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I could n't make out what it was , but there was a wad of it . '' The unsuspecting brakeman then gave Bob what he was hoping to get . `` Well , I stopped and saw it , '' he confessed . `` I roused up the coon after midnight to have a look at the ropes and when I came back I took my time . They got a case of powder or dynamite in there marked ` Explosive . ' I did n't bother that but the rest was plain . Half the boxes in the car were labeled ` balloon works ' or ` motor works . '