The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-02-18

that was not likely a headquarters of
a revolutionary circle, but lie was not
sure about 1t. He was hesitating
whether to make a search or get fur
ther instructions from his superiors.
Had he known the object of the girls
visit to the suspected place and that
she had brought away bomb he
would have called assistance and
searched her and, not finding it, would
have left no stone unturned to discover
where it was.
Presently, without word, the Of
fetal turned and without another word
went down the steps and away. No
sooner had the door closed behind him
than the girl staggered, swooning. and
fell into Lockwood's arms. The in
tensity of feeling in him was akin and
equal to that In her. He had saved
her, at least for the present, from
those dreadful Kara mines, where the
sufferings Of the prisoners are known
throughout the world. To do this he
had taken on himself the risk Of the
doom that had threatened her. The
time that had elapsed since he first
saw her, including the period of the
hurried interview between him and
the government official, had occupied
scarcely five minutes. Yet is it to be
wondered at that, moved by so narrow
an escape from so terrible a doom for
one and probably for both, Lockwood
should have given her kiss.
Then suddenly 1t occurred to him
that the drama was not yet played.
| The eye of the government had not
closed with the closing of the door.
He held a swooned revolutionist in his
arms. A deadly bomb was in his pock-
ct. AS for the girl, he kissed her back
to life Then when she had gathered
her senses he began to consult with
her what they should do with the
bomb. But he soon discovered that he
could not rely on her for any help in
planning its disposal. The only thing
she could do was to take it to the place
she had been directed to take it, but
her experience had unnerved her, and
she was liable to be shadowed. Be
sides, Lockwood did not propose to
become any further implicated in a
projected assassination. He did pro-
pose that the bomb should not injure
any one. But how get rid of it? He
could not lose it. He could not ex-
plode it. 1t occurred to him that he
might bury it. But where? Surely
not in the cement floored basement of
the house where they were. And he
dared not go out on the street with it
on his person. Worst of all, he dared
not keep it about him. If he could get
it to the plant he had built for the
Harvester company he represented he
could bury it there. Indeed, he might
eat it up with chemicals, for he was
well versed in analytical chemistry.
But for every method Of getting rid of
it an eff" stood in the way. The only
way he did not consider at all was to
tell the girl to take her bomb and be-
gone.
However, when he noticed that she
was waiting for him to tell her what
to do next he took her address and ad-
vised her to go forth looking as uncon-
cerned as possible and directly home.
! So long as she had nothing at home in
eliminating she need not worry, for
there were other persons in the build
| ing she had visited than the woman
from whom she had received the bomb.
He opened the door, and she went
home, all the way expecting to see her
shadower, but she did not.
Lockwood did not dare leave the
bomb in his room, fearing that the po-
lice might search it during his absence.
| Procuring the necessary carpenters
tools, he took up board in the floor of
his room and, wrapping the bomb in
cotton, put it between joists and nailed
the board down again.
1t was fortunate that he took this
precaution, for when he returned in the
evening he found that the police had
ransacked every nook and Granny in
the house Lockwood felt a certain re
lief at this, for it would give him time
to get rid of the cursed bomb. He wait
ed week, attending to his business as
usual and not showing the least con
Germ, for he knew that both he and the
fair revolutionist were being watched.
He dared not remove the bomb, even al
midnight, lest some police officer arrest
him with it on him.
So the matter remained as it was till
at last Lockwood, not daring to remove
the bomb from his quarters, finally de
cided to remove himself from them.
This he did without canceling his lease,
and after several weeks absence, when
the police had probably ceased to con
meet him with them, he returned to
them one night when he would not be
noticed and, taking the bomb, carried
it to his place of business. 1t is buried
deep in the earth on the premises, but
where no one except Lockwood knows,
for he buried it himself.
The incident came near breaking up
his work in st. Petersburg. Indeed, it
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