DYNAMITE—(GIANT POWDER)—KEEP
AWAY FROM FIRE OR BOILERS
m’f’d by
THE VULCAN EXPLOSIVE COMPANY OF
S. F.
“I guess if we set off a keg of that stuff in that thar hole it won’t be ’xactly healthy for them thar sarpints, eh?” questioned the castaway.
“The very thing,” excitedly cried Frank, who had begun to fear that in being rescued by Ben Stubbs, they had only got into another trap. The next minute, however, his hope dropped down to zero once more.
“What about the battery and the fuse wires and the fulminate of mercury caps,” he cried, “we can’t set a charge off without them.”
“We could do without ’em, I reckon——,” began Ben.
“You mean throw a stick of dynamite down in there,” cried Frank, “why, man, it would kill the serpents all right, but it would kill the man who threw it.”