New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-24

in The state we have seen 10 worry out the reuAns
of existence in the long suffering Stephen.
In process of time he ncurs the iwill of his fei-
low Isborers for declining TO engage in strike ~
the instance Of an itiDeraIt rhetorican, who ma
the workngmen hs tools and after fas into dis
favor with bis employer is discharged from the fac
tory. and 10 obliged to seek employment in another
district of the country Here he is suspected OF nav
ING been the perpetrator of robbery on MI boun.
derby's bank reward is offered for his arrest snu
though circuu stances have been turned against hun
b, the young "whelp" Tom Gradgrind, the az uai
robber nothing esA shake the confidence of Rachael 10
his integrity But the search for him was 10 'aia'
He was nowhere to be found His pursuers were
b.Iled and the mystery grew thicker, when the fol-
lowing scene occurs We quote the description as
not surssssed in vgcr and pathos by any passage IN
tie story.
The Sunday was bright Sunday ia autumn clear ana
cool when early the morning Sissy and Rachael met "
walk in the country. ,I
the peiebborhOods too-aer the Of those plous
persons bo do pennance for their Sins by putting
other people into sackcloiht customary Tor th@se
who now and then thirsted for draught oil pure ar
which not absolutely the mos wicked among te Vanl
ties of life To- get few miles away by the raiIoao sl
then begin their welk or their lounge IN the heids o
and Rachael helped themselves out OF the smoke by ts
usual means and were put down s s;aton about h"a-
way between the town and Mr. Bcunderbys retresf
Though the green landscape botted here ana ue,e
with heaps Of coal il greep and there ~er9 uege 10
see and there larks singing Though was Sanday
and there pleasant soeuts IN the ana AL was Over
arched by bright blue sky In the distance one wa!
Cok,town showed a. black mist; in another distance
hills began to rise in third, there was taht ehase III
the light of the horizon, where II shore upon tne M
| sea Under their feet the grass was fresh beaGuiu
sbs1ovs of branches hicaered upon il and speced IT.
h.dgerows were luxuriant everything was az peace
Engines pits mouths, and Jean old horses tn 81 had worn
| al, 1os1. lal ~,rfne eitF
nuet; wheels bad ceased for short space to turn; ana
the great wheel Of earth seemed TO reyove without the
| shocks and noises of another time
They walked across the fields and down the shady
lance sometimes getting fragment oil renee 50
rotten that dropped at touch of the foot sometimes
passing near wreck of bricks and beams oyersrown
! With grass marking the site Of deserted works
Tley followed paths and tracks however s2nt' MOUNDS
wheie the grass rank and high and where oramoss
dock weeds and such.like vegetation were coniuse:y
b.oned tocetle they ALWAYS avoided for dismal stories
we're told in that country of the old pits mdoen Denea
such indications - r.
had seen no one distant for long tme and the
solitude remained unbroken. 1t is sil here Rachael
and the way il untrOddeD that think we must De the
first " no have been here all the summer.
As Sissy sad it, her eyes were attracted by an9hes OF
those fragments OF fence npon le ground Sne
got up to looh at it. And yeti don't know inns mas
| not been broken very long The wood IS quite hesh
where it gave way. Here footsteps too Rachael
She ran dck and caught her round the neck Rachael
had already started up.
What is the matter y
81 don t know. There is a hat lying IN the grass"
They went forward together. Rachael took 1t up, sha
king from bead 10 foot She broke into passion of tears
and lamentations Stephen Backpool was written III ms
| own hand the inside.
80 O the poor lad, the poor lad! He has been MADE
away with. lie is lying murdered here" 80
II there-has the hat any blood upon it ," Sissy fa
TLtv were afraid Ia look but they did examine it, and
found no mark of violence inside out Il had been lying
there ome days for rain and dew had stained and lett
the mark Of lis shape the grass whore II had iaIen
Tley looked fearfuly about them, without moving, bul
! couid sec nothing more. Rachael sissy whispered,
| al will 90 on little by myself
! Sic had unclasped her hand and was in the act oil
STEPPING forward when Rachael caught her IN both arms
with n that rssounded over the wide landscape
Before them, at Their very feet was The Ork o.
bach ard fell upon their knees, each hiding her face upon
ooh nv GOOD God He's down there Down there !"
Al first Ills and her terrific were all that could be
got ION Rachael by any tears by any oy any re-
Iretenfaons, by any means. II was impossible to hush
her and deadly necessary TO hold her or se would
| have distrsctedly flung herself down the shaft.
Rachel dear Rachel, good Rachel, for the love OF
Heaven not these dreadful cries Think oil stephen
| think OF Stephen think Of Stephen .
Nv an repetition of this entreay poured out in
oil the agony of such tme Sissy at last brought her 10
be silent and to look her with fearless face OF stone
"Rachel Stephen may be living. You wouldn't leave
him living main at the bottom OF this dreadful place
moment if you could bring help to HIM
Don't Stir from here for his sake! lie. me go and
! listen"
She shuddered to approach the pit but she crep toward
il OF her hands and knees and called HIM as loud a. she
could call She hetened, but sound replied She called
again and listened; still answering sound She did thls
twenty thirty times. She took cod OF earth from the
broke grouI where he had stumbled, ana threw IL III.
| She could not hear il fall.
The wide prospect 50 beautiful in its stiffness but few
minutes ago. almost carried despair TO her brave heart as
she rose and looked all round her seeing no help ka-
chael must not lose moment. We must 20 10 differ
ent directions seeking aid. You shall GO by the way we
have some and will 60 forward by the path Iell any
and cry one, what mas happened lnh oi
| Stephen, .hink Of Stephen!
She kn,w by Racbaes face that she might trust her now
After staining for moment to see her running wnng'ng
her hands she went she turned and went upon her own
search she stopped the hedge to tie her shawl there as
guide to the place. then threw her bonnet aside aad ran
as she had never run before
! Run Sissy, run, IN Heavens name Don't stop for
breath Run, run QuckeDing herself by carrying such
enreaes in her thoughts, she from field to field ana
lane lane and place to place she had never run be-
fore until she came she'd by engineh house, where
| two men lay in the shade asleep straw. -
Fs, TO woke them, end next to tell them all 30 wild
and breathess she was what had brought her there
were difficulties but they understood her than
their spirits fire like hers. One OF the men was
in drunken sumber, but his comrades shouting to
him that man had fallen down the Old Hell Shait, ne
started spool of<y water put his head in it and
came back sober.
With these two men she ran to another half mile
further and with that to onother while they else
where Then horse found and she got another man
10 nd. for life or death the railroad and send message
to Louisa, which she wrote and gave him. By this time
a Whole village up; and windlasses, ropes, poles
buckets candles lanterns all things necessary were FAST
collecting end being brought into place TO be carried
10 the Old Hell Shaft.
1t seemed hours and hours since she had le the
lost lying in the grave where he bad been buried
alive She could not bear TO remain away from II any
lopCer-it wss like deserng him-and she hurried swiftly
back accompanied by hahadozen labOrers including the
drunken man whom the had sObered, and who wa;
the beet nan of ali. When they came to the Old Hell
SHAFT they found lonely she had eit it. The mer
called aud sned she had DONE and examined the edge
Of the cham and etted how il had happened aud thel