The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-13
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pose. Be at the Westminster end of the
Bi-dcage Walk tonight at O'Clock. and
you will be told what TO do. Let there he
/ no fiinehing: disobedience means death.
/ Nive rAnarchle
Felix Green had hitherto believed him
+ self TO be a miserable man. he now knew
what II was 10 be really and most dread
fully miserable. How he contrived 10 do
i his work through that endless, yet all too
( short. day he had no idea. Trembling
and in an agony OF apprehension but
firmly persuaded in his own mind that he
had no option but to obey the terrible
order conveyed 10 him. he betook himself
10 the appointed place at the APP
pointed hour. and although II was
mid-wiiter and a cool evening, ne
was bathed In sweat when he reached his
destination. What would he be told 10 DO
! To shoot the queen2-to stab Mr.. Bailey
In the hack?-to blow up the house OF
parliament Alas. he was not the man to
carry out any of these enterprises: he had
misunderstood himself-and now ii was
too late. All. why is Ii that nothing short
+ OF a brutal practical test can reveal our
true natures to ourselves and others? Why
must asses needs masquerade in the skins
F.. OF lions? Why cannot tobacconist's
clerk. who was apparently created for
{, that position and no other. be content 10
eat the bread OF servitude, and let OF su-
I perfluous steam through the safe medium
OF mpassioned verses? These pathetic
! questions. and others like them, Felix,
| infelix put TO the windy night, which re-
| turned no answer. wild surmse sug-
| gested itself to him and. for a moment.
! set his heart beating with hope. What If
| this were practical joke on the part of
| Dempster, who had more than once inti-
mated that he had no great faith In the
| intrepidi;y Of certain so-calied Anar-
| chists. But Dempster was not given to
| practical joking. and the sudden appari-
| ton Of a tall man, enveloped in long
/ cloak of which the collar was turned up.
| so as TO conceal his face, brought home
! to our unfortunate hero the grim earnest
ness OF the actual situation.
The stranger approached him and said.
without any greeting and in a strong for
eign accent
Take this package. In a quarter of an
hours time from now. but not sooner.
you will go TO the Westminster bridge
station of the Metropolitan District rail-
, way, and book yourself East or West. as
you please. Before stepping into the
train. you VIII leave this package under
one of the seats upon the platform. Take
care that you are not observed. That Is
all"
Felix's first sensation of dlsmay. as he
nervously clutched the parcel thrust into
He might have been told 10 do something
so much more dangerous TO himself than
that But recurrence of panic took pos
session of him when he remembered the
fate OF sundry previous miscreants. and
darling after the unknown who was al
ready striding rapidly away into the dark
ness. he seized him by the arm.
"One moment" he gasped. .'This-this
thing won't go OF until l have got rid Of
IT, VIII it?'
THE explosive is timed to take effect in
about an hour" answered the other.
Even II you are noticed. you will have
had long start and will he able to escape
easily. For the rest. that is your affair.
You had better not DO seen speaking 10
me- The police know who l am. and We
may he watched now for anything that
you or | can tell"
After that alarming intima,lon Felix
was only too glad TO let his Instructor de-
part. he himself slnked of In the dlrec-
ton of the railway station. thanking the
God whose existence he had repeatedly
and scornfuly denied that things were
not quite so bad as they might have a>@n
As he walked, he could hear from with.z
the brown paper parcel which he was
carrying steady. mufned sick-tick. Ii
was awful TO think that in an hours time
that memorable. inanimate instrument OF
destiny would be spreading death and de-
struction around II. Not so awful OF
course. as the prospect of ones own death
and destruction would have been: stin
sufficiently awful 10 shake the nerves Of a
commonplace youth who had mistaken
| himself for desperate. The stipulated
quarter Of an hour had not elapsed when
Felix reached the railway station. He
walked on as far as the emhankment and
eazed over the parapet at the dark river
with Il great longing to cast his hideous
burden into il.
The ''eourgeoise" must be ex;er-
minated Perhaps SO: hut It is not
only the ''bourceolsie" who travel
by the underground railway. Work
Ing men, women children, fellow
creatures Of every age ana class make
use 81 this means OF iocomotion; and were
these Innocent beings to be hurried into
eternity because there was something
radically wrong with a world which they
. had no hand In creating" Sheer cowardice
preserved the wouid-be malefactor from
yielding to such insidious temptations. He
hated the idea OF doing what he had been
ordered % do but he hated even more
the Idea of being murdered. and he felt
sure that his interruptions associates
would murder him u he failed or qualied
Drawing a long breath and saying 10 him
seq that after all the end Justified the
means, he turned back 10 the booking Of
lice. and was just about to take a ,icke,
for the most distant spot that he could
think q when q slap upon the shoulder
made him jump almost out 90 his skin
Bat il was no emisssVy from Scotland
Yard. Il was only stalwart ruhicurd
Mr. Bailey VINO called out in loud
voice.
Here's mck'-you're the very fellow
whom ! wanted 10 see Green Come
straight hack - the city with ne ard van
shan have az extra weeks ray for your
trouble I've just had some most I'M
pov'ant letters, which ought % be answer
- imneaia tely. ard II yoau write while
I dictate We may save the night mail
! q take a ticket for you. Look sharp. or
the Msnscn house train viii have start
% before We get down"
The stars IN their courses seemed al
length % be ashtns for one who had
hitherto deemed himsei; 3ll-starrsd lie
saw instantly how hss presence anon The
scene Ct ar impending catastrophe could
now ~ satisfactorily accounted fcr and
ne ran With alacrtsy Down the stairs with
hsS impatient employer. The oniy thIrx
MAS ;Aat there was 70 t5us 10 deposit ne
Internal machine with which ne mad been
entrusted hsreath A bench All nr rsatlH