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A week or so after Mr。 Jingles had settled into the cigar box; Delacroix called me and Brutal down to his cell to see something。 He did that so much it was annoying … if Mr。 Jingles so much as rolled over on his back with his paws in the air; it was the cutest thing on God's earth; as far as that half…pint Cajun was concerned … but this time what he was up to really was sort of amusing。
Delacroix had been pretty much forgotten by the world following his conviction; but he had one relation … an old maiden aunt; I believe … who wrote him once a week。 She had also sent him an enormous bag of peppermint candies; the sort which are marketed under the name Canada Mints these days。 They looked like big pink pills。 Delacroix was not allowed to have the whole bag at once; naturally … it was a five…pounder; and he would have gobbled them until he had to go to the infirmary with stomach…gripes。 Like almost every murderer we ever had on the Mile; he had absolutely no understanding of moderation。 We'd give them out to him half a dozen at a time; and only then if he remembered to ask。
Mr。 Jingles was sitting beside Delacroix on the bunk when we got down there; holding one of those pink candies in his paws and munching contentedly away at it。 Delacroix was simply overe with delight … he was like a classical pianist watching his five…year…old son play his first halting exercises。 But don't get me wrong; it was funny; a real hoot。 The candy was half the size of Mr。 Jingles;