The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02

to insure success is to back more
horses than one. | have a plan for
bringing off four different events on
the same evening. One or more may
fall through, but If we have four run
ming, we are bound to get home with
at least one. If we should be so lucky
as 10 bring off two or three, we shall
have all the more reason to cOngratu-
late ourselves, for every extra score
will mean extra coin in the way OF
subscriptions. But II only one out Of
the lot proves a winner, we shall at
least feel, and shall make the public
feel, that we have done something for
our money. Here's my scheme. | have
enough dynamite still in hand to effect
four big explosions. There is enough
really for twice that number, but !
want the explosion to be the sort Of
thing to set all London rafting, and |
propose to double the quantity of the
stuff. The next question is, What
shall we blow up?' Well, my idea is
that we have a go at New Scotland
yard and three of the prisons, Hollo-
way, NeWgate and Pentonville. | pro-
pose doing the business In this way.
The Internal machines will be rather
heavy, and not at all convenient things
to cart about London; so | vote that
we engage a private brougham for the
evening. One of us will have to be
driver, and each Of the other four will
have to be answerable for an Internal
machine, and for placing it where it
can do the greatest amount of damage
to the building which has been as
signed to him. III take New Scot
land yard myself, as the most danger
GUS, and you can settle 1t among your
selves who shall be driver and who
shall take the other places. The driver
will pick the four Of us up at points
we can settle on, and when the circles
complete he will drive to Holloway,
dropping the first man with the box
Of Holloway's pills, by which | mean
the Internal machine, at the most con-
venient spot, and picking him up
again, after the thing has been placed
and the fuse ignited. BY that means
the dynamiter can get clean away from
the neighborhood some time before
the explosion occurs. Then We drive
on to Pentonville to do ditto there.
Thence to Newgate, and after that to
Scotland yard. There will be no cab
man to come forward with evidence
about their fares and where they got
in and out. / think the risks will be
fairly distributed. Perhaps the drivers
got the best of 1t, as he hasn't got to
place and light the machines; but on
the other hand he must undertake to
procure the carriage, and unless he
can contrive to steal 1t, there is al
ways the chance of the police getting
wind of the way the thing has been
done, in which case his identity will
be the cIew they'll have to work upon,
and he will be the first man they'll
look for. Well, are you on for my
scheme or off Please yourselves.
Hubbock's with me, | know, but what
do you other three say"
The other three asserting, Number
Two went on: That's all right. Now
the next question is not, Who killed
Cock Robin? but, Who'll drive the
cab?' I'd rather it were one of you
three, for | want lubbock to undertake
Holloway prison. He knows it well.
Too well, don't you, Hubbock?--the
inside as well as the out. Can you
drive. Number Four?'
I'D rather not, unless | must" was
the reply.
Il don't suppose 1t will be a case OF
needs must though 1t will be the
devil driving" laughed Number Two