Part 7 (2/2)
”Oh! I wonder what it can be,” she cried in delight
”Better open it and see,” advised Mr Nestor, who had co of the outside paper, and folded back the wrapper
A wooden box was exposed to view, a solid, oblong, wooden box, and on the top, in bold, red letters Mary, her father and her mother read:
DYNAMITE! HANDLE WITH CARE!
”Oh! Oh!” murmured Mrs Nestor
”Dynamite! Handle with care!” repeated Mr Nestor, in a sort of dazed voice ”Quick! Get a pail of water! Duood, and then telephone for the police Dynamite! What does this mean?”
He rushed toward the kitchen, evidently with the intention of getting a pail of water, but Mary clasped hiet so excited!”
”Excited!” he cried ”Who's excited? Dynamite! We'll all be blown up!
This is some plot! I don't believe Tom sent this at all! Look out! Call the police! Excited! Who's getting excited?”
”You are, Daddy dear!” said Mary calmly ”This is so And wasn't it Eradicate who brought this package, Mother?”
”Yes, ht Let him put it in water, then it will be safe Oh, we'll all be blown up Get the water!”
”No!” cried Mary ”There is some mistake Tom wouldn't send me dynamite There must be a present forbox byto open it”
Mary's calmness had its effect on her parents Mr Nestor cooled down, as did his wife, and a closer examination of the outer box did not seem to show that it was an infernal machine of any kind
”It's all a mistake, Daddy,” Mary said ”I'll show you Get me a screw driver”
After some delay one was found, and Mr Nestor his of the h of relief, and when Mary undid the wrappings, and sahat Tom had sent her, she cried:
”Oh, how perfectly dear! Just what I wanted! I wonder how he knew? Oh, I just love it!” and she hugged the beautiful box in her ar light of anger showing in his eyes ”It is a nice present, but that is a very poor sort of joke to play, in my esti a present in a box labeled Dyna us such a scare,” went on her father
”Oh, Father, I'm sure he didn't mean to do it!” Mary said, earnestly
”Well, ht it a joke, and he ross carelessness on his part, and I don't care to consider for a son-in-law a young man as careless as that!”
”Oh, Daddy!” expostulated Mary