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A young, soon-to-be-released convict idolizes the exciting life of a famous Roaring Twenties gangster he reads about in a magazine serial, but the warden tells him how the story ends before he can read the last installment.

Cell mates Clyde and Griff both are soon being released from jail. Griff offers Clyde an opportunity to continue a life of crime on the outside, implying that his criminal connections would lead to as glamorous a criminal life as there ever was, comparing this situation to the glory days of the 1920s. Clyde is reading a story in a magazine about 1920s underworld czar, Bull Moose Brannigan. In the story, Brannigan is able to take control of the criminal world, stamping out anyone who tries to muscle in on his territory. Because of Brannigan's life, as he could buy anything he wanted, Clyde is thinking about taking Griff up on his offer, believing he may have the opportunity to become the next Bull Moose Brannigan. The warden, upon Clyde's release, hopes he has a way to keep Clyde on the straight and narrow on the outside.—Huggo

In his prison cell, Clyde reads about the glamorized life story of Bull Moose Brannigan, a 1920s gangster, in installments in a magazine. He dreams of the day when he gets out and can enjoy the life he reads about. As the day of freedom approaches, the warden shows Clyde how Brannigan ended up, i.e., "the last installment".—David Glagovsky <dglagovsky@prodigy.net>