Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-15
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CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE


the rest of the crowd. Ore or two
were still running for the Factory,
but several were down.
Its got EN-" said Gun. It's a
light gas, and travels quickly"
There came a sharp gust of
wind, and then another-and the
rest of the men stumbled and fell.
"All outw announced Gun, with
satisfaction.
Come on" cried Tommy. and
started to step over the sandbags.
But Gun caught him by the arm.
Don't be an ass-we must wait
until the gas clears"
"Wai: p The gaze that Tommy
turned upon him was like that of
a cruelty treated spaniel. Gun
chuckled.
He also serves, who only
stands and waits"" he quoted.
And then, comfortinSly: 1T won't
be long. The gas soon clears, from
what 1 have heard of it. It's spe-
cially designed for raiding dugouts
for prisoners. or for police work,
when they &C enc 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 nc means
sure about. But I should 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.
ut looks as though they're all
there" he announced, when he had |
finished, Including Sambo-I 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 a bit. There's a tin
OF coarse gunpowder, plenty of
cordite, and length Or two of
fuse"
They worked rapidly-Coral be-
side the men. Soon they had all the
stuff arranged so that it would eX-
plode properly. A train led from
the vital spOt-first of cordite, then
OF sunpowder, and finally a length
of fuse. They finished their job by
the ligh, of the two torches.
Then, each equipped with rifle
and bandolier, and with a Mills
and G.1$ bomb each, they We're
ready to start away.
THE air should be clear enough
now" Gun announced, when they
were ready. Nov, you two start
Off, and Pll catch you up. calcu-
late it'll be seven to ten minutes
before the bang comes-but can't
be sure of that"
After protest, the others went,
taking one of the torches with
them. Gun gave them five minutes
start, and then applied a match to
his length Of fuse. Having made
sure that it was burning satisfac-
torily, he turned and started to run
Tor the Factory, keeping the torch
shlnlng on the ground in front of
him, and jumping an. occasional
PROSTATE body as he went. He
heard a shout, and saw light be-
ing waved, and shouted and waved !
MS own 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-
periences had weakened him, and
lowered his condition considerably.
They were waiting for him by the
gate in the fence.
All right" Tommy asked.
I hope $500 up any moment {
now. Get inside, quick"
Just inside the gate there was q
She'd the door of which was open. {
Apparently it was used as a recep- s
tacle for lumber, from the look of
its contents. But they all managed s
TO get inside, and had hardly done
sc when there came a crashing I
roar, with which was mingled the
clatter of broken glass from all {
around them. The very earth 7
seemed to rock; they were thrown I
against each other in the darkness.