The Misadventure of Shelrock Holmes
“They went down the shaft, cleaned it-out, drilled another hole, and put in another charge.
"Look here! How much fuse are you proposing to waste? Don't you know how to time a fuse?" "No, sir." "You don't! Well, if you don't beat anything 7 ever saw!" He climbed out of the shaft and spoke down: "Well, idiot, are you going to be all day ? Cut the fuse and light it!" The trembling creature began: "If you please, sir, I — " "You talk back to me? Cut it and light it!" The boy cut and lit.
"Ge...r-reat Scott! A one-minute fuse! I wish you were in . . ." In his rage he snatched the ladder out of the shaft and ran. The boy was aghast.
"Oh, my God! Help! Help! Save me!" he implored.
He backed against the wall as tightly as he could; the sputtering fuse frightened the voice out of him; his breath stood still; he stood gazing and impotent; in two seconds, three seconds, four he would be flying toward the sky torn to fragments.MoreLess
"Look here! How much fuse are you proposing to waste? Don't you know how to time a fuse?" "No, sir." "You don't! Well, if you don't beat anything 7 ever saw!" He climbed out of the shaft and spoke down: "Well, idiot, are you going to be all day ? Cut the fuse and light it!" The trembling creature began: "If you please, sir, I — " "You talk back to me? Cut it and light it!" The boy cut and lit.
"Ge...r-reat Scott! A one-minute fuse! I wish you were in . . ." In his rage he snatched the ladder out of the shaft and ran. The boy was aghast.
"Oh, my God! Help! Help! Save me!" he implored.
He backed against the wall as tightly as he could; the sputtering fuse frightened the voice out of him; his breath stood still; he stood gazing and impotent; in two seconds, three seconds, four he would be flying toward the sky torn to fragments.MoreLess
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