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" ; . . tric flat-iron flat iron - , Mom . One of these days It it's its ' s liable hable to give give you a ascare ascare tricscare scare . . And Pop Pop , , don't dont ' monkey monley with that garden hose , either either.There'll either.Therell eitherTherell . . There'll Therell ' ' come a time when it rears upon up on its haunches andbounces andbounces and andbounces bounces you right into a hair-raising hair raising - situation . . You don't dont ' ' believe mc7 me ? Well Wen , , ask ash Caroline Rebhan nebhan what she thinks thinksof thinksof thinksof scared of the thebottles thebottles th thbottles < of those simple little household Items Hems Caroline never got bottles In her medicine cabinet , either . There wasn't wasnt ' any poison polson In any anyof anyof anjof of them and she thought they were perfectly safe But there came a abme atime atime medicine bottles furnished a terrifying five minutes minuteslor minutesfor minutesfor bme time when those same 8'1me 81me s ' tme lor for the whole Rebhan family . It happened on a Sunday morning In July , 1912 . . Caroline Carolinewas Carolinewas Carolinewas was just lust a young bride then . She had only been married a acouple acouple acouple couple months She and her husband had moved into a new newhouse newhouse newhouse house . . There were rugs to be laid and furniture to be moved movedand movedand movedand and a million other things that had to be done all at once . . Caro Caro.line Caroline . line was so confused that a lot of things slipped her mind And Andamong Andamong Andamong among them were those bottles she had taken from the medicine medicinecabinet medicinecabinet medicinecabinet cabinet in their last home . That Tbat particular home they had h1d hid moved Into was a small sman smali flat fint , and one oneof oneof on onof < of the troubles . with v.1th v1th It \ ' was as that there \ was as no medicine cabinet cablOet What Whatto Whatto Whalto to do with the medicine bottles bottles7 ? Wen-there Wen there Well-there Well Well - there was an old coal burnIng burnIngstove burningstove burningstove stove ! In n the kitchen , , nnd antI and , , since It v . was has as ne\ ne never neer neter \ er used In the summertime summertimeCaroline , . Caroline stowed those bottles away awry \ 1y ' In the oven until such time as she shecould shecould sh shcould < could arrange arr'1nge arr1nge ' a better place pluce for them Then , ! In n the general mix up , bbe she bbeforgot sheforgot i > h hforgot < forgot all an about themIt themIt them themIt It Was All the Fault of Apprentice's Apprentices ' ' Housekeeping Housekeeping.All HousekeepingAll . An All that happened In Junp Jun " < * Itas It \ was \\as as a month later , , In the ' middle ot of otJuly ofJuly 01July July , when the adventure really re'tlly retlly ' took place Then , one Sunday morning morningCarolines , CaroJlne Carolines s husbndIth husband husb\nd husb nd ' \ , , \ with \\Ith Ith nothing else to do , decided that he ought to try trythat trythat tr ; that stove out and see It If It was any goodBillthat's goodBillthat's good goodBill Bill-that's Bill that's thats Bill - that's thats ' ' Caroline's Carolines ' husband-lit husband lit husband - lit the fire . . For an hour the theold theold theold old stove heated up , , and then they heard a bang that seemed to tocome tocome tocome come from somewhere Inside It it . . . Both Bill BlIl and Caroline Carolane laughed laughedat at that , and Bill 8111 said , "Gee Gee " , there must be dynamite In that coal coal"Then coalThen " Then followed another bang-and bang and bang - and another . "And And " still stili , " says saysCaroline saysCaroline saysCaroline Caroline , "it it " didn't didnt ' dawn on me that it might have been the themedicine themedicine themedicine medicine . . It wasn't wasnt ' ' until untll later , when Bill decided to shave , , that thatI I 1 remembered those bottles " When Bill started to slu1\ slu1 shave slu1e shale \ e he remembered an old razor r\zor r zor ' \ strop that thathe thatbe thaihe he be hadn't hadnt ' ' seen since smce they mo\ mo moved moed moted \ ed from the old home , nnd antI and asked asled , Carolln Caro1Jne Caroline Caro1JneIf Carolineif CarollnIf < If she knew v . what hat had happened h1ppened to it it . . "When When " Bill Bm asked ashed me that th'1t th1t ' ; , " Caro C\ro C ro Ciro . CaroOut ' \ ( ) b l t l ii d err errIt It t . t o y / t r re rl e l II III IIO O ' I 11l(1 11l1 ( + Out It Came and Then-BANG-It Then BANG It Then - BANG - It Burst ! ! strorIs stropIs line sas says sa , } s , , 'm m ' my mv , ) f.lceent face f.lce flce . went \\ent ent heat \ enthIte \ white \\hIte hIte ' 'No No 1\0 1 0 'ho ho ' \ , ' ; , ' I told him , , ' 'but but ' , } iour your our razor strop Is In tliat that 0\ 0 oven 0en oxen \ en ' ' Then , . In as few words as possible . , , I told him \ what hat I Ibud Ihad 1had bud had done He laughed l1ughed at fust filSt first , but- but butDeadly butDeadly but " - Deadly Explosives Explosivesin Exploslves-m Exploslves m Explosives-in Explosives in - -in in - a Lighted Stove StoveYes ! Yes , Bill laughed at hrst first . , but not after Caroline had told him the thewhole thewhole thewhole whole story For ror among those medicine bottles was ttas \ \ as one containing contl11nlng alcohol alcoholnnd alcoholand alcoholnnd nnd and another-a another a anotlier - a larJe large lar e one-that one that one - - tliat \ was as full of beri7lne ben71ne benine Either Lither one of those bottles thosebottles could produce an explosion e'tplosIon etplosIon ' that tbat would have blo\\ blo blown blon \ \ n the old stO\ stO stOe store \ e stoveto stOto storeto to pieces . . And the \ ' wonder ondcr of It all aU was \ why tthy by they had not already alreadyexploded alreadyexploded alreadyexploded alreadyexplodedBill's exploded explodedBill's Bill's Bills ' face was as white as Caroline's Carolines ' when he got the wholestory whole wholestory \ story . . Any minute one of those bottles might go up , , wreck the thekitchen thekitchen thekitchen thefire kitchen and set fire to the house There was no time to call the fire gota department-not department not department - not a second to spare at all He ran outside ' , , got a long handled shovel and opened the oven door . , Caroline Carollne stood In the kitchen b.ltchen bltchen . dOOl dooiway dootway way \ while hlle he did It-her It her It - her hands handsover handsover handsover over her face f.lce flce . , expecting e'lpectlng elpectlng ' ; : any moment to see flame streak out of or that 0en oxen oxenand 0\ 0 ovenand \ en enand and en engulf ulf poor Bill . Removing Potential Death by the Shovelful Shovelful.BiU ShovelfulBiU . . BI.11 BI11 Bll ( . pushed the shovel Into the tbe 0\ 0 oven 0en oten \ en and nnd picked up a bottle Out It Itc'1me Itcame Itcame kitchen.Bill kitchenBill thrustfire c'1me c1me came ' , and thcn-BANG-It thcn BANG It then-BA.I\G-lt thenBA.IGlt then BA.I BAI G lt then-BAAG-lt BAAG - . \ - - - burst bur t , scitterin scattering sC1ttering gla glass lass s nil all over the fire kitchen . ' Bill overthrust thrust st the sho\ sho shovel shoel shotel el In \ again and picked up another bottle That , too , e't'plodCd etplodCd exploded eredover tooexploded showeredover sliotteredover ' as soon as It hit the cold air nlr outside the 0\ 0 oven 0en oxen \ en Glass ShO\ ShO ShOered sliottered \ ered over heheld Bmeenent Bill-even Bill even Bm-e\en Bm e en BIil-eten BIil eten - - \ went \\ent ent tent \ down do\\n do n dottn \ \ his collar and got under his clothes-but clothes but - - he held rearof his ground The'torst Thetorst The \ ' worst orst \ was as still stllJ to come Way back bacJ . In the rear of the oven were "ere ere " those deadly bottles theyburst of benzine and alcohoL . If they burst Carolinewanted coming out . , as the others had done-well-neither done well neither done-weU-neHher weU neHher - - - Bill nor Carollne Caroline Carollneanted \\anted anted wanted \ ' to think of that thatOne . . One by one the bottles came out-and out and out - and one by one they burst burstas burstas burstas as soon as they left the oven . Then they came to the alcohol alcoholand alcoholand alcoholand and the benzine . , andthen nndthen SUS Says ) carOIlDe Carollne Caroline , ' ' "we we " 1Ve stood looLlns looking at each other oth " tor for a second , nnd and then tho reachedinto chedInto Bill Hill said saidbland . , -bland bland 'Stand Stand - . ' tand over by the U1E : \ ' window Indow and nnd pray * ' I did He re reached ched into the oven o\en o en oxen \ and out came the bottle of benzine nndI andI Nothing happened hnppened , and nnd andl16 reachedn reachedIn I l16 ea\ ea eae gate " \ e a " sob of relief re c . He Tie set tlle the ben2Ine benzine bottlu bottle ln In a pull pail P " " and " "d d " reached In after ufter 11 the thc alcohol , , , and this time the s\\ s sweat seat \ \ eat \ was as pourIn pouring do\\ do down don dottn \ n his face . . It I had to be done slow slo\\ slo sloIycarefully slowly-carefully slowly carefully \ \ ly-carefully ly carefully Iy-carefully Iy - and lnd : his , . hand hantI shoo shook ! . so that tl1at I was \ us sure wassure ussure that he \ would ould drop it . , . But the second bottle came out like Jl1.e Jl1e . the fil'St filSt first thefirst thefil'St ' , and Bill BlIl put It In the pall pail " with lth the bottle of benzine benzine"And benzine benzine"And . "And And " \ what hat I can't cant c1n't c1nt cin't cint ' understand . , " says sa . } s Caroline , "Is Is " hothose how ho\\ ho \ those two t0 t\\ t \ 0 bot- bot hot- hot . - hot.ties hotties bottles tles ties sta staged stayed ed whole \ when hen all aU the others exploded eplodetI . : . , . " Well , , maybe , , it was the praver prayer pra er , . CarolineW'U Caroline . , . * -W-'U W 'U U 'u-w\U @ - ' < & - WMJSorvlc : - ' \ ServIce . . |