The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-02-17
Il Was an Elephant Its Owner Wanted
to Get Rid OF.

where it was.
Presently. without word. the OF
fetal turned and without another word
went down the steps and AWAY. NJ
sooner had the door closed behind him
than the girl staggered. swooning, and
fell into I.ockwood's arms. The in
tensity Of reelng in him was akin and
equal 10 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 Ave minutes. Yet is it to be
wondered at that, moved by SO narrow
an escape from so terrible doom for
one and probably for both. Lockwood
should have given her kiss.
Then suddenly Il 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 swooned revolutionist in his
arms. A deadly bomb was in his peck
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 Ii, but
her experience had unneryed her, and
she was liable to be Swallowed. Be
sides, Lockwood did not propose to
become any further implicated in
projected assassination. He did pro-
pose that the bomb should not injure
any one. But how get rid Of it? He
could not lose il. He could not ex-
plode 1t. IL occurred to him that he
might bury IL. But where? Surely
not In the cement foored basement OF
the house where they were. And he
dared not go ont on the street with IL
on his person. Worst OF all he dared
not keep il about him. II he could get
IL to the plant he had built for the
Harvester company he represented he
could bury it there Indeed. he might
eat IL up with chemicals. for he was
well versed in analytical chemistry.
But for every method Of getting rid Of
1t an 'if'' stood in the way. The only
way he did not consider at all was Ia
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 adj
vised her To 20 forth looking as uncon-
cerned MS possible and directly home
So long as she had nothing ut 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 II during his absence. :
Procuring the necessary carpenters I
tools, he took up board In the floor Of /
his room and. wrapping the bomb in
cotton. put 1t between joists and nailed |
the board down again.
1t was fortunate that ne took this |
for when he returned in the |
evening he found that the police had |
ransacked every nook and Granny I'm
the house. Lockwood felt a certain re-
lief at this. for 1t 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 at
midnight. lest some police officer arrest
him with 1t OH him.
So the matter remained as 1t was TIL
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
1t to bis place Of business. 1t Is buried
deep In the earth on the premises. but
where no one except Lockwood knows.
for he buried II himself.
The incident came near breaking up
his work In st. Petersburg Indeed, It
did so In the end. for he never felt easy
after 1t occurred and finally wrote his
principals to send some one to take his
place They did so. and he left Russia.
intending never 10 see IL again
During his stay there he did not dare
meet the girl he had saved. but on
reaching Berlin he wrote her. giving
his permanent address In Paris. For
long while he received no reply. Then
one day when In London he received n
letter from her stating that she was in
that city. Lockwood called TO see her
and was surprised to find her dressed
as lady. During the brief period they
were together in ST. Petersburg her an
parel had been such as Is worn by the
lower classes.