The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-10-21

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| other. I'VE are in some danger.
"Submarines?'
81 hope not" said the other, turning
pale.
| IFS not submarine danger" a third
| put in: Its bomb. \ wireless mas
| been received from New York stating
! that a letter has fallen into the hands
| of the police indicating that box Is
aboard containing an explosive, set to
! be fired i'm three or four days after
| sailing"
"Oh. my goodness gracious! exclaim-
| ed an elderly lady sitting In a steamer
chair with a very pretty daughter be-
| side her. The mother showed signs OF
fainting The daughter was very
much troubled. Her mothers heart
was weak.
"Thcre's no danger. mamma; indeed
there isn't, / assure you"
How do you know? You don
know Isn't it awful!
IL do know"
Ii appeared that the girl was trying
TO keep her mother from another
danger than bomb: therefore no one
who overheard what she said paid any
attention to her claiming 10 know that
nothing was TO be feared from an eX-
ploSion. In the wireless MESSAGE re-
ceived a description Of the box was
given. 1t was six feet square and
marked: Fragile. Handle With Care
This Side Up"
A thorough search was made Of the
hold where freight had been stored,
but II was not necessary to remove
anything. for the box was found as
described with nothing stored I'm 1t. An
officer conducting the search listened
for a ticking. but heard nothing. He
was not surprised at this, for the bomb
was probably In the center Of the box
with packing material around it.
The next information the lady and
her daughter received concerning the
danger was seeing the box swing out
over the side Of the ship. The girl
gave a shrek and. running TO the rail,
called out frantically to those below
not TO drop the box into the water.
The mate directed them TO hold il. and
while the Internal machine dangled in
the air the girl ran down the cOmpan-
ionway to a lower deck where the work
of getting rid of the danger was going
on. The mate. the men at the tackle
and group Of passengers standing
NJ h., nlt
"Oh. heavens" she cried. don't let
IT go; take il In
What have you got to do with it,"
asked the mate.
Bring it In
Its safe enough where it is. Come,
confess. Are you mixed up in the
plot:"
Moves. 1t isn't a plot to blow up
the ship; there's no bomb in the box"
We'll, what is in the box"
why. there's nothing to hurt any.
body"
How do you know"
Because | do"
NO such wOmans reason as that can
be taken where the lives of hundreds
Of persons are at stake. Let her 90.
men,"
The girl sprang to the ropes. The
officer made n sign for them to hold.
Come, out with It! We can't take
any further risk"
Bring 1t back and III open It if
you are afraid TO. There's nothing In
it TO hurt any one"
The box was brought back, and for
the first time holes were noticed bored
in its sides.
"A stowaway," remarked the man
who made the discovery.
Bring hammer" said the mate.
The lid was taken off the box by
one Of the men, and the top Of a mans
head appeared.
Come out O. THAR roared the mate.
The man was helped out Of the box.
as pale as the girl. They staggered to-
gether and fell into each others arms.
The act caused more commotion than
the receipt of the wireless telegram.
What In thunder does this mean ?"
asked the mate. Young Teller, if you've
been trying to beat your way you'll go
down into the furnace room to shovel
coal"
Nonsense" exclaimed a passenger.
Don't you see that they're a pair of
lovers?'
"A love story cried another locker.
on. Lets have it."
Inc young man and the girl looked
at each other sheepishly; then the for
mer said:
My friends, suppose well have 70
confess. This young lady and arc
lovers. Her mother is taking her
abroad to get rid of me- 1t occurred to
US to outwit her by my being shipped
as freight. Some friends helped ma
l was put in this box. with plenty Of
FOOD and water, and all might have
gone right. but some Of the crowd
must have talked. Likely one of them
has reported the box to contain a bomb
as practical joke
Joke be hangedr' said the marc
In another minute you would have
been dropped overheard"
"A parson!' cried passenger.
"Good!' cried another. Tie 'em I'M
before the old lady comes"
The girl shrank back, but nothing
would do but that there must be a