The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-04-23


friend"
"Yes, sir: be died to saye bis friend
said the other. You'll never be such a
man ss your father before you was, my
bay"
That was the opiniaa all had Of him, for
weakness and seeming effeminancy were
damning faults in these mems eyes, and
Harry knew that iu their heart Of hearts
they considered him cowardly and imbeci'e.
lie felt it Was ialse. Something Wit in
him told that if the hour should cone when
his manhood was to be tried, he would,
despite his delicate frame, not be found
wanting,
The Arrival uf tbs carriage that WIS to
convey them down into the pit cut short
all further conversation. and picking ur
their tools, the hands prepared to descend.
Harry and his partner began work at
their allotted place in the breast. Me-rily
rang the picks. and LOUDLY through those
long avenues echoed the singing of some
whose spirits neither damp nor darkness
could effect. Al was going or veil IL thi.
underground world. Suddenly, above the
noise and igmult, those nearer the entrance
heard the danger signal! They sprang to
the shat and anxiously looked up.
Great heaven! the bIeakeT vas on IRE!
Quick n,~nl if you value your iivcs'-eveIy
moment /, worth millions of gold % ynul
All over he mine went thai terrible an,
nouncement-
Far away from this sceRs Of horror AMI
confusion Harry Ef5 working unconscious
Of his reril. 1t hast he heard the signal.
Pick and bar we're hastily Dropped, and
with al the speed of which they we're capa-
Tie, he and his partner ran for what was
now llfo and happiness--the shaft.
Flying thus. Harry stumbled over some
hing lying on the breast. A basty glance
downward and he saw it was he Superinr
tendent, Ernly's fAtherl
'"Qnick! Harry jump ini'' cried ore of
lis comp Mons az le reached the shaft,
sh.re the rapidly ASCENDING car IVES indeed
proving a SAVIOR OF men.
Without answering. he seized h-ii Of the
'ide Of the vehicle, was about spFlrg'ng ~
'her, clear as a bel. to!liug N the frosty
;ir. there came ringing ia his car. thess
words.
"Love Your enemies; bless them that
cLr.e you; do good to them that hate
Sou-n
Irrcsolutc!y he paused Ike ona cntran-
ced. Twp. but few secen IL, Jet in that
ime he lived ages. Ills fatheE had so,
man: years ago, reso'CtelJ turued his haak
npon family and life. and in all his glori-
nrs manhood met death Cor friend-he'e
was a chance to die for an enemy; one
vho hated him. His mind was made up.
lie lGosened his grasp from the car, and it
was s.on far above his head.
When !.is companions saw he was not
with them, they called to him franticnlly,
and one threw hiH raps. which, mechagii-
cally, he caught.
Was the finger of God in this, telling
him that he must be saved! Here in his
hands Ia held LIE and ssfety-,ho9ld he
accept III
"Love your enemies"
lie lie. 60 the rope, and without a tre,no-
watched the cur leave him to his terrible
fate.
Now fer UPS york. They would coEe
down again los hiR if it were possible for
man to fight his way through the flames,
for these miners never deserted one another
We well know that; hut twas no time for
idle dreaming. Back to the place where
he had seen the man living PROSTATE, and
all the while there was before him sweet
face now lost to him forever-lost by the
deeds Of him he would rave. Covering his
eyes with bis bands, as if to shut the vision
which was .tiaing his good resolutions, lie
prayed fos strength to endure 70 the end.
SEEKING the helpless man in bis arms, he
dragged him to the foot of the shaft, and
an1iously looked up. Too tatel too late!
for instead of the sky above he saw a mass
Of burning. glowing embers, choking up the
only exit from this now vast place Of s"pul-
cher yes, it was death!
The neZt day. when the fre was subdued,
and the neo were able 20 ee.ser the E;iae,
they found lying at the foo: of the shaft II
powerful ,aap, aad resting partly acro'. his
body with ralu. peaceful expression on
ms face. sleeping tie sleep Of death, was
lIarry.-People's Monthly.