Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-09-10

the long score at the public -house that wsS - -
ing paid of by instalmeuts; the a,n,h,s.
looked no longer at her father with renros.h.
tul eyes, and the children never again had 20
be taken 10 bed before their time-hurriei
away from the sight of their crandfatheT,.
Shame. At last one Sunday evening M JuIy.
The ruling passion had again the mastery:
MARX ham came home in worse way IN an ever:
and In addition TO the usu debssemeut. IL
was evident that he was possessed also by
some uaudlln terror, that he had no power 10
express.
Leaving him on his bed in n letharcic s!eep,
john sailed ioIta as usual at dawn bis bays,
Harry and Joe, carrying up for him Lis min .
spade aud basket. Heavy-hearted as he was.
ne could Lot help being giadlened by the
wonderful beauty Ofthe landscape. HIS dau.h-
Ter tod me she never saw him stsld so long
.ookinS at the country-he seemed unwilling
To leave the sun-light for bis dark, far-winding
purrow His bulr-w he had no reason to dread
PJyerty never had pressed so long upon John
Drewit as to Undue him to sell away the frm
props that assured the safety of his life Often
and often had his voice been loud against tho.e
men, who, knowing of tie mortal danger TO
which they exposed their neighbors, gave drink
OF money IN exchange for them 10 the fJolhariy
a1d vicious.
Great, therefore, was his horror when be
Welt Into his cave that morning, and found
tnat his props had been removed. Taey had
iot been taken from the eLtrauce where a pas-
scr-by might have observed their absence ell
"ds Iislt for the Gcst tweaty yards, but be-
ycid that dist lLlce down 10 the end Of has long
-ib-W'ra labyrinth, every p lie was strippet
away. Surely, he knew a; once il Wa a 4 an
eiei0y who had done tEis he kuew the wretc h
9i o!d man VINO lay stupltcd 1t hone had
toien and sold his life defence for drink All
II tho pOcr fellow told his bays va that they
,NCIIll hn f.a e - 4
While he himself woI kud into The rock as usual
iAtce or four times Ee brought cat a heap of
.cythestoAes in his basket, and thea he was
seen alive no more.
Harry, bis Oldest son, was nearest TO the un-
2EOppcd passage when the sand clif fell
- sen he neard his father call out suddenly.
Ee ran at once eagerly, towards tbs card!e
where tle miner wOrked, but on a So ilen al
rs dark there WAS no ght from tue candle
q from the sGa-betOre a. d behind was utter
oiacknt IS, ana there WAS noise like thunier
his escs. The whole Hill seemeI 10 have
.alieh on them both, aud many tons of earth
arUei the father from has Guild. The ssnl
bout toe boy, did Iot press on Lin closely.
heavy piece II elf ia At he ID together aas
Sappoltcd Uy the narrow walls of tue passa-e,
iad his fate was Cudet-I mined. He attended
Jhiy TO the mGineI sounds wItain the rC.A from
yusch he knew that his father, thou- "a they
night be the sounds of his death struggle, stiil
lived.
Io the people outside he 1 alarm hai instantly
oeea glvea by The ether child, aal In a ia
erc iibiy Sacrt space OF time the Iabrers fIum
.ioi. AID cave came hurrying up to the rescue
Iw0 caiy c0aid Gig together, ;wo more propped
nc way behind them I ot by foot; relays ca
rrly waited them at the eGtraaee; aud not an
.-stant was lost in rep a,ing the exhausted
|orkman. Everything WAS done as quickly,
md al the Same time as judiciously a. p9Ssible;
r.a zUr. = n laavl =, n
20 The neishboring town; brandy and other
stimulantS, q tuie iaGcet-w'tn which many
)I the men were tut toy we'd pra .tised ope.a-
tTS-baEl@Sas AMI bla Ikvts were all y .c.i
teaGy a. haLi; for the disaster was 50 common
- NnitcknlgLts tEat eysTy maa ka,w a. once
ShE was proper to be do4e. Those who were
at acuveiy engagei about the cave, were
busy IN the cvnsIrucIioa o. IA litter-pe. .haps a
JieI-ior the u4hagFy Vic i'm.
How could this nave hdlronelP WAS tho
Tn Spcred wonder. j .hn was known to be TAR
too prudent 4 inla to lie working without props,
md yet r,'h es hal 10 be supplied t. the
.escuers, for they ound none ss they advanced.
fhe poor widow-eveTy moment made sure Of
heF LereayeneHt--tOJA httic way aside;
having becse4 for spade, and beeh refu ed,
she 81 Jod with her W" children hanging " her
prom, staring fzed.y he pits mouth.
ID 'wu ~ tae Gotta e there was old man
invoking Heavens vongeance on his own grey
mead, anu rSpIo33nlH5 himself bercely with
the c0nscqggncvS of has brGtal vice he had
-tOien the poles from his sons pit Ii previous
InJT"ing, - provide himself With drink; and
On that very day, even before be was quite re-
covered from his yesterdays debaach, he was
"a see the victim of his recklessnesS brought
home lifs,ess heap. He saw John 80 brought
IA, bat with the eyes of msdman; has brain
weakened by drunkenness, never recovered
from the shock.
Basket and barrow hal been br5ugl. full out
OF the pit a hundred tiui 2 and il was almost
noon before from the bowels Of the very mOua-
Il Ia, A. il emci, there came up q low moan
ins cFy. My child, my child murmured
the mother. a al the igsing, because straight
way ever yet more earnest. almost frantic in
its speed and Violence. Presently il-o thu
arms of Alice little Harry was delivered, pale
and corpse like, but alive; and then "a shout
as of an army was sent up by all the men.
They dug until after sunset-iOng after they
had lost all hope Of finding John alive. Hls
body Was at last found. Ii was placed upon "a
litter, and taken under the soft evening sky,
down thro' the beech wood, home. Alice
walked by its Sidc, holding its hadd in hers,
s2eechiess, and with dry eyes. She never
knew until after her fathers death, how her
dear John was murdered. She used TO wond-
er why the old man shrank from her wh N she
visited him, rs sic often did, liz his coufue-
ment. The poor widow is living now, though
she has suffered grief ami want. Her daugh-
ter Jane has married a iiell lIborer, aud her
SONS, by whom she is well supported, have
ncyor set a foot il a pit since they lost their
father.
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