human
Just the same, though, matches get into the works once in a while, remarked the young packer.
gpt
I found a piece of a match one day in a tub of dynamite; it had the head on, too. Say, it's bad enough to find buttons and pebbles, but when I saw that match-head--well, it made me weak in the knees.
human
I think that's correct, agreed the packer.
gpt
I've watched 'em burn old dynamite-boxes, and if there are iron nails in the boxes they explode as soon as the nails get red-hot; if there are no nails, they don't explode.
human
You mean empty boxes?
gpt
Certainly; but there's nitroglycerin in the wood, lots of it. It oozes out of the dynamite, especially on a hot day, and soaks into everything. Why, I suppose there's enough nitroglycerin in the overalls I wear to blow a man into--well, I wouldn't want to lay 'em on an anvil and give 'em a whack with a sledge.