Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1846-04-10
the wheat and the vine leaves on the hill. side
with golden hue.

with golden hue.
The cry Of the night-raven, the murmur
OF the wind among the leaves, the noise o. The
adder, concealed in the thick grass, the dis
tant bowling 9th wolves, all carried fear TO
the breasts of The Inhabitants when they were
obliged to leave their cabins.
The woodWan, when these sinister warn
nes met his ear, would brin. down his axe
with greater vieor, and would work on in ST.
lcncr, knitting his brows, and ever and anon
casting troubled elanccs around him. The
mother collected her children about her, as if
she feared that the cold hand Of Peter was
going to descend from above aud harm her
innoccns.
Peter was everywhere. PRAYERS we're Of
Tered TO him, tapers we're burned in honor of
him. The terrified Imagination of the poor
peasants led them to look upon him as al.
ways busy IN plotting harm for them. In
this manner did they fear him, who, during
his short career, had no other desire but to do
good to those about him.
Atlast it happened that, After much labor,
all the veins of the mines were exhausted,
and il was necessary to commence upon new
ones. For this purpose the master came,
and his arrival was signal for holidays and
pleasure.
He was only a man, and yet was adored
by the miners as a sort Of divinity. He as
sembled them TO communicate the projects
Of the engineers who had come with him
They made plans, drew lines, pointed out the
new routes, and soon the dull sound of the
pick was heard against the granite blocks,
and the blows Of the ma'tock and the rum
bling of barrows told that the work had COM
menced. The work had gone on for four
days, and the party who had accompanied
the master was much diminished. The young
girls and the youths, who had come to attend
the miners holiday, at the opening Of the
work, had returned to the CITY; and all were
gone home except few intimate Fl lends, and
the engineers. These were necessarily cal
cula,ing, for they wished at the same time to
increase their masters fortune and provide
for the safety of the miners
Suddenly and unusual noise was heard -
1t was dull murmur, like the distant warn
ing of a storm. Ii increases. -. Cries are
heard, painful cries. -. The earth ,rcm-
hrs. -. The master is soon at the mouth Of
the mine. The bell is rung with all haste
all the ropes are put in motion. He wishes
TO leap in,o one of the baskets to 90 to the
and OF the unfortunate miners, whose death
lie believes, is inevitable. AL come up. The
miners have escaped They are pale, 'rem-
bi'ng, and the sweat rolls down their .ces.
NV hat IS the matter - cried the master
as pale ana as tremnlous as the living spec
tres before INN.
y man! -. death !.. a miracle :. an
aPpara'Ion!... such were the words, the
ordinations, which escaped from their
mouths, whlch were cold through fear, and
horribly distorted.
soon, however, the master was able ia
Collect lew words, to form an Ineligible
sentence, OF the exclamation dictated by fear
WINE engaged IN opening communlca'
ton between the new mine and the ancien
ones, the workmen had discovered stratum
less hard than any they had before met with
Stones and earth were not its only ingredi
enis, but the foreign substances, which they
found in great abundance, seemed TO indicate
that in times gone by, an immense sinking
mad suddenly happened in that place.
The work was not difficult. A minel
oosened large masses of earth and stones b,
a single blow of his pick. 4 Of a sudden
a very large mass, which had nothing TO sup
port it, slid down, gas escaped from the apcr.
ture which il left, it took 6re, aud while i
was burning, What was the establishment o