way
when
he
smiled
.
However
,
he
was
not
as
cruel
a
person
as
he
looked
to
be
;
temperamental
,
to
a
certain
extent
hard
,
and
on
occasions
savage
,
but
with
kindly
hours
also
.
His
greatest
weakness
was
that
he
was
not
quite
mentally
able
to
recognize
that
there
were
mental
and
social
differences
between
prisoners
,
and
that
now
and
then
one
was
apt
to
appear
here
who
,
with
or
without
political
influences
,
was
eminently
worthy
of
special
consideration
.
What
he
could
recognize
was
the
differences
pointed
out
to
him
by
the
politicians
in
special
cases
,
such
as
that
of
Stener
--
not
Cowperwood
.
However
,
seeing
that
the
prison
was
a
public
institution
apt
to
be
visited
at
any
time
by
lawyers
,
detectives
,
doctors
,
preachers
,
propagandists
,
and
the
public
generally
,
and
that
certain
rules
and
regulations
had
to
be
enforced
(
if
for
no
other
reason
than
to
keep
a
moral
and
administrative
control
over
his
own
help
)
,
it
was
necessary
to
maintain
--
and
that
even
in
the
face
of
the
politician
--
a
certain
amount
of
discipline
,
system
,
and
order
,
and
it
was
not
possible
to
be
too
liberal
with
any
one
.
There
were
,
however
,
exceptional
cases
--
men
of
wealth
and
refinement
,
victims
of
those
occasional
uprisings
which
so
shocked
the
political
leaders
generally
--
who
had
to
be
looked
after
in
a
friendly
way
.
Desmas
was
quite
aware
,
of
course
,
of
the
history
of
Cowperwood
and
Stener
.
The
politicians
had
already
given
him
warning
that
Stener
,
because
of
his
past
services
to
the
community
,
was
to
be
treated
with
special
consideration
.
Not
so
much
was
said
about
Cowperwood
,
although
they
did
admit
that
his
lot
was
rather
hard
.
Perhaps
he
might
do
a
little
something
for
him
but
at
his
own
risk
.
"
Butler
is
down
on
him
,
"
Strobik
said
to
Desmas
,
on
one
occasion
.
"
It
's
that
girl
of
his
that
's
at
the
bottom
of
it
all
.
If
you
listened
to
Butler
you
'd
feed
him
on
bread
and
water
,
but
he
is
n't
a
bad
fellow
.
As
a
matter
of
fact
,
if
George
had
had
any
sense
Cowperwood
would
n't
be
where
he
is
to-day
.
But
the
big
fellows
would
n't
let
Stener
alone
.
They
would
n't
let
him
give
Cowperwood
any
money
.
"
Although
Strobik
had
been
one
of
those
who
,
under
pressure
from
Mollenhauer
,
had
advised
Stener
not
to
let
Cowperwood
have
any
more
money
,
yet
here
he
was
pointing
out
the
folly
of
the
victim
's
course
.
The
thought
of
the
inconsistency
involved
did
not
trouble
him
in
the
least
.
Desmas
decided
,
therefore
,
that
if
Cowperwood
were
persona
non
grata
to
the
"
Big
Three
,
"
it
might
be
necessary
to
be
indifferent
to
him
,
or
at
least
slow
in
extending
him
any
special
favors
.
For
Stener
a
good
chair
,
clean
linen
,
special
cutlery
and
dishes
,
the
daily
papers
,
privileges
in
the
matter
of
mail
,
the
visits
of
friends
,
and
the
like
.
For
Cowperwood
--
well
,
he
would
have
to
look
at
Cowperwood
and
see
what
he
thought
.
At
the
same
time
,
Steger
's
intercessions
were
not
without
their
effect
on
Desmas
.
So
the
morning
after
Cowperwood
's
entrance
the
warden
received
a
letter
from
Terrence
Relihan
,
the
Harrisburg
potentate
,
indicating
that
any
kindness
shown
to
Mr.
Cowperwood
would
be
duly
appreciated
by
him
.
Upon
the
receipt
of
this
letter
Desmas
went
up
and
looked
through
Cowperwood
's
iron
door
.
On
the
way
he
had
a
brief
talk
with
Chapin
,
who
told
him
what
a
nice
man
he
thought
Cowperwood
was
.
Desmas
had
never
seen
Cowperwood
before
,
but
in
spite
of
the
shabby
uniform
,
the
clog
shoes
,
the
cheap
shirt
,
and
the
wretched
cell
,
he
was
impressed
.
Instead
of
the
weak
,
anaemic
body
and
the
shifty
eyes
of
the
average
prisoner
,
he
saw
a
man
whose
face
and
form
blazed
energy
and
power
,
and
whose
vigorous
erectness
no
wretched
clothes
or
conditions
could
demean
.
He
lifted
his
head
when
Desmas
appeared
,
glad
that
any
form
should
have
appeared
at
his
door
,
and
looked
at
him
with
large
,
clear
,
examining
eyes
--
those
eyes
that
in
the
past
had
inspired
so
much
confidence
and
surety
in
all
those
who
had
known
him
.
Desmas
was
stirred
.
Compared
with
Stener
,
whom
he
knew
in
the
past
and
whom
he
had
met
on
his
entry
,
this
man
was
a
force
.
Say
what
you
will
,
one
vigorous
man
inherently
respects
another
.
And
Desmas
was
vigorous
physically
.
He
eyed
Cowperwood
and
Cowperwood
eyed
him
.
Instinctly
Desmas
liked
him
.
He
was
like
one
tiger
looking
at
another
.
Instinctively
Cowperwood
knew
that
he
was
the
warden
.
This
is
Mr.
Desmas
,
is
n't
it
?
"
he
asked
,
courteously
and
pleasantly
.
