The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-04-17
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'0'''C' 70" "nfds, 10 form an lntelligibl6
sentence, oil The eScIamatioLs dictated by
/ fear.
While engaged 10 opening communica.
ton between the new uiue and the ancient
I ones, the @oikmen had discovered A stras
tum less hard than any they had before me,
with. Stones and earth were not lis onIy
/ ingredients, but the foreign substances
which they found in great abundance, seem.
ed TO indicate that ia Times gene by, on i'm.
mense slnking had suddenly happened in
I that place.
+, The work was not difficult. A miner
loosened large masses Of earth aud stones
by single blow OF his pick. An Of sud.
den very large mass, which had uolhrng
TO support II, slid down, gas escaped from
tho aperture which II loft, Il took fire, and
"hIIc 1t was burning, what was the aston.
ishment O! the miners to see descending by
It's light, young man to appearances a.
/ .leepl
| His brow is smooth, Lis cheeks fresh,
even retaining the color Of lie but bic
i eyes, his mouth ere uo',oness. las,eud
OF gong 10 him or sndeayofiuz 10 recop
ME his features, Of aiding him, for erhaps
no has need Of AID, cvcr.eefs and miners,
all, ny With the utmost 'piintioh from
this unexpected 0pplfi!lcu, in he short dis.
lance they have to puss through TO nee;
their comrades, supplied their Imagination
aiiI enough for tale
IL Is no longer Q mar, il is m Internal
-plti, Who has come to show himself to
them, IN The midst Of lightaing and thun-
der IL IS thai divinity who has his home
10 the mines, and Who often appears 10 in.
lerrup; the miners 10 their labor His form
IS colossal.
They saw him move, rise %, stretch out
his powerful nrm. Ii must be that Ne is
40" walking through the gloomy chambers
Of the nine, threatening 10 burn The props
Of the re" vaults, to destroy every thing, 10
bury all.
The master listened carefully 10 the ex.
aggcru'cd rccira!s Of tie terrified workmen,
but remained calm. he cast q glance a.
round hun. The miners have all come up
IRON tie mine; The eyes Of all are fixed
upon hm all, with locks Of ra..~-, --,'.'
10 u,o.' e.. u'm ~ decide, 10 give a com.
mand Tor action.
To The mine i' he cried, after speak.
ing a few words in 60 uuderloue 10 his
ttsuds aud the engineers about hi,a, and
then Descended sllh the rest.
HE truth VAS soon known, and broad
daylight disclosed the cause OF their ter.
TOR. They brought out of the mine aud
lsld upon the ground the cold and damp
body Of young man.
HIS dress indicated other times, other
fashions. 1t was neat, and II was easy to
believe that he was dressed for q holiday.
4 Golfer vas buried near him; il was oEeu.
cd, ard wos found to contain some Jewels, 3
golden cross, a chain, and a medallion pp-
on "mch cipher was engraved but tfme
he'd badly injured these pledges Of love, in
tended, perhaps for some sdored mistress.
The whole village assembled, and while
the engineers we're making their esamina.
tons, While the authorities were lost IN
conjecture, each tnhabitnnt sought but in
vain 10 bis memory, for some means OF es-
cerlalung "bo the young man was; but all
was in VAN.
Margaret w. cried a young woman, and
With tone which spoke astonlshment, at
the sight Of a good old dame wso was COM
ING up with a painful effort, toward the i'm
mensc crowd which was anxluusy waiting
for an explanation Of this mystery.
Make room for Margaret :" crrd ma
ny OF the young people al the same time.
The good old woman made oil haste to
reach The group where the authorities aud
the master were collected
She paid no attention whatever the crowd
around her, and scarcely thanking those
who stood aside for her 10 pass. Her coun.
tcnnnce, ordinarily pale, assumed an I'M
sonted color her eyes spatkled, and twas
very plain that something unaccuslomed
was agitating her.
Suddenly she pushed aside, with a vio-
lent and convulsive motion, the master who
was before her. She throws herself down
and falls upon her knees before the dead
body she did not shudder.
peter y she cried, and with her hands
weak aud emacaied by age, she fondled
the face Of the corpse before her.
She pushed aside his mois, locks, and
iondly kissed that forehead which sixty
years ago was buried in the bowels OF the
cold earth, and which, had il not been for
It's untimeIy burial, would now have been
wrlnkcd and dcaced by age.
"'Tis Peter" she cried again, dit is the
friend of my childhood, j, is my betro,hed;"
aud tears, which seemed to be excited By
JOY aud grief, in turn bathed her wilhered
check. :" waited for you," she cried.
"Ah knew should not die without see.
'og you again, without embracing you for
the last time"
The bystanders endeavored to tear her
away, to separate her from such a horrible
spectacle, but one on which she was feast
ing with pleasure which soon exhausted
her strength /; but il was IN vain. She
cllngs to the body Of Peter, she clasps him
in her weaks arms she wishes to die upon
the heart which no longer beats, but which
once beat for her alone. So many mystic
rias nro than aynluipnd Poor Peter -