The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-21

HAD ne 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 fnding It, would
have left NO stone untnIned to discover
who're It was
Presently. without word, the of
feial turned and without another word
went down the steps aud away No
sooner had the door closed behind him
than the girl staggered. swooning. and
fell into Lockwoodis arms. The In
tensity Of feeling in him was akin and
equal to that In her. he had saved
her. AZ least for the present. from
those dreadful Kara mines. whore tile.
sunerings 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 I've 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 a kiss.
Then Suddenly It 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 reyolutionist 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 be soon discovered that he
gould not rely on her for any help in
planning its disposal. The only thing
she could do was to take 1t to the place
she had been directed TO take 1t, but
her experience. had unnerved her, and
she was liable to be Swallowed. Be
sides. Lockwood did not propose to
become any further implicated In a
projected assassination. BE Cid pro-
pose that the bomb should not injure
any one But, how get rid OF 1t? he
could not lose It BE could not ex-
plode it IT occurred to him that he
might burysit. But where? Surely
not in the cement aoored 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 keepit about him If hescould get
&c toathe plant be bad bnllt for the
Harvester company he represented he
could bury 1t there Indeed, he might
eat 1t mp with, chemicals, for be. was
well sversed in analytical chemistry,
But for every method Of getting,rid Of
1T an IT" stood IN The way. The only
way he didsnot consider atia1I was to
tell the girl to takeher bomb and be;
gone. q IA, ~,
However, when he noticed that she
was waiting for him to tell her what
TO do next be took her address and ad.
vised her to so forth looking as lncon.
cerned as possible and directly home.
so,lopg assshe had nothing at home in.
criminating she need not worry, for
there were other persons in the build.
ing she Ind 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 pc.
lice might search it during his absence.
Procuring the necessary carpenters
tools, he took np,a board in the door of
his room and. wrapping the bomb in
cotton, put 1t 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 certain re.
lief at this. for 1t would give him time
to get rid of'the cursed bomb. He wait.
ed week, attendiug'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 on him.
So The matter remained as 1t 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 eanceling his lease,
and after several weeks absence, when
the police had probably ceased to con
nect 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 1t himself.
The incident came near breaking up
his work in, st. Petersburg. Indeed, 1t
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 to see 1t agnin.
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
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