Show blast was silent one the street As wa crowded with the sidewalks oiled ailed with children returning from tw school and a contracting company was b egiy ty digging ging foundations for a new apa apat apartment I 1 talent ment house says the new york suit Suni nil ind globe suddenly the drills cease their noisy work ork laborers and digg diggers disper dispersed zed lit at a shouted command six with lilt red flags shooed away pedestal trl ie stopped impatient traffic with ili lilli t pitched commands and then took U up po posts t of df warning arning A blast was abou abo t to b be set et off ff 1 silence settle over tile place and interest and ran high it was going to be a bl blast the operator lie foliose duty I 1 was ti to fire the charge approached th ill detonator and waited the signal ot th foreman it came a sharp comman I 1 in italian the operator depressed lie detonator every one waited soni som with fingers to their ears hut but nathl g happened again lie tried there w wa no explosion A titter among tile the c wd of watchers was followed by sho 0 ts a of laug laughter baughier hier as a examination of th it wires leading front from the detonator t t lie charge of dynamite showed th they had not been attached B |