The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-02
AN UNWELCOME.
BOMB

drew him to the secondhand stores
Furniture was his hobby and when h'
came upon desk that had been made
in another land and years ago his en-
thuslasm burst all bounds.
iii buy it," he shouted in his en-
thusiasm and failed to remember he
had forgotten TO ask the price 'Pui
il in wagon and send it 70 the
house"
1t came the next morning and he
| was there TO receive II.
"A beauty, eh?" he murmured TO his
wife.
oh well. very nice, but"
oh OF course you can find flaws,
he interrupted. I'D like to see you
get enthusiastic about something,
The wife didn't share the enthusi-
asm her husband possessed for all
things that were old He opened
drawer after drawer and seemed to
revel in the excellent workmanship
he had discovered.
What is this?" he demanded sud.
denly
What have you found now p
queried the wife.
Il don't know, but look.
She did and was dismayed
That's bomb. Where did YOU
find ito"
In this secret drawer
The gladness had faded from his
face So had the color from that Of
his wife
What if We had dropped It2"
queried he
What If You had?" querled she.
They stood and looked at one an
other for a moment Both were
speechless
what can l do with ito" he
luerIed
Never having owned bomb, l
can't say" she retorted.
oh don't ger sarcastic. I'll toss II
in the garbage pail
Horrors not" she shrieked. III
you toss ii in the garbage pail it will
90 OFF. Then wherell We be?'
q hadn't thought Of that" he said.
They were silent He was thinking
and she was doing the same.
What can do with it," he muir
INJURED. and picked the bomb from the
floor
q have It. Send for messenger
boy and send 1t to the chief Of police.
"Oh. how nice Of you" he muttered,
and there was sarcasm in the tone.
Wrap It up carefully and give to TO
the boy. You wouldn't have me tell
him what 1t IS He would fall. There
would be in explosion. would be
in the eyes OF the law. You
must be exceedingly anxious TO realize
on that insurance policy"
ooh, forgive me; ! was just joking.
"Of course But don't any more,
he answered.
They fell to thinking once more.
What shall we do?" she queried.
AN. I have il" he answered. "l'll
board a car I'll ride downtown and
as pass over the Wells street bridge
I'll toss it into the river
Fine" she chorused and I'll go
with you"
oh. no. There might be an acct
dent There might be collision and
we'd both 90 up"
"Oh. but | insist upon going"
She was very firm and five minutes
later they were aboard the car.
There was no accident. But they
attracted much attention. Everybody
on the car wondered what was in the
the man held so tender!y.
They we're nearing the bridge when
the man arose and walked to the rear
platform OF the car.
q 90 with you" she muttered.
ooh. no"
NO scene in the car, mind you.
go with YOU she said. and did.
The car was passing over the bridge
His hand was raised high and the
package was in It.
on" she shrieked. and the hand
descended. But the bomb was not
hurled into space nor into the water
below.
What's the trouble?" he asked.
Don't throw it, You might hit an
iron cable. II you did 1t would eX-
plode and we'd all be killed
But what can l do?" he demanded
Just carry it on" was her advice.
and they sought the car.
OF course. they couldn't spend the
5ay in the downtown district with the
bamb beneath their arms They
thought of placing it in one Of the
boxes marked Help Keep the City
Clean" They were afraid, however,
and it was when the pangs Of hunger
began to worry them that they
stopped and determined the fate OF the
bamb and their own must be settled
definitely and at once.
What shall we do?" she asked.
I'm sure I don't know. but He
halted. Tor he saw a policeman APP
He advanced to the Of
hcer.
Il am not an anarchist" he began
Il am a good friend OF the city.
have with me one bomb which /
should like to dispose Of
The officer wasn't pleased at the
prospect Of carrying It to headquar-
tiers. but he vas brave and finally ae-
cepted the charge. So was another
relic placed 70 the credit OF the city