New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-28
ppleton got IN and carried in the trunl, again.

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| There's something heavier than paper and
Clothing in there ne said. as he put the trunk
lsut it's locked said I, feeling not altogether
Grs IN my mind OF our right 70 open 1t, whether
: That doesn't matter he answered carelessly.
Il guess ! can fix that all right"
He took from his pocket bunch OF skeleton
keys. and in q moment the trunk was OPEN and
Appleton bending eagerly over the tray.
. Yes. sir. just as | expected he said These
arc the notes. He took out several bundles and
| looked them over. Yes. these the identical
denominations. Elves, tens and twenties They
are the easiest to get rid Of without suspicion You
| see. or course these we're 10 be sent floating all
over Europe through the different exchange offices
there must be- I should say as much as thirty
or forty thousand dollars about six or eight
thousand pounds in your money-in that tray.
! Well this is find. isn't itp / only wish we
could get hold OF the plate from which they were
printed. Perhaps u may be inside He lifted
Clothing beneath it on the floor =" / don't see
anything else and yet, can't understand what
makes it so heavy. But stop. What's this? 10
| its depth outside. Yes; thought so. False bot
tom. And now what have we herc?' He raised
up the, false bottom and took out about 5,a hall
That's all there is in it, he said IN crestfallen
tone. ! am disappointed. Yet / can't help
thinking that plate must be somewhere, for why
else would they want all that ink which, OF course.
is intended to print the notes with abroad It's
great PITY
What parcelpr
The one the fat man left with me in the train =
+" BY jovel Of course. forgot all about that
Here said I, in my bag, whefe I've kept
| got the parcel out and handed il TO him. He
quickly cut the cords and tore of the brown paper.
As had conjectured it was Japanned tin box
| with lock.
The plate is here beyond doubt said APP
The box was locked, but his bunch OF skeleton
keys again came to the rescue, and In anothee
moment the box unlocked and lay open befors
u.s. glance sufiiced to show the sought-fo.
plate was not there But far different sight
from any we had expected met our astonished gaze.
The box was fitted with the well-known clock,
work appliances of the modern dynamltard, ana
| fitted with decorators, and was, beyond question
| of doubt, an internal machine of the most APP
| proved pattern.
" Christopher Columbus!' shouted Appleton.
If this amt grand! If this don't establish my
theory on a first-class basis! Why, this is better
than fifty thousand steel plates, We might have
saved our time looking for one
But what can ali this ink be r9' said I.
picking up one of the jars
" Ink? That amt ink, my son. I'll soon show
He took the jar from my hand and with 9
pocket corkscrew drew the cork Just as 1
thought" he said, pouring into the palm OF hls
hand small quantity of the jars contents, WHICH
to me looked like dark moist brown sugar. DO
you know what that is? No; L dare say not
. Dynamite!S I exclaimed starting back
NONSENSE
No nonsense: it's dynamite, sure enough, and
the strongest grade OF it into the bargain, which
means that the percentage of nitroglycerne is the
highest the law allows. That's what they cali
No. 2. 1 know the dynamite stun too well 10 %
mistaken. But you needn't be AFRAID: IL won't
explode without very sharp conclusion, and
& Only fancy!' interrupted, how that trunk
has been pulled and tumbled about|
THAT won't hurt unless, as | was about TO
say, the conclusion was accompanied by very
high degree of heat-aS suppose the ship had
, caught fire There is good deal OF error abroad
in regard to the handling of dynamite. People
confound it with pure nitro glycerne, which IL IS
not. Still, it is most rufianly thing for any
man to carry il in such way on board OF
steamer like this
Dastardly scoundrell' cried: And to
think the brute should have tried to have me sad
died with it in case it was found outl What a
wovidental escape!'
well, should say so,' said Appleton. AN
escape, perhaps, for all hands except the villain
who is answerable 1t is clear he and his gang
feared or suspected treachery of some sort, and
provided against its affecting them
But what had better do about it p said L
Shouldn't we inform the passengers at once.
and let them deal with the scamp in their indig-
Well. no. I wouldn't. do that said Apple
for he's clever enough to sp through our fingers
yet Keep cool, and I'll tell you why. Pretty
soon we'll go up. and tell the whole thing TO the
o wba he likes XIV We Want him t to help u.s. and
that's about the last thing he'd do IL we went and
created panic among the passengers, which we
should do il we told them there ounce Of
dynamite board. let alone a good twenty-five
pounds. Oh, no; we'll keep quiet for the pres
emit"
But I thought you were after this man foe
counterfeiting," SAID l. Why don't you charge
him with it at once ?'
My dear friend my authority as Unite, United
upon aboard ship flying the British flag"
~ Then hen escape you; after all ' said II
Oh. no. he WON'T replied Appleton, with A
confident nod and wink Don't you fear about
that. All that has been attended to by cable.
The day before we sailed from New-York, the q. 5.
Secretary of State telegraphed to our Minister
in London TO arrange the necessary extraditon
business with the English Foreign Secretary 50
Queenstown he could be handed over into my
custody But until we reach Queenstown,
empowering documents, 1 am poweriess. 1t IS
half-past A. and we shall be in by 10
o'clock, think. for the wind and sea have gone
down considerably For the meantime must
trust 'Wcsterfeldt as usual, and not let him GET
the fantest inllling that he is suspected
vile m sss don't believe / shall be able
to look at him without showing my feelings
oh, yes, you will if you try said Appleton
:" Any other course would be for his benefit re-
member that Now. what do you say? Suppose
we 20 and the captain?
and put il, with tenderer handling than il ever
before received, into its place in the passage.
It's as safe there as anywhere said Apple
ton. 1t would be better IN the snip nGlRaIlne
of course. But it would only make row getting
it down there, and its safe where IL is. SO far.
and the chances are it will be for few hours
longer Anyhow, can't do anything else
| confess didn't feel quite comfortable at the
TO any rough treatment, despite all that Appleton
had said: but there was no help for it, Having
put everything TO rights in the stateroom we Went
up to the captain room, and laid the whole thing
before him. He saw at once the folly OF alarming
the passengers, and entered without hesitation
into Appleton's plans.
I'll tell you what I'll do" he said. I'll luss
send down word to the chief engineer to put
few more tons of coal into the furnaces in the
next few hours, and get us in an hour earlier 10
will be for the company's benefit, you see, to get
that Internal stuff out of the ship soon as pos
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