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Falconer 69<br />
Farragut was still limping, but his hair had begun to grow back,<br />
when he was asked to cut a ditto sheet for an announcement that<br />
read: THE FIDUCIARY UNIVERSITY OF BANKING WILL OFFER A<br />
COURSE IN THE ESSENCE OF BANKING FOR ANY QUALIFIED<br />
INMATE. SEE YOUR CELLBLOCK OFFICER FOR FURTHER<br />
INFORMATION. That night Farragut asked Tiny about the news.<br />
Tiny told him that the class was going to be limited to thirty-six.<br />
Classes would be on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Anyone could<br />
apply, but the class would be chosen on the strength of an<br />
intelligence quotient test furnished by the university. That’s all<br />
Tiny knew. Toledo mimeographed the announcement and they<br />
were stuck into the cells along with the evening mail. Toledo<br />
should have mimeographed two thousand, but he seemed to have<br />
run off another two thousand because the fliers were all over the<br />
place. Farragut couldn’t figure out where they came from, but<br />
when a wind sprang up in the yard you could see the Fiduciary<br />
University announcements circling on the air, not by the tens but<br />
by the hundreds. A few days after the announcements were<br />
circulated, Farragut had to ditto an announcement for the bulletin<br />
board. ANY MAN FOUND USING FIDUCIARY UNIVERSITY<br />
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR TOILET PAPER WILL BE GIVEN THREE<br />
DAYS CELL LOCK. THEY CLOG THE PLUMBING. Paper was always<br />
in short supply and this snow of fliers was a bounty. They were<br />
used for handkerchiefs, airplanes and scrap paper. The jailhouse<br />
lawyers used them for drafting petitions to the Pope, the<br />
President, the governor, the Congress and the Legal Aid Society.
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