New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-24
THE BURS7ING OF A S4ND-BOA.
DANGER LURKED IN AN INNOCENT POD WIN"
WROUGHT MUCH DAMAGE.

DANGER LURKED IN AN INNOCENT POD "HlOh
WROUGHT MUCH DAMAGE
Rolten had spent the winter wandering among ING
West India islands and when ne got pu'" ,,
medley Of curiOsities which he had Pcheu "P :"
travels Among them were all sorts OF beans ",iu
80 ~ tron,cal trees and OF the former were JONI
crow bcons the VARY the horse eye jobs tears "',
,onv others There were the long scabbard hhc Po"7
~ the crimson Powered acassia; cocoa p"us' VIZ,
ratified with the dried chocolate SEEDS lhsue "'
and he also had pods Of the sahdDoA uto' 'm,O
,rcrl.r store houscs for the seeds, deeply riooen'
each rib running from top 10 D"''oH vi ."
nod Tbese two latter received places OF hohor III
iacouor trays the smaller beans finding room arouiu
Thorn Rolton is natty man and on ms Hah'e's"'"
I'm his bedroom were arranged tncSe treasures nv
sided ovor by four statuetteS OF nude goddesScS'
The vegetable ornaments Of The shelf were the most
innocent looking things Imaginable ana nc nc'''
dreamed for a moment that nature was sun p"Sl
bringing 10 perfection those sand boxes. nc I'D"
como N he'd after hard days work and was sleeping
the sleep of the inst when he was awakened ny "i'
he thought was a pistol shot In DIS room. az INV
same time missiles were Tying all hrou"u' m Nv
iun,prd ont of bed to light the gas, there was d
second explosion and this time he was peppcrcu VIZ"
all sorts OF missiles. The carpet WAS e"e"" Wv"
objects which were not pleasant to tread on ana III
h,, or,ietv IN escape them and get at the yet ne
,, bro,e the small toe Of his right foot. 10y Iammh2
q AGAINST a char-leg. lie nursed 1t anectloha'eN'
nm, sadly for some time swearing in undcrtoncS' bu'
of,aid 70 give loud expression TO MS pchtuP I'cs
lest there might he another fuSliiho''
at last like a cat walking over hot DrchS' III
ro.c,,, Tho let and lighted TIP gus. TIP treasures
of tho mancl-picce scattered about the room
The r,ddesses had been hurled from ul"r hgh
r,oces md looked nke Roman remains. he1dl $ ana
ar,nless The lacquer trays WIRE In small pieces
,,bile the pods and beans were scattered an over
tne room, The goblet had even been hlohcn and the
wafer was standing in puddlcs about the carpet
Tho sand.hoNcs had vanished. He searched aloun"
corefnlly There was no trace, so far a he could
see Of the cause OF tn, explosions. lie gathered up
his broken AID scattered treasures. finding among
them scgmcnts OF tho sand-boxes. and then, lowing
the gas alight tried to sleep. OF the strange occur
ances he said net n word 10 his friends
TN, other day q friend was IN his r'oms' ann
looking over tho collected remnants remarked, HUI
lob here l0eces OF a sand-boX'
What IS that!' l. .no
We'll. It's fruit Of tree nat grows IN ,are
West Indies and got its owing 70 the planters
using il I'm tlrs days before blOttlns paper WIS III
va to- for sand boxes The seeds were cut oui OF
the centre. and the pod Was then filled win Su'i.
1t was rather unsatisfactory box, however d" II
often exploded
Exploited What do you meant
"Tl> * the fruir u Iura cropians. large trcr
something Ike the tulip tree Of this country. IA
soon as the seed Is ripe II e1pl'd'% WIN a rcl'r,
being scattered I'm al directions. - great i NE
f,rce OF the explosion that the broken pieces are
thrown forty ami fifty feet. Fowls. 10 soon aS tho!
hear an explosion IAN towards TT te" ana are Sn1l
bnsv iooki;g for the seeds which they greedily
mat explains IT," said the other. and he then
told ths story Of his shattered works OF art.