The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-08-28

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One day while he was thus showing
a party Of strikers just where they
were wrong and how easy it would be
to set themselves right his wife, who
was at the window, noticed-what he
was ignorant of-that he was rubbing
his listeners the wrong way. Instead
Of benefiting by his diplomatic advice
their scowls indicated that they were
considering him an enemy. His wife
beckoned him to come into the house.
He obeyed and received scolding for
his rashness.
Two or three days after this, when
Mr.. Hollingsworth came home from
business in the evening. as soon as he
opened the door he was greeted BY
plaintive wall.
"Oh. Fred!"
For heavens sake. what is It, dar.
ling?'
"why did you talk so to those Ital.
ians?"
what have they done?"
LEFT bomb at the back door,
"You don't mean it?'
"Oh, I'm so glad you've got home!
I've been afraid it would 60 or before
you came"
"Why didn't you telephone the po-
ice?"
Il didn't know what to do. The bomb
was left about half an hour ago. Su.
san came upstairs and told me that
she had found it at the back door just
inside the shed"
what did she say she found?"
"A basket. How she knew It was q
bomb was that she heard a grating
sound like rusty machinery. She
didn't wait to hear any more. but came
right upstairs to me and told me
about it."
"I'll have q look at It." #8
"Oh. don't go near it! Please DON'T"
Notwithstanding this appeal, Mr..
Hollingsworth went through the kitch-
en- to the back door. His wife caught
him by the coattail and held him to
prevent his examining It Making a
virtue Of necessity, he stopped and lis
tened. There was succession of small
sounds which Mr.. Hollingsworth at
tributed to the moving Of some mech.
anism.
do come away cried his wife, tug
cling at his coattail.
There's something going inside. but
I can't make out what It is" said the
husband.
The top Of the basket was covered
with thin wooden cloth, and at that
moment the latter was raised az II
something were passing under it.
"By Jove." exclaimed Hollingsworth.
1T looks as II the mechanical con-
trivance underneath, were rubbing
against the cover-a concentric wheel,
maybe"
Mrs. Hollingsworth shrieked and
dragged her husband back into the
hall. The occasion of her action was
q tiny pun as IL few grains Of gun
powder had exploded.
This Is all nonsense" said the head
OF the house. I'm going to make an
examination"
At this Mrs. Hollingsworth slammed
the kitchen door and locked It. For
some time no threats or pleadings
would induce her to open It. but finally
she gave way. and the door was open.
ed. The cover Of the basket had been
pushed of. and pair Of baby legs were
mingled in confusion. the cover being
wrapped around the legs. which were
kicking in lively manner.
by thunderw exclaimed Hollings.
worth. ITS baby"
1.-THE dear little thingw cried the
wife as she ran toward child q few
weeks old lying on its back. it, chubby
lists crammed In its mouth and making
al sorts Of noises, from the turning Of
q rusty cogwheel to the Growing of q
young rooster. The explosion they had
heard was an infantile sneeze.
Lucky we didn't send for the DO
lice" said the husband. IT'LL we found
out what It was. They would have
laughed at %. What in the world are
We going to do with itY
I'm going to keep It" said the wife.
G0lnG 10 keep IT,"
Certainly"
The couple. having been married four
years without children, had begun to
think that they would never have any
born to them. and after good deal Of
discussion It was decided to take tho
little stranger in and give It home.
Being girl. they called her Bomba.
which is the Spanish for bomb.
Mr.. H0llingsworth is still interested
in the labor problem. but IL more eau
tious in the expression Of his opinions
to the laborer. True. his experiences
with a bomb did not turn out a. dread.
ful as he expected. but It taught him
q lesson as to the might have been.
Little Bomba has been adopted By ths
Hollinssworths and. strange TO M. n
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