Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-03-04

Brother Gardner and the Dynamltsr.
Something had happened 20 upset
Thompson street its whole length, but
just what il was no one could tind out.
II was finally reported that Brother
Gardner had been ransomed for $3 and a
Waterbury watch. and he pat in an APP
pearance just then. as If 70 confirm the
story. He went ahead ia his usual calm
and dignitied manner aud opened the
meeting, and after everything was in
running order he stepped 70 the front
and said
My fren'sl h'af dat all sorts o wild
stories hev bin tiyin. about dis afternoon
an eavenin' concsrnln myself an odder
officers. will now explain tho hull
matter. AT exactly fo'ty-one minits an
six seconds past o'clock to-day some-
body knocked on de doah Of my cabin.
was bar fut at de time, Shawn of my
cons. but 'sposin' de pusson TO be Sir
Isaac Walpole. cum down 20 pay me
back de 50 he owed me fur three or TO
months. called to him to cum in. Mrs.
Gardner had dun gone out TO meet with
church society an was all alone.
-Gen'len, who do yo 'spose dat pus-
SON was He was white man. He
had long black ha'r. His eyes rolled.
He was chankin' his teeth. La his right
hand he held a package, an he waved
it round an declard dat if didn't hand
0ber $4,000 in cash he'd blow de huh
outfit l9 miles hight .Yo' kin emagine
lie situashun was in. An yet can't
say l was tooken by surprise. On de
contrary, ! have bin 'spectin' sumthin'
Of de sort TO happen. looked dat chap
squar in de eyes. an saw dat he was
dun crazy as a loon. Wfdout 'pearin' to
be tall excited said dat had just got
lie cash counted out fur him, an axed
him to step into de kitchen an look in
lie wood box He stepped. SO did l.
AS he looked into de wood box was
clus behind him, an drawed of am let
him hev it behind de ears. He fell to de
floor, an befo' he could kick twice, ]
had him tied hand an fut wild de clothes
line.
Here the entire meeting rose up as one
man aud cheered and shouted until the
plaster began to fall in every direction.
when called in de police, said the
President, after order was restored, ~we
examined de bomb, an we found dat it
contained nuff 'sploshun to kill as of de
leadin capitalists Of Moth America De
man was crank. He'd been tryin' to
invent clothes line which would wind
Itself up in de back yard when it was
gwins TO rain, an he wanted mo- cash to
carry on his experiments. He cum
dar calculatin' to git $40. 900 of me or hit
RE in de stomach wild dat bomb. / was
prepared for him. Ii hadn't been no
me kin guess how widespread dat calam-
ty would hev bin"
Sir Isaac Walpole then arose and said
the day had arrived when no great man
n this country was safe from the crank
and his bomb There ry,ist be remedy.
We must search for and apply it, While
he sincerely congratulated Brother Gard
ner on his escape, what security had the
club that some other crank would not try
the same thing tomorrow
my fren's," said Brother Gardner,
after several other brethren had given
their opinions, : it is trooly sad state OF
affairs, an is desarvin' of most serious
thought. Yo' or go at it, an by savin'
up carpet rags an soap grease, an by
livin' mighty cIus an pinchin' along. we
get rich. We doan' git rich fur the rich
ness of it, but to take comfort in our ole
age. Bimeby along comes a pusson who
wants to fly, but he hain't got de money
t build bis wings He sots down an
broois an sulks, and he finally makes up
his mind dat some rich man has got to
help him or die. He daIfore goes an gifts
bomb and Ais 1t up wild turpentine.
arsenic, castor lie an odder 'splosives,
an he walks in on dat rich man an tries
to scatter him all to squibs.
II doan' reckon de crank kin be
reached by law ontil it am too late. It
would be too hard to identify him. Yo'
doan' know dat he is a crank ontil he has
got dat deadly bomb sailin' fur yos
chin. Seems to me dat it am better
ideah to depend on Providence an yo'-
self. . Yo' kin depend on Providence dat
he will strike some odder rich man in
place of yo' dat he will fall down an
break his leg while comm 10 yo'r office |;
dat If he gets in, yo' will be out eating
raw oysters about dot time. Depend
upon yo'self by havin it all planned out
what yo' will do, same as | did Fur the
las six months have knowed jest what
sort of a programmy / should foller.
When de time cum ] was as cool as
piece Of oilcloth ia Jinury. / jist hauled
of an hit dat fellow 'zactly behind de
ear, jest as had planned. an he fell in
heap on the floah, jest as ! 'spected he
would. While de law win probably do
all it kin, an while Providence, 'spesh-
ully heah in New York, seems to be
doin' a good deal of watchin' ober human
ity, de rich must arter all keep deir eyes
peeled an be ready fur de crank when he
calls. We viii now go home an be glad
dat we am livin'. New York World.