a philanthropic enterprise

Cooper interthreaded his fingers and flexed his hands palm to palm.

Through the crowd, Max saw an object with tall spoked wheels, low wooden carriage, and the projection of a heavy iron barrel. They stopped in front of it, and he bent down to read the brass manufacturer's plate: MAXIM-NORDENFELT M. 1897 It was a popular design originally sold to the Transvaal government and used by the Boers during the 1899-1902 South African War. In the interim it had probably changed hands a dozen times before being stolen from the old Republican Army warehouse at Nan-t'ung in 1928 by Captain Hook.

… among boulders with my weapons deadly and undeadly.