Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-08-12

himself, determined TO make another effort
to escape from the mine. He followed
one of the cross corridors and wandered
about in the maze of chambers for hours
Once he thought he heard his name called
and he shouted in reply, only to heart
repeated for many minutes by the demon
echoes.
While wandering about in this way, a
prey to the tortures of hunger and thirst,
and to both mental and physical agony.
he saw a light flash for an instant across
the corridors in which he was cropping
1t was long way off, but he knew 1t was
a miners lamp and felt that parties were
searching through the deserted chambers
for him. Regardless of the hard, Jagged
floor. the strong walls. the ever-accompa-
nying throng of rats that kept in his rear,
or dangerous pits that might lie ahead OF
him, he ran rapidly toward where he had
seen the light, shouting until he was
hoarse
This way! Here / ami Here i ami
This way, for Gods saket"
The echoes took up the Cry and carried
il through the noisome avenues, lifted It
up to the roof of the cerllean vault and
repeated it until it died away in a wall of
agony; but the bearer of the light did not
hear il in the course he had taken, and
the almost exhausted boy, footsore and
bruised by frequent falls on the hard,
rough mine floor, hurried on in the sub
terranean labyrinth. Suddenly, in turn
ing the angle of one of the corridors a
light again flashed upon his sight and
then another and another. A voice shout
ed prolonged call
James G-a-ll-a-g her! Hell-o-o,
Jimmyn'
The inevitable echoes had scarcely taken
up the cry when the boy returned the call
with all his soul in his voice;
Here | ami Come this wayn
His answer was heard, and in few mo-
ments sturdy miners had found the boy,
But he did not know that he was rescued
He had fallen to the ground unconscious,
his strength having gone out with his last
wild cry. He was soon taken out into the
pure air, where his frantic mother and the
most Of the villagers had assembled TO
await the result of the search The people
were wild when ii was announced that the
boy was found, and his brave rescuers were
borne aloft by the crowd II was long
time before young Gallagher was restored
to consciousness, and then ii was only at
intervals that he was in his right mind.
In these sane intervals he related the story
of his fearful sufferings, and learned that
he had been nearly two days and one long
night wandering among the horrors OF the
mine His lucid spells lasted but short
time, when he would be seized with
frantic rawlings, in which he would plant
lively beg of Barrett not to hurt him, and
then shrek:
"The rats are eating me up! Drive
them awayl Drive them awayr'3
The moments in which he was sane be-
came less frequent and, finally, days
passed without one CLEAN of reason light
ing up the darkness of his mind. The
surgeons found IT necessary to amputate
one hand and three toes that had been
gnawed by the rats, and TO perform other
painful operations to save the boys life.
One day last week. his physical condition
being such as to permit it, they decided he
must be taken TO an asylum for mental
treatment, and expressed grave doubts OF
his permanent recovery. The brute Bar
retf. when the result of his cruelty became
known, was compelled to flee the place
in the night tosscape the fury of the ex-
asperated populace, and personal effects
left by him were burned as an expression
of the indignation Of the people against
him. -Dtaamore, Pa. tJuty 27), Cor. ~. 7.
Herald