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the bombs in his room with
tho assistance OF his brother. Jim"
The FIRST OF these bombs, 1T Is alleged.
was used by James b. Mcnamara at
S~teubenville. o.. June &c. 1903.
These Jobs were so baflingly sue
cessful." continued Burns, because tho
machine usually blew Itself to pieces
along with everything t%hsreabouts. The
dynamiting art had been brought almost
TO perfection. Job after job was done
without leaving 50 much as a clock
wheel to raise a suspicion. The alarm
was set for a time when the perpetrator
OF tha outrage would be miles away,
a perfectly good alibi. Tho
only danger. once the machine was de-
posted stealthily IN the 'enemy's' shop
or beside the pier OF a bridge, was that
the ticking OF the clock inside the pack
age might he heard by some super-sen-
sluVe night watchman. These clocks
ala Tick loud enough IT, some instances
to save the lives Of the men who heard
them.
This internal machine In our hands
was n tantallzing. mute, inscrutable
witness for days and days. Everything
used IN making 1t was ordinary stock
such as any man might buy at any
hare ware store. The only promising
clue appeared to be the can containing
the nitro-g lycerine, and that looked like
4 forlorn hope. even to our best men
The can evidently had been made for
the especial purpose, being OF extra
neaVy TN but Its stamping was that OF
the TIN manufacturer, and tho can
might have been made by any tlnsmlth.
Obviously we must trace the nitro.
slycerlne to its source, but that ap-
peared to be beyond homo
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glycerlne, which a structural iron
worker declared had been placed there
last January by John j. Mcnamara.
Detective Burns went further than the
bare accusation that the Mcnamara
and McManigal had dynamited the
Times building in Los Angeles and
charged that they were guilty OF n series
OF outrages that had cost more than
one hundred lives. lie said:
EVIDENCE IN LONG SERIES OF
DEADLY EXPLOSIONS.
81 have got evidence fastening the
guilt Of these men as the men who
directed and executed the series OF
dynamite and nltro-glycerine explosions.
including those In the Los Angeles
Times building. the Lucas Bridge and
Iron Company. al Peoria. ILL.,: the Nc
Cllntic-Marshail Construction Company.
at Buffalo. N. Y: Hoboken. ". j., and
Pittsburgh, Pa. the Municipal Building
at Springfield. Mass; the lroquois Iron
Works at South Chicago, the Llewellyn
Iron Works at Los Angeles. the Ameri-
can Bridge Company in New York and
The Western Fuel Company at MIL
waukee. The cases against these men
is fully and legally established by ir-
refutable evidence.
Scores will be involved, but demands
II Justice will not permit me to give
information as to these others at pres
emit"
The drastic methods employed by
Detective Burns IN rushing his three
prisoners across the continent to Los
Angeles brought a torrent OF denuncia-
lion upon his head. and ultimately led
20 his Indictment for kidnapping last
June. James Mcnamara and o. l.. Nc
Manlgil were arrested quietly In De-
trcit and taken from there to Chicago
without any announcement being made
OK the natu,- OF ,;,e charges against
them. They we're we'll on their way to
Los Angeles before the big story"
broke in Indianapolis with the ares, Of
J. Mcnamara.
An oG. sttionai feature OF tho
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Pacific Coast. so our hunt was limited
% the Western powder factories. we
early discovered that the San Fran
cisco Office OF the dynamite company
at Giant. Cal. had received a call on
sept. - from a man giving the name
Leonard who said he wanted so per
cent dynamite for His employer. j. b.
Bryce, to blow out stunps and bowl
ders. The company argued against SELL
ing the dangerous stun. but Leonard
insisted that Bryce would accept non
other.
When II came TO placing the actual
order. a day or two later. both Bryce
and Leonard went. To the Office and
paid for 1000 pounds OF 80 per cent.
dynamite. to be delivered to them at
the works at Giant. When they called
for It they did not rave the necessary
order for delivery. Here was introduced
a third character, under Tie name Nor
r!s. who was sent for the order. Bryce
Leonard and Morris took the explosive
way In a power boat rented from Doug
las A.. Burroughs of Oakland. BY hunt
ing up all launch owners we found Bur
roughs and obtained further descriptions
OF the men. They had paid $500 deposit
and a liberal rental when they returned
the craft. We traced the boat. found
where new letters had been purchased
in order to change i's nam from Pas
time to Peerless AMI tool Off It's gun
wales the fingerpr!nts OF the OCCUPANTS.
In South San Francisco we found the
remainder OF the 1000 pounds of dyna-
mite stored In a house rented on SEN,
"a by a man named 'Capp.' He proved
10 be Morris and his real name ls
David Captain. Captain actually rad
given a dealer his rlght address when
buying a tarpaulin to shelter the gang
powder magazine"
Where Is Captain now" inquired the
reporter. Caplan Is one OF tho men I'M
del. indictment for the Los Angeles muir.
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Jersey Blooms Wilson.

TRENTON. y. j.. oct. THE state
Convention Of the Federation Of Demo-
cratic Club OF New Jersey this after
noon adopted a resolution to support
CIV. Woodrow Wilson for the Demo-
cratic nomination for President of the
United States.
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RAIN CAUSES DISAPPOINTMENT
OF PHlLA'S AUTO RACE.

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. THE big
ZOO mile automobile road race which was
TO have been held over the ,eight-mlle
course In Paramount Park to-day. and
In which some of the noted drivers OF
the country were to participate, has
been postponed until Monday on account
OF rain.
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ST. PETERSBURG. Oct. THE bat
tiesAip Gangut. the fourth CT the So
called Dreadnought class of warships
for the Russian navy. was launched to-
day with the Sebastopol. Poltava and
the Pe~tropavlovsk, the Gagut will form
the first squadron OF the new Baltic
fleet.
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BOMBS, He SAYS, MADE BY THE
H'NANARAS,

Burns would not discuss tho history
OF this bomb Invention as the prosecu-
ton expects to present Il at the Los
trial. but The Evening World
that the prosecution will charge
tho machine was perfected by John
Mcnamara, secretary-treasursr and
OF the Executive Board of the
Iron Workers, and that MoNamara man
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THEN COMES TIE CONVECTION
IN Los ANGELES.

"VAn, We had gained n tNaw.esr,
n experience In tue ~dynsal!to game
IN our mcnth'I .uyes.ait.3N n tbs
Peoria-Ind!SD0pc!'a district msda "
comparatively certain Of our ground
when we picked IN tina fresh tran In
Los Anreios, Tho preserved bomb not
only furnished n connecting link be
tween the Pacific Coast and the head
quarters OF tho consplracy-whrrcver
that might prove to be-but II offered
an immediate lead The dynamite IN
the bomb was gelatin, or 81 por cent
dynamite, n grade 30 little required ana
30 extremely dangerous that It II in
var!ebly made to oraer, The chances
we're that 4. was manufactured on the
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ONCE THEY NEARLY LOST THE
TRAIL.

L said tnat we WatCnel tAelr every
move. but once in a while they would
succeed in losing our men. who never
dared keep too close lest they be dis
covered. once W. lost Mechanical for
ten or twelve days when he slipped on:
to Los Angeles and planted another
bomb at the Llewellyn Iron Works on
Christmas. He confessed mat Il" was
sent 10 blow up the auxiliary plant Of
the Times. hut. 1t being too securely
guarded. he disposed Of his bomb at the
Iron works, not wishing 20 carry T. blcl:
to Chicago In the sltchel in wA!ca he
had brought It TO tie Coast.
by April las, our case appeared 10
he as complete as T. was ll,;ely to be-
come without further enormous expense
and tho rlsking OF Ermoerless lives, so
we decided TO close IN on the ganE ar
the first opportunity. on April II our
men. following Jim Mcnamara from
lie mothers home IN Cincinnati and
Mechanical from Chicago, once more
met. Tho two fuE.tives had Joined forces
in Toledo. Our men. followed them the
next morning TO Detroit. whittier Nc
Namara and NcManigal rode in a day
coach. carrying each Il suit case full OF
dynamite, alarm clocks. Illuminating
caps, dry batteries. wire. tools. n battery
tester to determine whether the current
would explode the Illuminating cap. and
on top OF all this Internal outfit a rlaa
fitted with q Maxim 's!lencer' SO they
could shoot night wa.chmen without be-
ing caught. THIS outht they checked IN
tho oxford Hotel, Detroit. just before
our men closed In and arrested them in
the lobby
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Burns Tells His Story
of the Dynamite Cases

Tho mar is a liar who say that Burns planted HI dynamite m framed
up the evidence against tho Mcnamara brothers and MECHANICAL or tho Los
Angeles Job"
William :. Burns. the head of the detective agency who engineered the arrests
he suspects in III dynamiung cases. brisled all over at the very mention of
"Yrame-up" charges which certain elements OF labor unionism M Socialism
hsy been making eve sine John J. Mcnamara, his brotherJ Jim M Orie
McNan,ra were ARRESTED last April FOR the dynannung II tho plant II tn Los
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COURTS RULING ON THE KID.
MAPPING CASE.

While dynamiting Is An stroclous
crime, kidnapping is also an indefens-
iblc crime. even though IL be committed
for the purpose OF taking n man to
where Justice may be neted out to him.
The law should be enforced with
decency and dignity. and the taking OF
a man out Of his office and hurrylng
him through certain formalities OF law
without giving him time TO consult with
his friends or an attorney. and then
putting aim IN an automobile and
hurrying him out OF the state with the
evident purpose Of preventing his hav-
ing an opportunity OF invoking all pro-
lection that the law may AFFORD him, Is
unjustinable in a community hat be-
lieves In the supremacy OF the law
The extreme penalty for kidnapping
in Indiana Is Ave years imprisonment
Probably the most sensational disclos-
ure so far made by members OF tho
Burns detective agency was that Nc
ManiEal had confessed the dynamite
plot duplicating the McNamaras In ali
tn details. Burns himself later denied
that this confession had been obtained.
Chief OF Detectives Wood OF Chicago
was responsible Tor the statement that
McManigal had confessed. He said:
while | am unable to state the details
can say that there Is no doubt the
confession OF MECHANICAL Will make
conviction sure In all the cases unless
immunity q given the maker OF the
confession for what he told" Chief
Wood went on to say that McManigal's
confession told how the three prisoners
we're responsible for the snufiing out of
ll2 lives and the destruction OF s.. 800. 900
worth OF property.
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Is SEARCH BEGUN FOR THE
PRESIDING GENIUS.

rnG0lOlNS SG's'SS
~. or rather the William J. Burns Ma
tlonal Detective Agency. was called INTO
the dynamite war less than q month DC
fore the destruction OF the building o.
the Los Angeles Times. At that unho
the conflict " the American
Bridge Company and the lnternationai
Association OF Bridge and structural
Iron Workers had been waging hve
years-sluce Aug. 10. 1905. Detectives
had produced no conclusive evidence OF
the common origin OF nearly nfty dyna-
mite outrages against 'ol,n-shop en-
ployers, who were operating under What
had become actually a reign OF terror
There evidently was a directing genius
p|lann,n a.ld financing those depred"-
lions or else there must have been an
endemic OF suggcstivc-or suggested
crime which one would be loath tc al
tribute to any n man,
we were called by telegraph TO inves-
tiq,te the dynamlting OF some bridge
orders OF the Northumberland Con
s,r,lrtlon Company, which was building
a bridge across the Illinois River at East
Peoria, This was Sept. T. 1910 Nitro
glyccflnc evidently had done the work
About tho yard we were fortunate
enough to discover an unoxploded clock
work bomb, IN many OF the explosions
that had preceded this one no vestige OF
a clue was left. some Of the detec-
,iyes who worked for months ana ac-
compllshed nothing may call It Burns
luck 90 fan on a hot trail on our ver5
frs, cfse. Perhaps It was We but
tho trail mad not got warm for = long
time,
The clockwork bomb seemed TO orc'
little or nothing for a lead Its fahri
cators had sawed out q board abou
three inches wide and nine inches long
ana to It had wired a small dry bat
terry, living on his side, 4 a lltu'
alarm clock, To tho thumb-key on TIT
back OF tie clocI for winding the elara
they had s2ldored neatly a strip o
metal, 20 bent that when tho alarm
went OF and tho thumb-key turned tn,
me-. "Trip came IN contact with an
OF er strip attached 10 n polo OF n
dry battery. Telephone wires led fgou
thls cloeS-and-bettery current 10 q ful
Mir eating cap suspended in n ten-pnSr
con Of nltro-glyccrlro. This was IN
perfected engine o. destruction OF N
dynasGte EaNg-tAe machine used 80
most Of tho later cutTageA which FOL
lowed the Los Angeles Times oxplo
sion"
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TURKEY HELPLEss WITH HER
MANY TROUBLED.

Turkey remains inert and APPARENTLY
helpless. She has seen tAe last rem
rant OF the ouo-t..ae great Ottoman
Empire in Africa tori from her grasp.
practically witaout an effort TO save
It. Rent by internal! divisions. threat
ened with revolt in her ever turbulent
European provinces. surrounded on
every hand by relentless foes. she re-
mains plunged IN apathy.
A new Ministry hes been formed at
Constantinople. but It's stability IL seri.
ously doubted. The Young Turks are
determined 10 reire full ocHtrol Of tho
Government and are s~tronuously en-
Asavoring TO fan the war spirit OF tho
nation for political purposes.
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HELP WANTEO-FEMALE.

WANfED-Girls over 10 as cigarette packers
no experience necessary; good wages. Apply
Monday at s, 32 West tooth st.
HOuSEMAID WANTED In family Of two. n0l
". lT4th st.. apartment "a.
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LOST, FOUND AND REWARDS.

LOsT-On Madison ay. car. between I and 4
this A, NJ, black handbag, containing. black
wallet with Sll, pair lack kid gloves and some
letters and other an Finder please return 70
Price. care o: Nlr,5l East lO1st ST.
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TIE ALARM CLOCK AS A fEA
TuRE IN THE CASE.

"Getting back to the Los Angeles
case. While the Times Building was
still on fire the gardener found a bomb
IN a suitcase in the basement or the
residence OF Gen. Harrison Gray Otis.
owner OF the dynamited newspaper
plant. Two officers. answering the
mans telephone call, came for he
bomb and were carrying It to the street
when they heard the whir OF the alarm
clock as It started to go OF. They
dropped the suitcase and ran FOR their
lives as the thlns went on with a
terrific roar ana left nothing in cyl
dence but a hole In tho ground. The
defense has carefully dug up the hole
boxing In the dirt all around It un-
disturbed, and keeping 1t for ar ey-
hibit In court.
These wholesale murderers Planned n
thorough Job t.. Los Angeles. The Nor
chants and Manufacturer Associations
had been almost as prominent as Gen.
Otis and the Times In the LOS Angeles
nght for the open shop So a bomb
was placed Mt the same time IN a
suitcase IN tho ~shrubbery beside the
secretary's house. A policeman pulled
this devils teeth by cutting tho wire
connecting the battery nnd Illuminating
cav I'm the dynamite This gave us A
perfectly preserved bomb, which proved
TO be of tho exact pattern OF the one
found In Peoria. Here lay the trail.
clear and distinct as tracks IN fresh
snow. There must he n headquarters
for such concerted operations. II vas
w TO us 10 hld the 'hiyher-ups'-the
brains Of tho conspiracy, for conspiracy
Z plainly was,
II wns going 10 Los Angeles to look
after my regular work for the Nationa.
nankers' Association, which was hold,
M its convention there. when Mayor
Alexander tolesraphed asking mo &c
undertake. the investigation. Cuyious!y
enough. Gen, Otis, owner OF the Times
was opposed "a my being employed be
o4vae, 7 suppose, he had fr!ends ar ms
th- men whom 7 hRi helped to send e
'sl' IN srn Francisco,
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CkEO D.

O'CONNOR.-suddenly, on Oct. Q. SUSAN
tnee COnlOn) O'COSNOR. beloved wife Of
Richard O'Connor.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend
funeral from hSr late residence. No. 72 North
Moore ST., New York City. on Monday. Oct. 0.
10 a. NJ. thence 10 1t. Alphonsus Church.
West Broadway near Canal. lnterment Galway.
The evening world., 1911-10-07

Burns Is n smiling and affable person,
with reddish hair and close-cropped reu
mustaohe and ruddy cheeks In wuicn
the color comes and goes. He 10 uhuei
medium hoight. stocklly built. Wheh nc
talks Burns either says Il don't care
to talk about that now" or else no cans
a spade a spade and comes straight OUT
with the story to back his assertions
Burns was preparing to leave Tor the
dynamite trial In Los Angeles, begin
ming on Thursday next. when a reporter
for the Evening World asked him In MS
New York office what he thought would
be- the outcome of tho prosecution.
II do not make predictions. neither 90
I care to discuss the details OF n case IN
advance OF trial." he replied. u did tell
the story II some detail-not all. by
any means-in McClure's Magazine Tor
August. because the public has a r'ghi
not to be mlsled. For that reason VIII
give you first hand the main iac's OF
Che dynamite case rs I have discovered
chan,
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hotel register and obtained a good des-
cription Of him.
THE CONNECTION OF INDIAN
APollS With PEORIA.

Here was one of the characteristic
slips of the cunning criminal. Besides
pointing his way to Peoria, 'McGraw'
had directed attention to Indianapolis
by telling OF the imaginary owner OF
the Peoria quarry. C. w. Clark OF In
dianapolis.' our operatives went there
and tried to find Clark There was no
such man. but we got on the track Of
two men. one answering 'McGraw's'
description, who had been heard talk
ing Familiarity OF John J.. Mcnamara.
Secretary-Treasurer OF the Iron Work
ers. Peoria, also, had furnished a clue
in the visit there of II. y Hockin of
the Iron Workers Executive Board.
with Mcnamara. and their warning to
n railroad official that unless he union
ICED his force there would be trouble
So I detailed operatives to watch Nc
Namara's headquarters in Indianapolis.
to ,'shsdow' him wherever he went and
TO tan and Identify every person with
whom he came into contact.
This Is jus, how far We nad gone In
the dynamite investigation when the
Los Angeles Times was blown up.
Now they say that Burns has been
waglng an unholy war against organ
tied labor. but when l was called In on
the Los Angeles case by the Mayor.
prominent labor men In California ex-
pltSstu titii 49,
knew my work In San Francisco ana
felt confident that II would be an hon
est and efficient investigation. In San
Francisco the grafters cried that Burns
was prosecuting capital. now l am
pursuing labor. But let me tell any
one who might be influenced by this
twaddle'--the Burns Jaw came for
ward. the blue yes grew gray and the
voice and gestures emphatic-'let me
tell any one Interested that Burns Is
no respecter Of criminals. He runs a
detective agency and Its business Is to
find the persons responsible for a crime.
be they high or low. rich or poor. and
bring them to justice. was Just as
much an enemy of capital as i can
be accused OF being an enemy OF
labor / do admit. cheerfully, that l
an an enemy OF crime and criminals.
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THE - ,,
NJ s"
BOlADlS O

ported every move they made during the
entire winter. When Jim Mcnamara
and Mechanical lost themselves on a
hunting trip until the Los Angeles AFFAIR
should blow over our men turned up on
the same trip. also hunting and be-
came their fripnSs
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TELLS Of THE TRAIL THAT LED
TOF|X|NG CONSPIRACY ON MNAMARAS

final arrest was tho manner In which
Burns got his third prisoner out OF
Indiana and or his way to California.
John J. Mcnamara was arrested after
the courts Of record had adjourned ana
his oniy arraignment in Indiana was
before Judge Collins, a police mag!s-
trate, who was unable to pass upon the
phases involved in the case.
The Grand Jury that indicted Burns
delivered this opinion or the arrest Of
]. j. Mcnamara:
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Continued from First Pagc,.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-04
Too Much Papa.

This bit of humor and pathos is from
the Hawaiian Star: AN amusing in.
cident is related of a young service
matron who had relinquished her hus-
bnnd for two years and who, having
before his departure insisted on a good
photograph. applied herself assiduous-
ly to the upbringing of her two-year-
old baby with view to the child's IA
miliarity with her distant father. Each
day she would call the baby girl to
her and. kneeling beside her, would
hold up the photograph, pointing out
each feature to the child.
Zone day the officer came home, and
the baby girl, then four years old. was
summoned. Come dear said her
mother in glee. papa has come home
at last!' The child surveyed the off,
Ger in perplexity and finally shook her
head.
"'What is the matter, dearT asked
her mother. 'Well.' replied the child,
he looks something like my papa. but
my papa hasn't any legsr"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-04
Jellied Cucumber Salad.

Three cupfuls cucumbers cut into
small blocks, one cupful Of whitc wine
vinegar, one ounce of gelatin, one large
bay leaf, two teaspoonfuls Of salt, one
teaspoonful of pepper cOrns, two blades
of mace and mayonnaise dressing.
Soak the gelatin in half a cupful Of
cold water for half an hour. Put the
bay leaf, pepper corns and mace into
a saucepan, add two cupfuls of boiling
water, cover the pan, simmer for fif-
teen minutes, strain and measure the
liquid. If there is not cupful and a
half. add sufficient water to make that
amount. Turn in the gelatin, stir un-
til dissolved and add the vinegar
Stand away until cold, but not stiffen-
ed. Arrange the blocks of cucumber
(Which should be free from seeds) in
small molds and pour over them
enough of the gelatin preparation to
cover well. Put in the refrigerator to
stiffen and serve.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-04

An ingenious variation of the guide
ways for sliding window - ,ens has
been invented by an IlliAois man.
This form of screen moves up and
down on stationary grooves set inside
the window frame and usually is put
in place by having a spring attach
ment on one end. In the device here
shown the guides are made in two
sections, the lower of which are sta
tionary and the upper being hinged to
the top of the window. When the lat
ter is in vertical position it forms an
uninterrupted groove with the bottom
section. 1t is very easy to adjust a
screen on this form of guide, as the
upper part of the guide can be pulled
out at the bottom and the screen Slip
ped into 1t. The guide is then allowed
to drop back into place, and as the
screen slides down over the point of
intersection Of the two pathways it
holds both in exact alignment. 1t is
easy to remove these screens to wash
the windows
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-04
Humor of the Barometer.

1t was a beautiful barometer. II
glistened from its splendid wooden
case with a spick and spanness that
boasted of its newness. Its rich frame
work clearly advertised the large price
that had been paid for 1t. Its owner
was Justly proud. But it possessed one
drawback-it wouldn't work. Ever
since it had been purchased it had re-
manned at "set fair whatever the
weather had happened to be. And the
weather had happened to be particular
ly wet. At last its owner grew weary
Of its external beauty and exasperated
over its internal stupidity. One day
when the rain was pouring extra hard
he tore the weather indicator from the
wall and took it out into the road.
For moment the needle hesitated.
Then as the raindrops began to dim
the glass it made up its mind and
moved slowly round to very dry
London Answers.