Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-08-24

EVENING CAPITAL The pictures
viii be shown at THE PALACE THE
ATRE every Fridsy.
CONTINUED from Yesterdays Capital.
Ven, suppose the strikers occupied
that grove in numbers and began tC
fire on US Suppose just then every
tree in the grove blew TO pieces and
fell on EN-. and the stone wall sailed
up in the air and fell on 'em, and tbs
earth they stood on opened up ana
swallowed em. and shut its moutl
on EN- afterward and wouldn't let EN-
out?"
Is that what it's for2'
Il don't know. ma'am. You asked
me- what it's for, and ! don't know
I'm only telling you what It might be
for. What it would be for. If J was
old man Kehr
How would he make it all blow
up?" asked Celestia.
BY electricity. He'd have a switch
somewhere that connected up all the
detonators in the grove"
What is a switch?"
The sentry explained as well as he
could, and after wishing him good
night Celestia went slowly away,
deeply pondering.
While she pondered on this. she
heard herself sharply challenged. and
found herself face to face with a
black-bearded man who stood with his
back TO sheet-iron door in the side
OF a small sheet-iron house, that had
no windows.
Celestia gave the word for the night
and asked the man what he was guard
ing.
He shook his head.
But ] want to go in and see for
myself" said Celestia. Mr.. Kehr
told me that could go wherever |
liked"
Door locked" said the man sim
ply. "and Mr. Kehr don't want anyone
fooling round this building"
Haven't you got the key?"
His eyes were beginning to feel the
magic of her eyes, and his ears Of her
voice.
II have not"
But you know where ii is?"
What If do?"
Why you'd tell me, and could get
It and open this door"
The man tried to laugh roughly and
failed.
Where is it?" she asked.
There was short battle of eyes,
and Celestia as usual conquered.
Mr.. Kehr said you could go where
you liked?"
Celestia simply nodded and contin-
ued TO look the man in the eyes. He
hesitated a moment, and then leaned
over and lifted large, fat stone. In
der the stone a bright nickel-plated
key shone in the moonlight.
Thank YOU" said Celestia. And
she took the key and opened the iron
door OF the iron house and went in.
For Gods sake" said the man, all
trembling now at what he had done;
don't touch anything. Only look!"
Then" said Celestia, come and
show me what there is to see It's
all dark in here"
The man followed her hastily into
the building and struck a match.
That there!" he said in a whisper;
that there switch. That's all there is
to see. Now come out. Please do"
The match had gone out. Celestia
followed the sentry into the open air,
and while he relocked the door, and
rehid the key she thanked him very
graciously, as If he had done her some
small gracious favor. Well, she had
seen the switch and just before the
match went out, she had read these
words painted on a rectangle of white
cardboard:
Don't touch Dynamitel"
"And what" she said sweetly, ARE
your orders about that switch? What
viii be the occasion OF setting of the
dynamite?"
The sentry affected not to hear.
You have to tell me. said Celestia
After a moments silence, he said:
I'm only to close the circuit on a
direct order from Mr. Kehr. / don't
know why I'm to close it. Or what
will happen If do
when you do, said Celestia, lots
Of poor wives viii be left without hus-
bands. and lots Of poor babies will be
left without fathers.
The sentry shuddered.
So you won't obey that order, will
you?'
AN oruer is an order, ma'am."
Il am giving you an order"
L take my orders from Mr.. Kehr."
The order ! am giving you is from
Cod. Look at me"
He looked at her. and after time
whether the order came to him from
God or not, he knew that he must
obey It.
Celestia strolled away in the moon
light Soon" she thought, Il shall
have arranged there shall be no de
fense; l must also arrange that there
shall' be no attack. No wonder they
sent me-so many human beings don't
| seem to be human"