The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-11-13


r saf H
90 20 RI M
f m a
N
@
M HI
bel HH M
nF aNt H
fI If HHf
f.rf
fa f la
'f Ha ~
fHf haf
"a HIfe
AH l aHa 'a
fHf dow 'HH fFH
H fHnfHF Lief fH.H " iH
HF f|ffH.ar FHi tFI FfD
hlf iHH ODE mE.IIFI Hi Hf Hf
"A fha Blessing m8iII
lI i"IlIF 'N H1HNnH W HH lHr
i1.l wa hHfai.HE WED NH|V pHU.
pow .iI0i iri ." 'ItifI
Whist HluIi hU dHf We iH what BHf
bIlH iHi IH BIZ right mind would 11i
htte itffi fl lD HlshiBgf4fhe maufF
VI fhH nf0Ifa he aaIsat Iha IHHa lfuH
fuf flIf HfTUi Haff. tniffppel fhH vent
One desperate thrust with % sharp point
up Ibe Terrible iuHno i lew quick pry
IHg strokes Stand haek nov The
combining eiIY I'm away. HBd The yellow
whttr d1ad spurted out with rfsistIraa
force. lt lr4prd Into Che rlay-liHod
irpuEhf, aud hi-lDd its way, flaming /
down 10 the mouth ni the boil mold.
The "l'gl h1l ions decd worthy
OF 3 general NV % hell NJ battle.
Was % t0" later Every moment new
assures opened boz the doomed furnace
Some " the upper stones topplrd over
SUI The metal poured out into the mold.
But The waste was great from those gap
ping naws. The pressure was relieved
ny y open vent, uut the leaks multi
Pliod continually u was ART running
WIN rum
Poor " Mopus stood powerless be-
fore the coming catastrophe. His knees
Knocked together and his head swan
A great heap Of red-hot bricks and rub
Dish fell at his feet. lie had barely
thought 10 get out of the way and save
his life. lie heard a wild shout Of hui
man voices in the distance, then an
awful roar behind him, and he saw and
ielt hIlnseli pursued by surges OF seeth-
ing nre: sharp, clustering pans pierced
ms lesh at u hundred points. ne rest
was all Il horrible, uhlntelllgloie dream
IL was as II ne a suddenly sank ihJo
the earth ana a been swallowed up
forever.
By seven O'Clock comparative quiet
reigned again on the scene of the dis
aster. Ruins lay everywhere. The
engines had quenched the flames that
a caught the building, ana the men,
.blackened with SMOKE $1,000 IN silent
groups round the remains OF the lur-
mace. 1t had fallen to pieces ana moth
ing was lett but heaps OF stealhlhS rub
blsh.
Poor "lnventor, who had been found
with the tapping-rod IN his hands, lying
on his face in the sand, trightfully burn
had been carried to his home.
Little was sad, but h lew words spo-
ken uttered with no mlld emphasis the
natural wrath OF the master ana hands
against the man George, whose eXcuSes
hllhsell only eAaSSelaUeu HIS ol-
See what he's DONE" said they, a
few days later, as they stood in the
h%alf-burned foundry. give thousand
gone to waste in a minute! The
best job in twenty years spoiled! The
rascal, to 90 hunting for his pipe, and
that suffering idiot to watch! Is
that all he can say for himself? Out
upon such carelessness! Why, the boy
even know enough to bawl out
when he must have seen the furnace
tumbling to pieces!"
The master, who had more at stake
than the men, of course felt the loss
more keenlv than they. He almost
wept with mingled grief and rage. Sud
denly something peculiar caught his eye
among the debris, and he cried in a
startled voice:
"Hallol What's thisP What's thisPn
He snatched up a fragment of one of
the trouobs which had led from the
mold. There were traces of the stream
nf broze still running in it. Then the
meaning of the iron found in
The iniured boy,s hand flashed upon
him
"Bring me a shovel, quickP" he
shouted.
A spade was put into his hands, and
he began ~nervously to heave away the
~. - I'LL 80 a. LII