The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-23

a., aoNis hoHeu eIutHe3 htoOu pehlue ueF, II
VS she had been OIL her way home with tlleI
when Tho dull report Of the explosion W,
heard. sls. sptont WIS near her, sobbiu
and talking loudly. :.
"Tedly's In there" shc cried, MS caul
up. "isent him there. wish had le
him ut home. It's always my luck when
DO the best chi 10 help people,"
AT that moment there was u shout frot
tue men At work ut the luouth Of the mint
and sonie twenty OF the miners emerge,
from the m outh Of the pit, stunned au,
terrified by tho explosion, bu. otherwis
nnlMri. Teddy was not among them.
Where arc tho other mem" dcmandc,
self heard. ' ''''
"Wheres Teddy Ncal?" cried Mrs
sproil,. catching the foreman by the sloul
der md pushing Ills sobblng wife inside.
"ihey were 1T the back Iisssagu bchiut
Tue heap Of slate made by tho explosion
We were this blto OF IT." he answered
Tied was with lily, nn'-an'"-
lie looked unr4.siiy ut Honor, who Inv,
come W. to him and was staring Into h
face with her lips open. They moved Il
HSk question, but she could not make I
sound.
where is tho boy?' said Mrs. sprvut
"lle turned back to 10 to them. could
not help ~, no exclaimed, appealing &c
Doctor Floyd. "lle would haye II TINT III
Knew why out Of the buck Of the mine,
ana tiiat II Il we're open, hc could guide the
men through IT,"
i "itow did you get 10 them?"
There wasa ctack ut tho top OF the heap
OF the slate, and he's such lem littlc chan
he MrirEltd through, with our pushing him
"iou pushed him 10 his lca,h2" Mrs,
sprout screamed. And then II sudden
silence fell Oh the crowd,
Every man and woman there understood
that the boy bad no, five chances IN ten for
ior ne, when TIC cmwied into the backness
tine walled up pit 10 save his ieliow.w0rk.
men. and that he had deliberately taken
the risk.
Father Ryan sail something to the fore.
nun, carefully lowering his voice, TINT
Honor might not hear. OF "iire.dalnp."
$50 told the boy, your reverence. But
no WINS determined to 80. could not stop
him."
There was nothing for It's to do but to
wait. The men were in the heart Of tho
hill, which arose before us quiet in tho
warm sunshine, withits black seams yawn.
ing through the srags and weeds. 1t WIS
Impossible now 10 reach them. II alive,
they doubtless were struggling through the
tack passages Of the mine towards tic out,
let which Teddy had found, or thought he
had found. Every man In the crowd DO.
ilered the boy 10 b. mistaken. Il Was no.
likely TINT such M opening could exist,
and no miner ever have discovered It. But
nobody Ind the heart to hint doubt with
Honor and tho wiyesand mothers OF these
men to hear ii.
So the crowd waited; whispering to
each other, listening with batcd breath for
some sound from wiilin--a cry-a m,tille,l
knocking, which should show that the
buried men still lived,
AS long ms there was chance OF their
escape by any buck passage, however
slight, the men feared to begin work oil
the heap Of fallen state ut thu mouth Of
Tue PIT, as any conclusion might bring
down hlilsses Of earth from the roof OF the
sion.
Honor came up 10 the Methodist parson.
out, sirr?"
The good old man avoided her eve.
THAT depends Orwell, really, | don't
Know. where the passage is. Now, nv POOR
soul. let us trust in God. lie will take cure
Of Teddy in the pit lust MS well us II he
were here beside YOU"
"But | want him beside me, SIR. The
| .nfiiS nlirnya IuIt 1fni i
by" ' s''0
Mr:: Knox began to speak, but his voice
iAlled. He shook his head and turned
away l saw that he had but little hope.
AT That moment Il dull rumblng was
heard. livery man looked at his neishbor.
One OF The miners multered "tire.dnmp,"l
winch IS another name for death in these
pitt; but the others were silent.
Iiien came u sound like thunder md =
fieavy crush. There had been another TX.
piosion, and the roof Of tue main chamhe
had probably fallen. Shrieks OF despair
went up from the woman.
Its all over" said Father Ryan.
"lookat him cried llouor wildly, point.
ing down the road. ME b'y! TeidyW
There coming up the road, black rs
negroes, wercthe nine men, every one OF
them alive and shouting. Teddy leading
the van.
They. had reached the mouth ofthe open.
lug and had dragged each other through,
anu had time to come down from Press.
leys tlllls before the second explosion.
Liners was town meeting that night. II
was gathering which would seem queer
and oid'fashloned enough, nowadays.
1here was sreat table set in the town
hall, and every housewife sent something
TO be eaten, from Mrs. Judge Iarkia's
frosted cake, 10 poor llonor's loaf OF bread;
and rich and poor came, tho miners and
their wives in their Sunday clothes, TO
shnkc hands and rejoice together.
The Methodist and PRESBYTERIAN Clergy.
men offered prayer, and Father RYAN and
Judge l.arkins fnada speeches, and there
We're plenty OF Jokes and laughing and
kindly feeling.
But most Of the glory Of The occasion fell
to Ieddy's share. ln his speech welcou-
ing thecompany, Judge Larkns mention.
cd MN as II boy worth nothing in shop,
Or in school, anu only showing abil.
ily. in anime by getting Out OF it.
lie proposed, therefore, that II subscrip.
hon Dc raised in the town, to enable Ted.
dy 70 follow his vocation Of naturalist, to
which no has so evidently been called.
There was great deal Of cheering, and n
large collection was taken up. But sus.
pcct that the Judge himself took Icddy's
fortunes in hand after that, for the collect.
ion wodld only keep him ut school for
year or two.
But after school he worked his way
through college, coming home every va
cation. The whole town was proud Of him,
and so nm !, for Teddy is now II respected
and most enthusiastic professor Of miner
aloey aud botany in Il larse Western col