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Show MBK- TIIE GLADSTONE BAG. VJ 1 Iwl breakfsjitnl with tbo colonel at BmjVf Ma club, uno of tlio) dreary, largo rs HpVSftJ laUlshnunU which rcmtnl you of nn BKm ovrrcrowdM crutHery, ft hero thn Jown H trs of the hind Kt rich on their dlvl 9 Oendv UntaUo tt wim r1ny, hunp tttO HHS iniityi lnnida the incuiUrf vrcre retfiml BSLf InsfAchnthtmlth divlnin ami cntcu mffii Intliu whnt ffTttt tho humility of tht Mn fttniMplium uoiiM Imre uti the ViiniUh Sl of their latent lent her LooIa. H ' StippuKQ re get out of this, raU tho Hih Colonel brtclly ki he rprdeJ tho street HuS from tho liru.iil club wIuJow. H "White lor i.UJ 1 Bm, "rnrht, ho wild lacoulcttlly. Ek Dono," ial.1 1 HVjS u lfn W3 orderwl to W HffjP pnrlceil and tho journey lifjcnu. Hwri We left WuterliKi station aul we were HX trying, liko oM Mtlor, to Iran form a BR ntllrcutli-oinpartinent into com fort a Hfl bio nokinr iliran, Itwnethcn 1 first Bflg noticed the colonel's Ola. Intone bajr It M had licrn re joinif peiu-cfnlly In tho rack HHH ulore my hund, nnd 1 threw It down In HHn boiKMiof using It for a jiillow, Somo- MP how It sIIpimhI nnd foil to tbo floor, HHP "Ioolt butr said the colonel. "If Hjfif youdrgfpvd tluit bnrf a car pro that mj way 1 wouldn't hsvo glcn much for Kiyi your chances of li ring t no. uor mine K either." Hn lsaw then thero was a history In tho H bsff, and said, MVh)r Hlfi 'It isn't n lonjf story bnt may keep Hfi yotinuake. Ill tell you about iL When vRlw' ' lc the nnny nnd rctnrned homo from Hfi India 1 waa not very will off I luul lHos studied cxploolTc in the east and wine liBKrk 0T1 l l0 c'u'i rw0IIl,ll(1flded mo to n Hm French comjwiny w hlcli had leu for .nod HHi about tho satno tiiuo tuiurfect a new ei HK rloive which, they were assured, would H x faTorably considered by the nar HBH oillto. Tlie sAlsry was gool and the HH subject lutcrestiug, so I accepted thiir B offer, H I estAblUhod my laboratory ouliidi H of Versailles and went to vork with a H H1. In inr esperiinents, however, 1 Hj fouud myself all at ouce out of nltro- K rlyctrln, which I noodctl almolutcly 1 H wruto to the company. No drnamito to R bo had. Then 1 went up to tho Tronch TbTbTjLH Var ofllra and uw tho urretnrv. llo HH was sorry, so very sorry, but at tho If present thuo, In tho disturbed state of HK tho country, etc., he regrettwl thut It IR would, not lo tn his lower to furnUh IHR nltroplyccrin to prirato persons. IIow- HH eTort bo would do wlmt ho could, and ho R par mo a Utter to Colonel .ilaJenJIo, H chief of exploftlvca In London, who, Lo HN said, would surely honor my request. HHU "Tliat nlKht 1 took tho club train to HH London, and next morning nt 10 o'clock fl found mo nt the chiefs oftlco. I pre- K settled iny lutter and stated what 1 HHP wantwl. The chief reuardoil ine with HBfi suspicion (you must remember It wan lvl dnriiiK the dynanilto scire In l'ngland), mf n tho inoro I vz lalnod tho lens ho bo- Hp liuxtlmc. Various otHcers wvrulntr- E Uucttl, uno after tho other, for no other JHBE purpose, 1 bttlioro, than to take down ijB niJ' Iorsonal charctcritics us n I rofes HB slouil dynamiter, BB "At Inst the chief said that, In accord IHg ni0 Ith articles u nnd so, sections Bk UJ ant lnat f tu0 oflko rules, ho would Hj be reluctantly compelled to refuse my HRJ rtriuest. HK "Then 1 got tired. HH "1 told the chief I v anted thoexplo- H tire and maant to git it. 'Hut )uu BH can't,' said he. '1 will,' raid I, 'and BH carry it through london too, v. bother H you like it or no' 'Well see saldila- Hw v iendio. Vou will see aald I, and I left jHB "Tliat night when 1 walked home to MHj my clumbers 1 felt rather discouraged. HH There was ten poundi of nitrogly;irin IHHV which 1 must have, and Lord only knows flffR how muny pcoplo Mnjondie iuiht put HB In the way of my sucuriiiK it 1 wun E dcred atwitt London aimlossly for n HB weok, and at last, wlicu juit about to lHKK dosjuiir, luck turned. KuarDlrmingham tflQpiH 1 heard a company had be?n fonutd to HVK work u mino uud used explosives. HHgfH I took the next train from Loudon and HHb went there There was n little tillage HHw near thoplaco, aud from it ldrouout Hflxji to tho works. 1 shall norcr forget it Brau Wht n 1 got to the mine 1 met a hungry BHH looking man, who aikcd me roughly MnH what 1 wimtod. I saw ho was tho ir IMm son 1 was ufter. BH " 'Como ono side 1 said. HHjJfi " 'Vou uiu dyntmlto here! HlH MIVes, for o sploshes.' DH "l)oou want LiOf bHbHh VfiH " 'Then get me ten pounds of nitro- BuBjc gl j ci rtn if ou can ' HHKgEf' "I gao htm thu money nnd ho put It BBttitK 'n bis ticket Bfwt " 'Wait here, Mas all ho sild. BKi'- "That evening t drove back to the lit- BBft ' touutry bottl with my trviisuro tn nffifif the Uiadstono bug I put It iu the romu, HLk locked tbo door tind slept outside, for mgj 1 know tho funics of tho uttrloaild HBT would escape through tho htg In tho Ki morning I got up early and took the HHwj train fur Lon ion with my precious HjNBf cargo. At IjuihIoii it took but a short jBwffi time tornsh Intoatouipartment of the MBKIlCT iirl4cxpr(s.i, which was just departing "Iloromy real troublo bo(-.m. I put my precious bag on the frame in front of me. Tho currlage was crowded, und i t W' ' 1 began to doto after the trutu sturted. j H1 tiuddnly 1 looked up, A fellow pa linger had wlioJ the bag and was about to threw it to the floor to umko room for some nf his own lugfnge. Luckily I spIsM It fn time If t hadnt well, I wouMnthare txen hr mm to tell the story "After the train had proitressnl half way toDovroneinan in the uHiimrt tneut Mtili '!) n this railway nrrk. llero 1 got n hertdarhe, the tlmt In m. life, thrttitch the ventilation Anothot nlw couiilalne! of h hi Iti 1m nn I hy the time we rem tin! frivcr (here wcr ercn vtry ill lui-n In the compartimnt "1 wim 111. too, hut I knew tho wnw It was the fumes of nitroglycerin "At limer ai we Rot on tho lawt there wo another narrow c.npe A stupid purtcr srlxed tho Gladstone brig an I triwl to balance it on his hcAd. Ires cued it in time, "We got aboard the loit at Cnlils nil right, and 1 sat jf itfifety uatchlng th.it Infernal Ing, which rptnl quklly as tf It hnd not been flllel with dvimmlte rnottg'i to blow up the ship, within ten feet of tuo, The pnsMgo thiuk hmven waa smooth, but I Mt pn tty well done up. 1 left the hug an 1 walked down into the cabin thinking of the custom Iiaiim ofllrcrs who were awaiting us on the othrr side At taut 1 saw n man an In tirpreter, A Frenchman nnd I dodded to laikehim help mo 1 sat down in the cabin an 1 htgsn to weep It i-nt lmrdlf)ou know how. Ho said, 'Dnee inonMcur riulro auythltiK? 1 look I up, wlprd auaymy tmrs and told htm toy sorrow, "It wns to the effect that my wlfo was d)lng In 1'arU Hhe lunl telegraphed me, nn 1 1 was about to soothe lir lont moments by my presence. lie Ixraiii ImmcdUti ly Intrrtfiteil and Uggel me to chct r tip, 1 Rtcreotl to do so on condi tlon (hat ho would join tno In it bnttlo of clinmiKigne, width ho di 1 gin lly. As wo wnlknl I slipped two Napoleons in Ids hand find saldt "N'ow, 1 want to get away quick on tho first (rain, 1 1 o nothing bntu satchel ami don t want to bo detained by tin customs house at falnls. Can )ou nr range tun Iter? Ho suoro that he woitb' nnd kpt his word When tho ho landctl my satchel was carrlttl trlnni phautly nthoro on tho vhonldern of my fricn I, tho lnt(rj)rc trr. ryid I posted the customs houuj without a moment's de Uy, "An I so wo went to Paris tho (Had-stono (Had-stono bog. Idled with nitroglycerin, and MN.lf and in (Mursoof timo urricl at tho darn do Nnrd I hntled a itosslng cab mil directed the driter tomynd dns, but cautioned him to avoid the rouRh streets on the Journey Liko all Parisian hackmen, he did juit tho o po sito till I stoi pcI him. '.My f rleud .ild I, 'do you know what's In that satchel you hao between your legs on tho box! Well, sir, there's enough dynamite to blow our w holo outfit to tho devil, and if you don't drho quieter the chances aro against )on' Vou noicr mu n inoro careful driver uflcr that in your life. "Finally, I Arrived nt my rooms, nn) tho next day got up early (for I was 1h glnnltig to grt nfrald of that infernal satchel by this timo m jut If) and went to Vcnutlllee, wheru 1 stored tho sthlf safo-ly safo-ly iu my laboratory uud cx;lokd it at my leisuro. "I wrote toitajcndloln London afterward, after-ward, telling of my success, and received re-ceived a short re ply sa lug that I ought to I) In Jill this i ui nu to. "Fuimy, isn't It, these rnglUli of-flcUls of-flcUls have no senso of humorr And here tho rolom 1 lit Another cigar, while 1 watched thn Uiadstono bag ro floctlvcly. FhiladelphU Times. |
