The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-20

an fin yo'. Oh, Unk1 Ben, Gamma yo lee me inf
lie him in-Go' nos | wud rived open my
heart tae e' him in did try tae save him. or
tae go an Gee WI him: tn lad wood laid doom
my loife fur ten hunnerd tonnes DER. TIL mates
do say did foight an rage loike to mad bool,
tae tear doom aw we he'd builded OPP an cursed
Co an mon FIR keepin' me fra him; and it's loike
| e'now / did"
But tn s0olfur gas wor rizin' heavy, an a
break i thot bar'cad ment certain death T.
Tn lads joost gotten me doom an tied me, han
an foot an hurten me no NOR nor tina cud help.
Ye see, sur 'twood don no guide AN they wor
mos O 'em men o. family, an Their wor chance
for 'em, cen tho twor sma' ain, an it's no fair
tae blam them.
''Onst NOR did hear'n TIL dear voice. 'twor
| hard gaspn tn words ou' 'Unk1 Ben, gi my
Nora goo by, fra me; tax car O. my Nora,
Unk1 Ben Then alter little, 'Unkl Ben
Driver Lukes aowin o me dollar, gle it tae my
| Nora, GOO by
II did rool DER an try t dig thro' tn har' earth
wi my boun' hans tae gil tae him; tn poor,
brave, thou,fu' lad-layin ou' Their i tn black an
mud, WI tn foul pizen COS throttlln' tn loife
outten him. layin' Their aw' alone, an deein FIR
| me-
II went kim o dead myself aefter what tout
70, sir, an kno's no moor, save thot we wor
| gotten op som'ho, dinna joost ken mo-, thro
SOON OVID shat did hear'n tell, but ne'er axd
| DER muck1 bou' it rTh young an nncnt an
bes' o tn lot they wor stoon dead afor' tha wor
| tak'n ou; tn OVID, nigh us'les', an neer do weel,
an tough OVID mummies oik't me, we did pull
| thro it aw When | coom'd t my sens wor
| lynn wi lot mair o. tn deed half unner a shed
nigh tn breeker, sick loik t dee. wor tould as
| they he'd foun' Matties cors, an thot Nora
/ ravin, hotterin mad, tied doom i tn cot i her
! des'late hoom. Then know'd Their wor ca FIR
| me t live. an puld myself thegithr an fought
FIR lofe as 1 ner dun afor. Their wor awful
tonnes aroun tn pits mou' wi tn weemn an
frens them as wor gotten op dead T nign t, an
them IS wor ma foun' yet an so Their wornt ioost
then, mooch attenshun ped t we chaps as tina
~ Cafa low f11n fQ1 hi an
| then gather'd strengt' t crawl over wher tn
dead worlyin'.
'Twor tn mos awful an grewsom sight e'er
yo' can think O, an Their stretchd out on boord
1 foun' aw' thot were lef' O. wee Matte
| Stiff ar cowd, an bruised and spatterd, his
| poor cors wor. did straitn ou' tn poor bloody,
an Glen off fra the dear lips an face tn black
damp an blood an froth. an did lie myself
doom bi him, tae beg tn PARDON O him FIR takin
him fra loife, an did kiss his precius lips an
he did coome DOT in my cen, bright an pure an
white, an lOokin' s e'er a angel in aw' O. Cos
kingdom:
''rha he'd foun' him lynn joost outside O. wher
we he'd builded cloos up ia it, within three foot
! O oife, an shoot outten fra t. But he wor tn
brav'st o brav', that lad: he knowd what wor
f! coomin' him an he faced it loike mon. His
| han he'd foun' bit boord ou' Their i the dark,
an wi aw' tn thraws O death aroon' him tn lad
| d ta'en tn bit chalk fra his pocket an marked
O. tn boord Goodbye my Nora-my Nora.
Joost six woords-th' last he cud e'er writ, r
| speak, r think. An then he pu' thot bit boord
i his jack't, n bootten' mex nigh his heart. An
| then he died"
| After long pause Ben resumed
"Tha comp'ny an aw' people wor vera kim tae
| them as wor loss an them s wor ef, burryin'
| them an helpin Their famls-aw but Matte an
Nora Tha' wor my dead an my lovin. l laid
my lad unner tn sod, aside the father, s he had
| sore need FIR saints bones nigh him, an tn lass
| hae her to live fr yet t. watch DER, t work
FIR. l haze her t bless me wi tn sog't O. her
| OuOlt. kim. Oeac'fu' an tn CLINT a. her
broigh' cen, tho, tru eno' they be more
brightness an sorrow shows fra them nor Their
| be sens"
SIS she always as quiet and cheerful in manner
as this evenings" was asked,
"Mosly So" replied Ben; ''som'toim's trif'l
low'r nor itbers, but TAX t aw' thro, oost quot
an ,coomfor'tbl, .takin wha's provided an
thinkin' o. naethin' save O. SEEM wee Matte COON
hame fra tn work Ev'ry morn when she walks
op she thinks g he's COON doom wi me early
shift, an ev'ry even she COOS t TIL pit an stoops
aroun oonger r, shoortr toim' she notions, an
| then goes aft hame. thinkin' he KEN CD afor' she
gotten Their an wor aft t. tn payin' r schoolin'.
| When she gangs aw'y hame an tn ovid CONAN
! tells her t gang t. her cot, an Matte II wake
| her when he cooms i; an she lies hersen doom
an sleeps QUOT an happy, dreamin' o. him, aw
| 81 does aw'ys watch her coomin' hame o nights
when It's ony wa dark-not go'in wi her, yo'
knows; joost keepin' sigh o her, nigh emo t be
| o. use T Their be ony ca fr''t / wud no ways
gle ony hantle Il foo r DOMAINS tongues {
| speak'n i'll O tn lass, eff so be we wor seen by
ony s knowed neither her nor me- an had
moind Z wag Their foo chaps.
| som o them d be can me donner witt'd;
an may hap be; t be wourkn aw my days FIR
lass Is dinna ken enow T. thank me FIR Y. But
It's aw' my loife-th' care o. her.
can why FIR MOI Mat wor my frien'; my lad
lef' her . my care, tn lass tn only CONAN Ger
thout o loein / aw my days, an Go / His mercy
hae lef her live on earth 3 comfort an bless
me. wud no be it for he'll, mus less earth r
heeavin', r dina do th' bes' FIR her s wot lay
my boody an bones"
" The wrath OF the honest miner was evidently
excited by even the thought Of any interference
| with his charges
more nor dozen times Their ha' been folks,
weel meann enow, dou' ma, tibet ha ofl'r'd T.
TAX her an do FIR her-shuttin' tn lass op / SOM
place wher' she'd jus maunder an greet T. her
death; offerin' Z holpn me this way an thot an
neer seem thot they wor insultin' tn heart o
my yl body $500,
cooms nigh thot lass savin' fra me. D'yo think
] wud so msdoubt tn GOO Go s t. fear but He
will gle me aw' needfu' health an streng' an loife
as S need'd fur me t iaboor fur tn coomfort o.
| tn lass. He ha' broughten me outten foire an
flood, an danger o. tn day an tn noight, an he'll
me back fra tn sin o hahn my hans red wi my
ow' an ither blood, thot mouten be guard an
siren, an cen an wit FIR her. He keppit me i
! tn lam o. tn levin FIR thot, an thot alon. An
III mo- insoolt tn Almighty by lettin' thers haze
par nor parcel, pick nor crum' don tn woork
He haze putten' i to my hams, an my hans onr.
Than's be Z Him FIR aw His merces"
'Can you not will you not let me help you7
Here is my address; if you ever need aid apply
| to me-"
I'm poor mon, sur, an no manner O learn
| in; but knos weel when ane speaks fra the
heart. an l sees tn kinness o. yer meenin' It's
no TO me e be strubbly an stooborn wi frien'
as means kin as yorsen'; wul tax yo'r writin
an max tn promise e. CO O We, eff It's only t. pro-
t yo' thot I'm feelin' deep tn hearty GOO weel
thot mak's yo' t sorrow FIR tn soofrin' an poor
Dona be misdow'tn thes' people Poor thai
be- an roug, ma dawb o. t; but kin'r, bravr hearts
neer beat, an NOR willin' hans ne'er hel them.
sells ready fr holpin' ony an aw' g STAINS need
O. holp. Let sickness r sorrow, r poovert, r
ony O tn mony ills thot faas & tn poor mons
lot, fin Their wa amoong them, an tha'll noors
yo, thal coomfort yo' thall holpen yo' T. tn end