Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-08-22
= BY ID. G. Murray

CHAPTER (Continued.)
'Tf, on the same day" replied Mr.
Xeno, twenty different men left twent.
different Continental ports and arrived a
twenty different English ports with sim
ilar contrvance, they would carry Soot
deal"
That's true" said Frost, that's true
But what do you want to help dynamit,
Into England for? That's no part o.
your game"
who carries the parcels, and by wha
ports they enter" Zeno answered, with q
smile which looked uglier than ever.
oh, l see,- said Frost. But
thought--"
You are growing curious again. good
Frost. Do uoc grow curious again. Dc
not. Please"
Give NE my orders then" replied
Frost, sullenly. They're all | want to
know"
You will produce your invention this
evening" said Zeno. You will advise
Ats immediate employment The pretend
ed book parcels can De made up any
where, You can carry the necessary
books over with you. and can cut out the
insides, and fit in the tin boxes in Paris. "
I'm net in that show" Frost inter-
rupted, rapidly; I'm on English SER
vice"
Very we'll Your friends can do it,
then. The date OF departure can be fixed
beforeha nd-of departure from the Cont
mental ports, | mean. Each man must
know from what port he is to sail, and
at what port he is TO arrive. Let me
know all their names, their ports of de-
parture and arrival, and the date. That
is all you need to attend to for the mo-
ment. And now shall we go to dnner?'
I'm thinkin'," said Frost, "that this
especial bird will not enter the arena,
and if he did, he would not fight when
he got there"
Zeno.
''It might have acted. last week. 1t
might even have acted the night afore
last. But that old mudhead of Dobroski
has got 'em for the moment dead set
against it. And they're after him to
man, pretty nearly"
"Why, what is this?" cried Zeno
''There was a meeting the night before
last" said Frost, 'and Dobroski was
there. Sullivan. who's the bloodthirsti
est of the whole bloodthirsty assortment,
wanted to do a score of simultaneous ex-
plosions. Up gets Dobroski and swears
he won't have it. Says he won't make
war against the innocent. Says he won't
run an indiscriminate Malay muck against
the wide, wide world. Says it's indecent
and improper and indiscreet, and likely
TO bring the cause into general disrepute
with respectable people. Says he wants
to kill off all the tyrants privately. and
enlist the sympathies of the churchgoing
community, while he prepares his plans
for a general assault against authority
everywhere and all along the line. Then
Brennan gets up on his hind legs and
,swears Dobroskis in the right. Then up
gets Falkland on the same lay. Then
the whole boiling got converted, bar Sui
Iivan, and took to hymn singing and pass
ed a resolution that they would only lay
out for the slaughter of crowned heads
and commanders-in-ch chief, and such like.
In short, sir, the trade in explosives is
in bad way for the moment"
Z4ano sat down and looked hard at
Frost "Is this true?" he asked, when
the other had finished.
"True as the rule of three" said Frost.
81 reckon he added, shiftily, after a
pause, "that the old man himself was to
have carried one of them parcels"
Perhaps" returned Zeno, rising sud
denly But if he will not, he will not,
my good Frost. And now, shall we go
to dinnerY