The sun., 1894-02-04

| known there, out not as irlend OF hertEOR 5.
| He was customer and tenant theretore
there, and II he stsyed with e his revenge
| would rebound on himself He could hand
the bag 70 the waiter, saying he would call for
! IL again. but the waiter would naturallg won:
have il sentto his rooms; besides. the eatGon
| was wildly suspicious. lie felt his uniortu nate
| Tor he now knew that he. was marked man.
| 1.-THE Vernon he had police protection, while
more re ssssSuapS thsn spy ye otbsT ne s,S.n so he
| stayed on at the Vernon. such a course being.
he thought, the least Of two evils But he
.Duprs also realized that there was another
dynamite must be set oil either BY fuse or
| by clockwork machinery fuse caused
c9ntainins ing cloekwofs his han hand ieIt the thrii
| Of moving machinery man who hears for
tie t tine me the 6Tsn % q the S
knows nothing OF snakes; How much more.
nerves were ali alert for the soft, deadly purr
Of dynamite mechanism. spoil everything the
prs reluctantly admitted to himself, the hand
bag theory was not practical 1t led to either
What then nO was as the On next thing as fuse or
mechanism were unavailableY There was the
bomb that exploded when II struck. and Dupr9
in the middle Of the street and shy IL in through
the open door. But then he might miss the
the street was ms light as day. Then the po-
lceman was all alert for people In the middle
OF the street. His own safety depended upon
It, too. How was the man in the street to be
dispensed with. yet the result attained. II the
IN o of s2 MIGHT % the
bomb across. as they do from dynamite guns;
BY tiod!" cried DuprS. Il havsit,"
He drew in his outstretched legs, went to tho
window and threw 1t open. gazing down for a
moment at the pavement below. He must
measure the distance Mt highland late at
night. too-he said to himself. He bought a
the building as possible. lie left his his window Wind w
open. and after midnight ran the cord out till
he estimated Y ted that 1t about Tesehsd the top Of
himself out. leaving the door unlatched. The
door to the apartments was at the extreme
in the middle with large windows on each
aide. As he came round to the front. his heart
aim almost ceased leased to beat when avoice from the
,o,y What "a DO You yant' What are you doing
The policeman had become so much part
OF the pavement In DuprG'a mind that he had
actually forgotten that no was there night and
day. DuprG allowed hims the luxury OF one
silent gasp. then his heart took up its work
again.
II was looking for you" he said quietly. BY
strainng his eyes he noticed at the same time
that the cord danEled about a foot above the
Ioliceman's head. as he stood In the dark
II was looking for you. suppose you don't
know OF any-any chemists shop open so late
as thisP have a raging toothache and can't
slser; and want to get sonething for it =,
i"ph the chsmist's at the corner Is open all
hate to disturb them for such trife."
That's what they're there for" said the
Would you mind standing at this other door
till get back. I'll be as quick as can. don't
want to close It. for the concierge knows I'm mi in
and he is afraid to open IT when any one
rings late. You know me- Of course; IN In No.
Yes. recognize you now, though I didn't
at flrst will stand by the door until you re-
turn"
Duprs went to the corner shop and bought a
bottle OF toothnche drops from the sleepy youth
ever. and made him explain how the remedy
was to he applied He thanked the policeman.
second later the S cord e was cut at The Window
Durrs sat down and breathed hard for few
ou foolr he said to himself; "a mistake
or two like that and YOU are doomed. That's
OF your subject Another two feet and the
string would have been down on his nose. l
@ oosns n The
the side door was an inspiration. But must
think, tk, well on all sides before acting again.
As he went on with hts preparation, IL aston
ished him to find how many various things had
10 To thought OF in connection with an ap-
parcntly. simple scheme. tho neglect OF any
one OF which would endanger the whole enter
one. All he had to do was to tie a canister OF
dynamite at the end Of string Of suitable
closed fling Il from his window so that the
package would sweep In by the open door.
plode first he thought OF holding the end Of
the cord in his hand at tho omen window. but
reflection showed him that L in the natural
excitement OF the moment he drew back or
leaned too lar forward tho package might
strii the front Of the house above the door. or
a stout nail in the window-sill and attached the
end OF the cord to that. Again. he had to rem
to any shock tnat he realized II he
tied the cora around II and flung, it
the string was Ierked tight and the explosion
take Elace in mid-air above the street. SO he |
arranged ,i spiral spring between can and cord
momen tum OF the package when the string be-
came suddenly taut. lie saw that the weak |
would depend on his own nerve and accuracy |
Of aim at the critical moment. and that slight !
miscalculation TO the right or TO the left would |
cause the bomb when falling down and in to |
miss the door altogether lie would have but |
o one ShHnee oG @ fnd tnere Tas no opportunity
philosophical man, said 70 himsel that II peo- |
pie allowed small technical difficulties TO |
trouble them too much. nothing really worth |
doing would be ACCOMPLISHED In this world. |
lie ielt sure he was going TO make some little |
resolved to do the best he could and accept the |
consequences with all the composure at his |
As he stood by the window on the fatal night |
with the canister in his hand. he tried to recol-
rect II lueio was hnylnlnE leIt unuOn6 or any |
tracks remaining uncovered There was no |
light in his room, but fire burned in the |
Crate throwing fickering reflections on the |
opposite wall.
There are four things must do" he mur-
INJURED, - First, pull up the string: second, |
throw it in the nre third. draw out the nail; |
fourth, close the window"
lie was pleased to notice that his heart was |
not beating harder than usual. | think / |
have myself, well IN hand, yet must not be too |
cool when | get down stairs. There are SO |
many things 70 think OF all at one time" no |
said TO himself with q sigh. lie looked up and |
down the street. The pavement was clear lie |
waited until the policeman had passed the |
door lie would take ten steps before he turned |
back on hi- beat. When his back was toward |
ne cc4te door, Dupre launched his bomb out |
Hs drew ack instantly and watched the
nail. held when the Jerk came. 4 moment |
later the whole building lurchsd like u drunk |
cn man, hrayng its shoulders. as 1t were. Du- |
pre- Was startled by great square Of plaster /
coming uoTn on his table with "a crash. Be- |
low there, was roar OF mufied thunder, lie /
ielt the npoT trembls under him after the /
heaye. The glass in the window clatteTed |
down, and he ielt the air smite him in the |
breast as II some one had struck him a blow
Tie looked out for moment. The concus-