The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
CHAPTER ~FQRTY-FIVE

CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
Gun turned his attention to the
rest of the crowd. One or TWO
were still running for the Factory
but several were down.
"It's got 'em," said Gun. ~ d
LIGHT gas. and travels quickly.
There came a sharp gust o.
wind, and then another-ano tlle
rest of the men stumbled ana lei.
''All out" announced Gun' Will
satisfaction. .a
Come on" cried Tommy, ana
started to step over the sandoags.
Don't be an ass-We must wait
until the gas clears
.sWait?" The gaze that tommy
turned upon him was like that OF
a cruelty treated spaniel. 1up
chuckled.
He also serves, who only
stands and waits!'" he quoted.
and then, comfortingly: 1T wont
be long. The gas soon clears, from
what l have heard OF it. It's spe-
cially designed for raiding dugouts
for prisoners, or for police work,
when they've got some dangerous
customers trapped in a room, or
something like that. But the i'm
portant thing is how the effect
LASTS, and that I'm by no means
sure about. But I shot . think half
an hour, at least. Now, just a
minute-let's count heads while the
light Lasts
Stabbing the air with his finger
for each one, Gun enumerated the
bodies lying on the ground.
1T looks as though they're all
there" he announced, when he had
finished, Including Sambo-l saw
him running back just now, but we
can't be sure how many We did IN
last night, or what wounded they
have back there in the Factory.
That's awkward, but we'll have to
take a chance. Now, we must get
busy here for g bit. There's a tin
Of coarse gunpowder, plenty Of cor
dite, an da length Or two of fuse"
They worked rapidly-Coral be-
SIDE the men. Soon ley had all the
stuff arranged SO that it would ex-
plode properly. A train led from
tire vital spot-first | cordite, then
of gunpowder, and finally a length
OF fuse. They finished their job by
the light of the two torches.
Then, each equipped with rifle
and bandolier, and with a Mills
and a C. Is bomb each, they were
ready to start away.
The air should be clear enough
now Gun announced, when they
were ready. Nov, yor two start
off. and I'll catch 20" up. l calcu-
la;e it'll be seven to ten minutes
before the bang comes-but l can't
be sure of that"
After protest, the others went,
taking one of the torches with
them. Gun gave them five minute
start, and then applied a match to
his length of fuse. Having made
l1IoG IL Wdo Duilll11S odG1oldC-
torily, he turned and started to run
for the Factory, keeping the torch
shining on the ground in front of
him, and jumping an occasional
PROSTATE body as he went. He
heard a Shout, and saw a light be-
ing waved, and shouted and waved
his w in answer. He was anxious
to get under some sort of cover, if
possible before the arsenal went
up-there would probably be frag-
ments flying around.
He was painting heavily when he
reached the others his recent ex-
p%eriences had weakened him, and
Covered his condition considerably.
They were waiting for him by the
gate in the fence.
AL right" Tommy asked.
Il hope so-go up any moment
low. Get inside, quick"
just inside the gate there was a
shed, the door Of which was open.
Apparently it was used as a recep-
tacle for lumber, from the look of
its contents. But they all managed
to get inside, and had hardly done
so When there came q crashing
roar, with which Was mingled the
clatter of broken glass from all
around them. The very earth
seemed to rock; hey were thrown
against each other in the dark
ness. A moment or two later there
followed a %sWishing, rafting sound,