The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-01-27
CHAPTER II

~ Wo. days after the a110E.
: to Miss Chase the boys took
up the matter OF BLASTING
out the cave. The ,ssotioI
II. fOFehtah's son had made
good by selling Boliver the powder,
Ana IT had bean buried N a TN
box g, near { the cave. B0fTvet had
seen men blast In the rock dGarry'
near, town and felt cOnffdent helcolRd
handle the ,powdef properly, ~ tho
cave. + NeVer4hetess he resolved %
make sure that the boys an .issJt fal'
enough away from the eKpi6Bioh to BE-
safe. II required fifteen minutes o.
his time, TO round up sSk@ets, Inks,
Bnl and serAwney, ahd the four ses
ai,npTneht later, they ran into the
6tfGnEer.' He was walking along,
striking rat weeds With a stitch, o.
seeing the boys he stopped, With
PLEASANT Good rnoFnin6w t,E
THE three boys who had witnessea
the agkt Eete. interested innmediAteit :.
They. STOPPED, epd Bolivar RETURNED
thGtm6n's safutation. AFTER . tt1viEi
remark about the weather. che 5trsER
GER asked where they ware koing,
without hesitation Bolivar replie
thatN they we're going TO their. cave
on Abe 'rivet bank, .... =. u D..
May 90 aiohE?" the man asiIe6
'-Shrel'' An. idea had come TO-. Boil
var DO YOU know anything 'botlt
blkstin', Mr.. -" ea. ',sh
Locke is my name. Don't knOy,
that I : Bn6erstGnd blaBting' any to-
wen, but I dare say l.. eoIAd flre q
blast Whyr' ,'-t.- - D.,
sWSre gotn' TO make our cave
NaFSeT to-day by blastin' out some OF
the rock an dltt an I thought meb.se
Fyou could teA US bout how ua'lcii
po wdefito use, = D.. I'll. .f, f..
ri think can show you something
abdltrit, What hind Of an explosive
have you r. ~.nh.,., g. 3D. = -
Giant povterI Bought It viii.
monty NJ earned givin' a show. It's
hid near the cave, ., ..s,.A ...
S'.HAve you en0ugh2'' 3" ..'.'
/ TIE fctier bought Il 6rIrrn told
me his father said II was enough 20
Wow w the State penftentiRrY." ~
From the, corner OF hts eye BoiivRr
| Thought he saw Locke start slightly
II the mentSOn Of the word f'penJ-
| tentiaryh However, the man replied
| Quietly; Then we mttst be caFefui
IN handling i. Giant OoTder is San-
After walk Of two blocks sha
| stranger, pointing wf6a his a4lc.,
! snid: '"rhene'B your cave. Quite 80
|
| Bolivar was greatly surprised. How
did Locke know where the cave was
He Thought he'd find out n po8sibl
Where, Mt. Locke p he asked.
"Where ne see these boughA is7t'C
itY' - -.
"IIow did yau know THAT was ny
"Iust guessed It. Was In this
town some yeats ago and Il II pos8iiJio
may have heard OF the cave"
O. The explanation wasn't BatlsfRc-
tory, hut Bolivar asked no more
quegtiohs At TIE nopth OF the eave
I all waited while Bolivar, with the
aid OF 4 broken shovel. unearNh6d the
box containing the sxpiodive. They
were sbout 70 enter the cave when
John Lake, the banker, GDpeaTSd on
the Scene. ',. l.. .J.3.
d How 90 you do, Mr.. LoosUei" he
said 10 the stranger. What's goinI,
on7" ell ".... ..-'.l
! Tire stranger s1OOR hands With e,e
fbAnter. We're or here for a pu1 %
| pose, which = presume this y,ot,rpg.
man will explain X hs wants you 30
know" he replied, 40 he place. a
hand on BoiivRE'a shoulder.
The banker, much 70 their surpFhss
smiled and bowed TO the BON. HSl11
var decided that inaRnucA a. Nj.
Locke had caught them with thS
mouth OF the GAYS uncovered he
might rs we'll explain.
This 10 our cave, 1aF. Lake" hs
make II larger" -
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