The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-02-12

went softly down 10 the water SHE. 1neFe,
in the shadow of the new bridge, lay a
| little boat, and in It u light olnted ladder
small hamper, and basket Of tools.
The row.loeks were covered with tow,
and the5oArs madeno noise whatever, ex.
Cept tho scarce audible dip In the dark
stream. Itsoon emerged below the bridge
like black spider crawling down tic
stream, and melted out Of sight the more
rapidly that slight fog was rising.
Cole rowed softly past the works, and
observed very faint light In Titles
room. He thought it prudent TO wait till
this should be extinguished, but It was
not oxtinguished. Here was an unexpecti
cd delay. .... -, u - , 4
However, the fog thickened'a little, and
this encouraged him to venture; he beach
ed the boat very gently on the muddy
shore, and begQn his work, looking up
every now and then at that pale light, and
ready to fly at the first alarm.
He took out of tho boat large varnisA
can, which he had tilledwith gun.powder,
and wrapped tightly round with wire, and
also with q sash line; this can was perto-
rated at tho side, and a strong tube screw.
ed tightly into It; the tube protrudcd
twelve inches from, the can in shape Of an
S; by means Of this a slow.burning fuse
wus connected with the powder, some
yards ofthis fuse were wrapt loosely round
the Gun.
Cole crcpt softly to the engine-chimney,
and, cropping about for the right place,
laid the can In the engine bottom, and un.
coiled the fuse. He took out ofhis pocket
some small pieces Of tile, and laid the fuse
dry on these.
Then he gave sigh Of relief, and crcpt
back to the boat.
Horrible Us the action was, he had done
all this without much fear, and with. no
remorse, for he was used to this sort OF
work: but now lie had to commit a new
crime, and with now and terrible mater
ials, which he had never handled In the
way Ofcrime before.
He had In his boat q substance 50 dam
gerous, that he had made nest Of soft
cotton for the receptacle which held 1t;
and, when the boat touched the shore,
light as the contact was, hc quaked lest
his imprisoned giant-deVil should go of
and blow him to atoms.
Ho nut off touching 1t till the last mo-
menL. He got his jointed ladder, set II
very softly underneath the window where
the feeble gas-light was, and felt about
with his hands for the grating he had OBJ
served when he first recOnnoitred the
premises nom the river. He found It, but
It was sohighthat he had to reach Glihle,
and the position was awkward tor'work'
ing.
The problem was how to remove ono
of those bars, and so admit his internal
machine; it was about the shape and size
Iof an ostrich's egg.
3 It must DO done without noise, for the
room above him was Littles,, and Little,
he knew, had Q wire by means Of which
he could summon Itans0mc md the police
in the turn of 4 hand. "a - aNS' = -
The cold of the night, and the now pres.
ent danger, made Cole shivcr oil over, and
he paused.
But he began again, and, taking out a
fine steel saw highly tempered, proceeded
to saw the iron slowly and gently, ready
at the first alarm 70 spring from his ladder
and run away. vi Z b.i -! :
With nil his caution, steel grated against
steel and made too much noise In the Silly
night. He desisted. He Gelt about and
found the grating was let into wood, not
stone; he oiled the saw and itcut the wood
like butter; he made two cuts like capt.
tai V, and bar Of the grating came loose;
lle did the same tlIlng above, and the bar
came out.
= Cole now descended the ladder, and pre-
pared for tho greatest danger Of all. He
took from It's receptacle the little metal
box lined with glazed paper which con.
tAincd the Illuminating silver and its fuse;
| and holding itgas gently as possible, went
and mounted the laddcr again, putting his
foot down as softly Us cat.
But he WIS getting colder and colder,
and, at this unfortunate moment, hO re-
membercd that, when he was lad, Il man
thad been destroyed by Illuminating silver,
quite small quantity, in plate over
which he was leaning; yet the poor
wretCtl's limbs had been found In different
places; and 10 himself had seen the head;
It had been torn from the trunk and hurl'
ed to an Incredible distance.
That trunklcss head he now fanciCd ho
saw, In the middle Of the fog, and his body
began to sweat cold, and his hands to
shake SO that he could hardly hold the
box Butifhelet It fall ~ iOt
b He came hastily down the ladder, and
sat down on the dirty ground, with the
Internal engine beside him. t.a|'l'tu
. By.and.6y he got up and tried to warm
his hands and feet by motion, and, at last,
he recovered his fortitude, and went softly
and cat.likc up the steps again, in spite Of
the various dangers he incurred. ''
Ofwhat was this mans mind composed,
whom neither a mere bride could buy to
do this deed, nor pure flnaticism without
q bribe; but where both Inducements met,
neither the risk Of immediate death, nor
of Imprisonment for life, nor both dangers
united, could convert him from his dead.
" purpose, though his limbs shook, and
his body was believed with cold per.
sDiratiOu? .t.Liiu.g TY.. 10 iLg,.
lie reached tho top Of the ladder, lie put
his hand inside tho crate; there was an
aperture, but he could not find the bot
tom. He heSitated, ..yL...t.
Here was d fresh danger: If lie let the
box fall It might explode at once and send
him 10 eternity. " ; fI.'.
Once more he came softly down, ind
collected all the tow and wool he could
find He went up the ladder and put
these things through the grating; they
formed, a bed. rie .yA9 n m,
took Il up the ladder Will beating heart,
. 4 sf.nI HhHn