Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-10-30
NAY, I'll STAY WITH THE
Lad"


lis Hutton seam, No. 3, they saw two bod
ies. father and son, clasped together One Of
the explorers knew the man. and knew that
after IGc explosion he had been asked by one
of the men afterwards rescued To 90 along
with him to another plri OF the workings, and
the father replied, Nay. II stay with the
lad" IL WIS the belief of the explorers that
these both died with one or two others near,
from the after damp. They were lying peace
ably. having made pillows of their jackets and
clothcs.-Driig Ncscs.
Nay. IN stay with the lad:"
Down in the deep, black seam,
Uuldlcd u gerher. dying and dead,
Far from the day world overhead,
Pace to face. hy sudden fare.
with n horror Of night prccipiaic;
Hidden away from the mctriful sun,
The death and the burial all in one.
By their tlfiis.S t-ut OF in vain.
More than Il battle counts it, slain;
Iiuddlei together, man and horse
In the grip of the nrt-dHmps witchful iorce-
Tn.ung heroes Of simple mold,
All unchanged from the race Of Old,
To the golden truths, with a martyrs cry,
Out at the depth they testify:
And never has rede been read. deem,
Nchler than that In the deep, black seam,
or Love and Courage. the message sad
only, NAY, III stay with the lad
Nay. I'll stay with the lad
Down in the deep, black seam.
They found him living, and strong, ana
sound.
In spite of the terror underground
And they babe him come and live again
In the light bright haunts Of living men,
And once NOR, look the sun in the face
And gladdel in earths beloved embrace
But he looked at his young boy, dead or dy
ing,
In me midst of the shattered fragments ly--
Dying or dead-hui poueTlcss 10 move
Al the help of man, or the voice OF Love.
And self Ia, dead where the child must die.
Aud he let deliNerance pass him by
He saw his duty set straight before
In the love that hycth for eNerinore,
Aud he put the proiiercd freedom behind
With never a thought of self in mind;
And, 10 life or 10 death run the trackless
stream,
He stayed with him in the deep, black seam.
And % prayer and warning one answer mad,
A brave une-"Nay, I'll stay with the lad
Nay. I'll stay with the lad
Down in the deep, black seam,
Once again WIS the story told
Old as Honor, rs Pocsy Old;
And the rugged miner, whose cares might be
Something unknown to YOU or me,
Rather than leave his hoy below.
Alone IN the grip Of the lurking foe,
Chose Ia die with him there and then.
Rather than live with his felow-men;
Smuothcd the pillow the child beneath.
Turned with him Ia the void of Death.
And to all mankind, in its strong solf-love,
Taught the unseli proclaimed above;
And whaic'er his sin. and whatc err his SORROW,
Chose the nigh. without earthly morrow
Went TO his Maker straight and free,
Aud pleaded his plea couTagcously.
For his hoy he lived. for his boy he died;
And the two together. side by side,
Before the divine, eternal Throne
Had soothing to plead hut their love alone
And there perchancc. from the answer prove
That the greatest wisdom OF all is Love
Self, be husbed. Will. In places high
The many pass thoughts Of Others by
Let Others starve and let others bear
The woes hat h.sst Us cycrywhcre-
SO the great lie but free from the curse of
dcartn.
So the great but gather the fruit of the EARTH
80 pr, peIty flourish, and riches thrive,
Aud keep but IN" wording lie alive.
What is IL IT, them that these grave things be?
Thai these sights are given Ia who Will see:
While wealth may prosper, denial dream,
LIES moral Is told in The deep black seam;
Aud angels rejoice in that answer glad
And human-"Nay, III stay with the lad"
Herman Meriudle, in London Spectator.