, 1879-05-01

homo in tile morning, but II VA, a ,o,.
Ill that morning. All day Wcdnsu18 I'm.
Workod nn.' tried every wav to rts rtsua1s ont1se
Ss s eea afa p!osi & f,aas' ss;'y hut 7hs
Whnt was to 1,e dope. was III, on..,,
We held cOnsuiataon, md II was ,ppaisalloa.
aRrced llAt tho male must punnfy nfy'saua'non.lI aa
Wo Ind tied the old fellow up, ior ho ,ss W., 'ood
t!nE hungry too. s'''l eating the nrops t nnt f.
attack man. We led tho poor tld "sa fshe he viii
antl knocked him down With a liamnso'8 o8 out
BILLY ktnHoy, Ills driver, cut hts ucek st,, snd
asu. Wo Ill! mt skin tllc careass H Al alth IA
nnt peeled It oil rs we required It. We ehssdasse,
mule. Wn woulu flayn s,nrrell II hs ~ hsa ihe
hccll there, aud tlcy cas horsc.1ncat IN ~ nat
YOU know. The water was lrst-rate' i, ssast,
to us through tho roof, n,m i - cana
rurc "a 70 could ash; Il. l,y lie W. T% 49,. !:
,ns nS, mae,ct vncm m n s our IT.
thought y WAS Sunday AnA tic mon !,al s,an,s as
worlsahX, but we found out tncc tint II 1,opped
cnrlse lley daro not lire for lcar Of sctt,n o
gas OIL fro And burning Ms. They lid m. soras ,as
guy where NO expected they wo,ild s.rike t,a1 ,na
touched IL was tut Of Gas. i've hai h'ae nc, ',tI ~
our regular stoppnE.placo IN the old lr..,ttsiss
20 n1lu Tx up tho brokcn.tlorn nIr,rss y %
would ]aso llali hard tEmn finding us. A'' a'e}
:. Ycs, VIC fa1 praycr.rneatIngs. Some p,,..,
aud sotne sang lIyins,. Wc had plenty Of Il H.
thrce hours, gticss, MI tho timer p' @''as
u Did y0u sec Rny rntsf9
"We1i, should saY so. They stsrted ,., =,
the mine wien the roof fcl, but ,panr osso ~.
caught. Then they snelt our rare ste,t, w
sweet Joints q mule.ncat, and surtoundsd any ny
doEa, do believe. lnover saw such liz ~ -, :,
!n oil my life. It WIS Nuilea boarding.. Son,". -"
For feather beds NC had the soft side Of n}snH
Such meat was nescr better re!lshed. W W..
hungry, .you w'll bear IN mind. Cur atr M ssns ss,s
1Icw iasplrngly wo fiji When We tourbts bisaI3a: ~
fortune of goud air. Without 1t We cypld W. rs
hare stuoa 1t at all. So lung a. Il la.tsahSo11 ho1
might lave hope Of holtltMt; out" "
ITO what do yon attribute this accaeotp
.. "Wsli. s s,1.s Of ay own knowledge can't sas rh
,,,t, "po Ioa M know tho pillars have been robbed
"Nu, can't say so. l hayc not been oo,.
ing there long, 4inl from what know of H.
kins Il Tiffany lIaye always considered ,h.~ s.'
nrettY good men,. don't think ,llcY von'a %
tako desperate chances with the ,aet, ''I!s ii
course, Jill not know tllst tic p!lls,s t,,s y.
robbed" "s''
"Who did you &C.. iirst to.tlav1n
49,, We thought VIC heard soincboly ts]kEns
We had been fooled 80 many times beforo W.T.,
We Aailoocts onk WI tHouEAt We would tfrtt
once agaln. and VIC cried halo, and iheuu ~
beard Mr Smith say to Nick Kapson, VIZ b,ss ~
found them tili1 they are a1lve.s lie cana rIohs
out to us; alnl wasn't We glntl1 Wa tteo nsrt
back and put out our lire nau closed ouf bo,n.
inE-'>oilso for The Eeason. The rats will bsye.
least froH tho old mulc; they arc lu sols pot.
session now" f~'
WILLIAM gENsE1's STORY,
The Mra'd reporter found William Kepps, n
hf9 hmm In St1Unr hNfrh ~ >, fnt,, hoe. -
the driver boy whom Dcnnis Gallagher, the lit
miner WHO left the MING, Ind warned to I.sTs
ths: sntnc. lie relates tic story rs follows: ''
AS waa eo1nttlE ont along tho love. IertI
Gangwav, about 500 yards from The facing ale1s
tlIe ,nr,i wcro driving With SIX loaded cars W.
stopped by Martin Leo anu Pit Desany, sdo
had gone out TO clear the truck Of fall that haa
occurred huforc. This wns about 9 n'rlorf
"Wednesday morning. 1 wont ahead and ~
TINT tho track was obstructcd BY about tFent,
fasoads Gna u FoHlnE w waEssa d. b'ek aud Vi!
ano,ler man. Gallagher told the ooorteudt.
tn run back md tell the gangway mtn
to come out, TINT tho mine was caring IN
told the men for Il cod to kpccl do.n aud
sav their prayers, that they we're all rome Up
They frightened me-. anl hare becn sca.ta
where It wns solid. Then went back to nh.fs
We kcpt our dinner pals. sonsc why out of sts
Eangway. Tile men catnc up to me- Wo afret
tlAt weld better hurry up aud get OUT and "a
niado haste nlltl ran. While NC wc,s rnuons
i' t9Mar!l tic stopo Il was falling before Y. anah
arc. W. going to dot' Ono Of the Green la1
said there must bo nn openug ID sha htk
brAnch. anG VIC started for TINT p1ace. Ne
found that was full, and nc retraccd our itsn
back 10 tl1c main ranEway an!! tried to nootou
through tllat about fifteen yards, and gasetup.
Littlu pieces Weru falling nlt around u.s. fhta
Ned Price hollcrcl out to us to 10 md kut tts
mule"
"Yuu llad to 1nugli at that didn't you9'
"rhero wus ao laughing then, tcll Sou. 1hsa
Johnny Clark went to kill the mule, while B,s.
ncy Riley. Edward Price, and Pat (ffctn xeas
for oil. John Green struck the mule Vjlai
hammer anl ] cut Ills head Oft NTH 40 Il.
Then We cut leg of and cilt out pcee asd
lrlca 1t. It waa sarory that way, 10 Ws 6o!leda
'sere eattllg wo prayed to tod tlnt We mtsl lss.!
out. Tcn we wont on back hcnrll aud lid
dorm on un old door. We had little camp
meeting there. We first tried to fry With ons
ln1np, but that wouldn't 20, so VIC started aFs
will, very ttttlo wood, for fear that It Hould
tn] ]uro The men that might b1 trying to Rct u
out.
"On Thursday, Just after Ho had eaten lne
first mule meat aud had all declared 11xA
Eool, US II In answer to our prayers, re heatoa
Sflot tired. I!ltn yo heard otller 6oulQbt ~
VIC sometimes thought IT was mon working ~
us, md more times wc thought 1t waa the ~
ot tlle roof. nud W. nil got down anl ptaya re-,
ttlnt 1t Has the rcscuing men. Charley HaWs1l
Barg some hymns. Again We trtea 70 MAKE oa
way through tho lover gaugway, but bud y. y
give tint up agnin aud coIIe back ayalu. W.
uEday night VIZ all felt tn good cheer, 0lt os
Snuday tllcru was l,o shooting, and We ea'e W
oil for lost. Chasley Hawkins, tho cook, sles
reduced our ratiuls 80 tint our food woaIa ~
longer, Between 10 and IL o'clock on hnnal!
night wc beard another shot. We lai'i !,.a aesa
an'l slept until thia uor,IinB, when Hass.s.
wGnt to try thu gas, aud ho found Ing gal W
coIning OH tie, aid the air was getting aons. 'k.
Then We went along the gaugwaY TO %ne.e Nv
cavo had troken, tlown,-an Old bEeasluss'-~
look fur the course Vi the lrst alr. Il.
"lscy started 10 do something to the III.
passage, when Wo lonrd voice, and We e. sa's ~
Jolly yell, for wo knew 1t WIS help; anil TUG "
ewer cane back, anll We knew We we're assa. S.
THEN tl's rcacunE men came und say VIA NJ, on,
were doing aud how Tu lived. We hau G4
n,lle-lneat on cooking. We put out our III.
md 1suught tho pail with tlIu meat ~ i a,' apw
tlu opening. l learn that CharlaY Parflah VALE
oil to take it home with him.
Alr. tarrsh presented cach ono OF Inc 49,. 49,.
rescued tnun With $tu0, jokgiy reInaisItfs., Y.
f.