Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-24

poor Kate. But with q shudder she rose nm
and sorter gatherin' her strength, as for q
struggle, she asked question after question
she knew the exact spot where they were at
work, for she'd often been in the mines.
Arter thinkin' desperately for few min
utes, she sprang forward and cried:
Thar's the drift at number four. The
sumner from the opening crosses the one Ehar
help meg
Several offered, sayin' they'd forgot all
ABOUT mat way; but the boss shook his head
:. Its two miles in whar they were at work.
II they could have come out, they'd ~ been
here now. All those who 60 in may be
caught In another crush or drowned by the
rising water But more to herself than the
men she replied, wildly:
John said didn't care for him but love
him too much to let him die down there. 7
must save himr And at that she started off
ana ran for the drift, Bill Myers alone follow
ut was good bit off, and she did not no.
ice that he was comm till she reached the
S SIoad wooden doors in the side of the hill
she only thanked him with her ewes, but stop
pea moment and looked back at the noun
tam whar she'd left the children.
i ~! mornln' sun was inst risin' over it,
ana Inc clouds above were all crimson and
gold; Liftin' her hsnds towards 'em. she
criea, beseechingly:
Mother, mother, wouldn't IA left them
~ ps sappy but he's perishin' in the dark!
must md him or dep Then she ran down the
tunnel so fast Bill had to hurry to catch mn
with her. ~
Thar wasn't more water than usual on the
s 81! Tor mile and a half. As they went on
Bin shouted the names 0. the men; but all was
sun as death, TILL they began to hear the swash
OF stream forcing its way through narrow
passages.
Its no use, Kate cried Bill; they can't be
llvin;' Wen be drowned if we 90 further.
Inlnk O. the young uns; what would they do
without you? For their sakes come out O
thisp
But she looked at him like one dazed
then said, ptifu!ly, Come down here a little
way and give one more loud CALL
10 satisfy her he did. and to his great sur
prise ana JOY, distant voices replied Kate
was wa: crazy to rash forward and find 'em but
Bill SAID they might miss each other il they
moved; SO kept hallooin' and the answers
proached from side tunnel, and Kate sprans
forward and found Pearson's hand clasped in
her own.
ut seems when her father brought the
warnin', he and Mick Coon insisted on tryin'
to reach the shaft arter they heered the first
crash, and OF course were killed. Pearson
ana Wells had sense enough to stay whar they
were; but the DRIFT entrance had not been
used in q long time, and they, too, had for
gotten it. If Kate hadn't insisted on goin'
arteT them, thev'd soon have been drowned.
!" You ask if Kate married him after this ?
Wal, gals is Gurus; she wouldn't consent till
Bill Myers and his wife insisted on takin' the
boys, and as they also went to the Diamond
mines and became next-door neighbors again,
Kate felt as if she might be happy at last and
still keep her promise.
And, sir, them boys are CROWN up won
derful smart chaps. l tell Mrs. Myers
Pm as proud of 'em as if they were our own,
and not drop o. old Dalton's blood in their
veins. But-but-I forgot; didn't mean to
tell yer that | was Bill Myers Youths Conf
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