Everyone tells me I am looking better and happier. That is because I
have a good friend who gives me the Chronicle and promises me ginger
biscuits ! " Signed " O. W." There is a pencil note by Martin at the
foot, [b) Another such fragment. " You must get me his address some
day — he is such a good fellow — of course I would not for worlds get such
a friend as you are into any danger — I quite understand your feehngs. The
Chronicle is capital to-day. You must get A 3/2 to come out and clean on
Saturday morning and I will give him my note then — myself" On the
back is a pencilled answer by Martin, {c) Still another fragment. " Please
find out for me the name of A. 2.1 1, also the names of the children who
are in for the rabbits and the amount of the fine. Can I pay this and get
them out ? If so I will get them out to-morrow. Please, dear friend, do
this for me. I must get them out. Think what a thing for me it would
be to be able to help three httie children. I wd. be delighted beyond
words. If I can do this by paying the fine tell the children that they are
to be released to-morrow by a friend and ask them to be happy and not
to tell anyone." {d) "I hope to write about prison life and to try and
change it for others, but it is too terrible and ugly to make a work of art
of _ I have suffered too much in it to write plays about it." This note is
written on the inside of an envelope addressed to the Governor of Reading.
