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Three weeks passed Then they did this thing They stole a black four door Ford sedan at the theater parking lot It started and ran well enough One as all that was needed to start it The wouys the money without a hitch The fourth was the driver look out They got about 1500 in bills and a lot of coins Driving aas easy About threenorth Five police cars and two motorcycle policemen surrounded the car when it was in between two street corners on a quiet side street About a dozen policeet out The four boys were caught easy and quick The masks had worked Crime scene witnesses could not tell who they were A telephone call reporting the robbery, a description of the car, and a guess by the police about where they were going had made quick work of their caper They were all put into jail quick and final Ti of the car, the aether in a conspiracy to coot all of them a fast twenty years in prison Howie had a fractured future with a police record, and much unwanted disrespect frootfriends that were bad influences, and ruined his life while he was a young man Prison was harsh The inmates he had to live ere harder people than he really wanted to be around Some of them were mean, cruel, and foul huot He worked on a chain gang repairing roads This was hot, hard, and dirty work that he disliked He worked in a prison factory overnment wanted the prison life to be a foul experience that the prisoners were punished by being there The years went by Howie got hoirlfriends and his fas that he really did not enjoy ood any more