The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-08

MI that she vas in great oeed If
money. Gavely Mr.. D.'novsn 70
lied: Mr.. Wstson. you msy ven
ure 10 work ~ith NJ. Hsskell.
) i'll eco the underground hns-; and. !
% he Is friend o mine. ] think he i
sill cnnseui, and add your name to
he nav roll I took leave "f my
friend. and walked up the mountain
- the slab house.
THAT evening the girl told me
The Story If her family. Her mather
the daughter If an English curste.
living in the Black C"u"try Of Eng
land. She married mine manager.
Her father had . dispute With the
Miners' union. and. when Ann< va
nine years old, was f"rced to leave
England. They came To the IN
thrscite regions 1T P-nn.y!vsn's. and
the father obtained employ ment ~
Of the mine in the val
lev. The Eagli.hm.n d-6ei the
Mul.y M.guirrs when they organic ID.
lie "a. shot dead IS he eat ~ the sup
pr table one night ten years i'e'ors'.
The family had saved little. and whe"
the funeral expenses we're paid there
were hut q few hundred d"llsrs Ief'
for the widow. The money lad bern
expended in building The slsb h"''.e.
There was hr"her, nine year. old.
bnrn in this country. named Willie
He tended . d.pr in the mine. the
family lived I'm his ,u'y wages and
on the money obtained hy selling egg
and f.wls that Anna raised. aud On
vegetables grown in the garden.
II worked steadily in the mine.
Slowly / grew to love Anna. E'rIy
in the mnrning and in the evening
W worked in til. gsr.ien. SATURDAY.
afternoon aud Sundays. the miner.
holidays. were spent hy Us on the
n"nni.ins in the unbr'.ken t"rest.
Willie generally accompanied ia ",'
these rlrseure excursions. We 6.hei
~. trout In little Ipuunisin STREAMS aud
after the first fro.t We gathered mats
f.r use during winter. Once we ss~
. deer. II Vas the haPpi~.t P-r"d ii
nv life. Two years paced. Anna
moiher Looked ou me ~ m elder eon.
1 had b.. n spp,in,-d tn take charge
1t the miners engaged in withdrawing
the pillars Of n exhausted BOUNDARY.
l expected to I've Pr NOTED CD the
successful completion ut this work
Then nv future would he secure.
should he q mine manager j, f~w
wears. 20 confident "a. l "f succrss
tina, Anns and arranged Z" IN mar.
ried on her birthday in the c.'n,irs
| fall. The appointment Z" ov-I--s tie
withdrawing ~: ihr. rii!ar- was &C uai'y
! nv ruin. o. c'u's-. l fill out wit.
snme of the miners. ~hn we're r"hhiHs
the n.a.-bv r,llars l~f,re the distant
ones had hen cut out. ard they c"m
plaine.i in the M'.lly M.vuires TIN
s.cieiy demanded nv di-chsrze fr"n
the munger. IL promptly COM pile {
Nth the demand. vent at once Il
Drnnv.n, and asked him If it ~. :h,
in.~n,in Of the Nelly Marnirss &c
drive no fr"m the Hin~-. or II
would he a,l"~ed Ia take mv P;cs
and esrn nv hr-si ih"rr. We hsd I
stormy interview. .F.Ha'lv, he s"z
g-.,~d thsi I apply tn the manage
uex' mariinr FIR a rocm.'
| Wsi.nu sd; silently in hi. chair f'
IN instant. Then. calm. for ffssl
cigar.. we liz them. He nsusej t.r
few minutes. and then esid: .'Incred
inie ~ il may seem to yoO. trustee
that ,'sril sf;sr having cowed him.
sppiie t.. a r,,'n the neg. morning
and had one directly If the m,i'
vsng~ay assigned m me. Free
Haskell had slmo-t finished wo'kin,
out On oh rnom further a.wn ih'
esnc-av. When h. 6:,i-hed he va
to jim me. Until that time l wss &
w"rk al"ne. Willie vas then -l-v-'
vsare olI. and from dn,rkeep.r ha'
risen 10 be q mal..-,lriver. He dr"v
IN the mSin gangwsy. He usual,
brought me nv empty cars.
"Ooe day. SHORTLY sitter nv t'nnb!'
~ith Donovan. / walked IN the en-
stance oi nv room Nth a bundle "
ricke and dill. that / wished 'o ss~'
to the black mi'h shop. INTENDED q
wait unit! Willie passed and ak hin
TO take them tn I'll" chop E." m~
Standing waiting within the entranc
of nv r.nm. I tn"k ms lamp fr"m m
head and hung it on the wall Then
leaning against the coal. l,s.k~'
dawn the gsnewav. Far down tn
great underground avenue | Thought
saw the dim outline If q 6sur. elidin'
.seslrhiiy from timber tn timber.
l.st sight of il Immediately. and ami
ing to myself 1t seeing one "f N
Welsh eh"-,s. I liz q pipe and sm"ke'i
Again I saw the & nre. 80 faint en-
dim in the gI.nm that c""ld zee
only By ssraininR nv ewes. fit in an
"nt among the 'i'nbers. then sprin,
| tightly along. With f,sh. as
lieh, had bn-t On my brain. really =
that / had been cnnd-mned Nv III
Molly Magnirrs. AMI that the figure
asw vas their ex~cu'i"ner GINNING {
kill me. I st-pp-i buck tn nv lamp
blew it out. ard grn.pi,g . ,'irk.
stationed mvs-lf behind the frst o
II iimb.rs at the entrance ii NV ro"n
and waited. Peerinz xuxi"u-ly int
! the almost imp-n-irahie darkness.
c..uli zee nn,hine. and b-gsn Z" 'hinl
I might have he~n mistaken. Then
.ie.crird The shsdowy form. step i:h'l'
acro.s the gsnxwny. Again ] !"~
| him. The low. muM 4 roaT It di.
rant cnal cars ruling down the cr"s
seadinye came Aasiing To me. TIL
train drew near. With the rspidii!
IT tightening I weighed the chance
of getting in q c,ai car and grin,
to the surface. I Instantly rrsIise'