Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-04-14
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Scoundrels eco.
BY COULSON KERNAHAN
Author Of Captain Shannon" IA Book Of
Strange Sins, "a Dead Mans Diary" Etc. \
Copyright, 1899, by Herbert s. Stone Co.
CHAPTER XIV.

oNOI Nl)INlLl4S AND COMPANY.
did think it over, with the result
that when | sauntered up to the book
stall at st. Pancras on the following
morning, the buttonhole of my tweed
Jacket was made gay by a spring of
red geranium.
Number Two looked approvingly at
it. as he gave me "Good-morning," and
Hubbock's little eyes leered meaningly
at mine as he complimented me obse-
quiously on the lovely flower" | was
wearing.
a handsome tip to the guard hav-
ing secured a tirst-class carriage to
ourselves, Number Two came to the
point as soon as the train was begin
ming 10 move out of the station.
My friends" he said, Il have been
through the accounts to-day, and I'm
sorry to say there is a big falling off in
subscriptions. The loss of that $4,000
may have done us harm in the way of
shaking public confidence, but on the
other hand if we had succeeded in our
attempt upon Lord Cranthorpes house,
or ii | had not failed in my jubilee
scheme, or lubbock in his Ishmael
club programme, | believe that our
finances would have been as flourishing
as ever. But we haven't much time to
spare this morning, and the immedi-
ate question before us is, How are we
10 retrieve our position? One big
blow at the authorities will turn the
tide in our favor again and bring the
coin in. But this time we mustn't fail.
ana 1t seems to me that the only way
10 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 NAV
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 to 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 if 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 lie rather
heavy, and not at al convenient things
20 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 it 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
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