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Duriug the period of the recent
band of Bolshevist anarchists wns secretly ordered to blow upthestntccapitol. Thereforeaboutduskofthee\·en~ng appointed fo1· his deed, the would-be perpetrator w~s wendmg
his way towanls the object of his plans. In lus hand be c~uricd a swall suitcase, which he was very careful not to shake. Tic was constantly lookil1g at his feet so as not to stumble, because in that suitcase there were the mcnns of a free ride half-way up to heaven, and all the wny to a little
recontrc with Satan. What. was in this little satchel was due to explode within one hour I
And so the shaggy-haired gentleman was hurrying towards the state capitol. On the wny he stopped to wipe the perspi- ration from his face, and tl1en suddenly he thought of how much hotter than the weather was the place to which h· was going when he died. lie began thi11king wh.ethcr it "·as bc~t to follow up his plans or 110t, and finally lns better self tn-
umphed. 13nt what should he do with the suitcase~ . At first he thought of giving it to a small boy to l10ld hut he mstantly banished the thought. ' What should he do~ There was no river o1· creek 11carby in which to throw it, and be dared not take it back to whe;·c it came from, for fear of his fellow-
conspirators. Suddenly there arose in him a great l'esolu- tion, a noble resolution, a feeling of superiority OYer e\·ery- thing else. He had started off in this enterprise, he would finish it. De would hold the satchel uutil it went off and
then- o h well, he would cease to hold it. So he went O\·er to a somewhat isolated spot aml sat clown on the srrass to await his dcpartnrc for the next world.
Hed" agitation, one of a