The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1860-08-09
Number 81.

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next moment he caught sight OF a
stream forcing itself througl, Gssure
in the mountain close 10 the shut llu.
bcrt's long experience instantly showed
him their full danger IL WAS not u
ieehle, oozing stream, but u mighty
pressure OF water that had found It's
outlet here, They would be oyer.
whclmed and lost;
One foot was in the buckot-a ierl;
at the rope would save him. But tho
death stared him in the face, he could
not sacrifice others TO save himself
Quickly jumping out, he seized blind
Victor, and placed him in the bucket,
saying qnickly, as he jerked tho rope;
"T Il them the water has broken in,
and we are probably lost, bat we will
seek refuge at the further end Of the
gallery So Farewell to our poor
friends
Ina moment he was gone, aud with
him HuJcrt's only certainty Of escape
: from terrible death
The mine consisted Of long, narrow
passages, and IN all sides deep caves
from "h'ch tNe coal had been dug, Tie
men were all at the further end Of the
hIhe' moving out the SOLID mountain,
unconscious OF danger. Hubert quickly
= made ms way along the dark passage,
- l''!oWeu ny tho SWlit'spreadmG water;
ana soon reached his IcIIow'workmen
with the dreadful intelligence 1t was
y amoment Tor pane, when each would
. have rushed toa certain death IN vain
i effort to save himself But looking
y firm into their ghastly y faces, the mas
ter spoke few courageous sentences
u "FoIIow my words, lads, and be
Il quick, ourplcks may save as
j Then came few steady, quick COM
Vt mands, tohoIiowa a new chamber above
u the '-veI OF the water would probably
reach. Inc men obeyed Ia silence,
though cach knew not ont ne mlgnt DC
digging his own grave, a hundred
Is 'a'rs ol haho' soon n''sheo INe WORK.
nc and INTO the cave hundred men
'n crowded to wait tor death or in almost
W 'mposSlDSe chance OF rehct. Inc water
gradually hIrd all the Ola avenues ana
chambers, andthe seemed stayed New
"r was situation more dreadful. Not
N 'rc 'hah uay provisions haa oeen
saved, ana already two or three OF their
''u'hoeF had pce'' kH'cH ny the la!!lhS
OF rocks "h'io hastIIy digging the lie"
'h"h'"er' '"e Iohg, dlSlNal houfs
"'(u Il" cn'nS' 10 mark 'heh'' Drought
only 'he advance OF 'heir almost GER
tam death
courage ofave hupoft "ou, VINO
''" thH hoOIe saer'hce, "lII hoLp thee
lhe termed lHenas ana to"nSmeh'
On hearing ''ctorS dre&d'N! news ran
"'o'V ABOUT III hopeless pane. bo'
SooI'' S"'oeo ny me Hle''NS0 hubert
hAu sent, they commence" "orklng
ne" sAalt as near a9 posSio!e to the
'poi where the helpless men might be-
Five day" and nights they toiled, dig
SIn& deeper ana deeper INTO the sohd
sl"e OF the mountain
"lt lSa VAN task, SAID the men'---
-- But. .thc women erred, go 90 not cease
tod VIII help us
At length, one morning on the sixth
day, the muIlled sounds OF blows from
within met the ears OF the workmen on
the shalt. y signal ran along the
ropo, and told the news to the waiting
multitude above, who rent the air with
joyful shouts. Seon communication
WAS made. They were saved--st least
some were saved
Who can IMAGINE the fceIipgs Of the
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""'''t"I"'' '"'''' 0"l'e0 io' h'' u"ys
and nights, without food, when first
the day cleaned in upou them reveal.
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with tb..,, IJpbar, W;tbont hin, in.
- deed, prODaDly no one would have been