Wichita eagle., 1888-12-16
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strength IN the great crisis OF lifel Ask God;
1t is his secret
The third day the child was Still ct the
shaft.
II must put an end to this said the chief
engineer, approaching her. 'Come, my fstls
one, be reasonable"
'Pepal seek for papaT
"Alas! be Is deadn
''No.n
She uttered this "uor with such energy
that the engineer was struck by It
E"Why do you say nor he asked
he would have tod me-"
Poor little one" murmured the engineer.
and be made sign TO the men 10 take her
away. But she chung desperately to hIm,
crying:
Papa is not dead want to go down
VIII find himF'
They bore her away, and left her with the
school teacher. An hour later she was back
at the shaft, and, clinging TO the engineers
knees, she kept repeating:
Il want to go DOWN. I viii find him"
He was tender hearted man, that en-
ginesr, and ne took pity on her.
After ALL" he said to himself, shat viii,
perhaps, be the best thing. When she has
seen with her own eyes she viii believe. This
excitement, if it lasts much longer, VIII Kill
her"
And, taking her in his arms, he bore her
to the car and gave the signal to descend
She shuddered when she felt beneath her
that yawning pit from which arose foul air
which almost sufocated her The engineer
felt her little arms inclose his neck, and her
curly head was pressed against his own.
ha, -onr- E.si -k. hC-- eo.
gagged herself, sprang to the ground, and
rushed straight forward, calling:
"Papal Papal'
The engineer, who could hardly keep up
with her, was tired of explaining to her
twenty times what he had already explained
how the explosion had taken place, where il
had occurred, and what they had done to find
the victims, and the child kept questioning
him, and repeated:
"He is hvingt Seek for himr'
She would have remained down there in
the mine three days, as she had already done
at the surface, if they rad not taken her by
force and carried her up.
The engineer gave orders that she should
be taken back TO the school teacher, and also
orders that II she reappeared at the shaft she
should be prevented from going into the
mine
All his measures had been carefully taken,
/ and the next day, no longer thinking of her,
he was inspecting one Of the galleries when
he felt himself seized by the arm Of his coat.
1t was Miss Papa
She had escaped from the school a second
time. Repulsed at the shaft, she had slipped
into an empty coal car and had thus de-
sceuded into the mine.
,Sba told all -hf. ba -
tanned his pardon. Five minutes later sine
again began her search, still full OF undimin-
isbed faith. The miners followed her with
plying eyes, struggling their shoulders, say
ing:
Poor little Papar,
Little Papa kept On seeking with UNDATED
courage Suddenly they saw her running TO
ward them, pale and excited.
Down theret" she gasped. Down thers,
Papa"
WHAT Down therer said the miner.
His blousey"
"Bahl Wherel"
Down there."
In moment every one had heard the news
and the mine was in a tumuIt. The child de-
clared that she had seen piece Of blue cloth
in e hole, which she could not raise, because
1t was held down by an enormous block Of
coal
''Wherez7 they asked her again.
She turned, followed by the crowd Of
miners Then she stopped and hesitated.
She could not find the spot All the blocks
OF coal resembled each other; all the cavities
were alike; all the galleries were the same
And yet she was sure she had seen that piece
of blue cloth. Where the blouse was the
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was her father, and she could not find himl
One by one, tired Of the useless search, per
suaded that the poor little girl was crazed by
grief, the men withdrew and returned TO their
work But they had hardly taken up their
picka1es when loud cry recalled them to
the child
Il have found I'll have found itr'
They pushed her aside and looked. Yes, it
was piece Of blue flannel. 1t was blouse.
There was man there.
They sec to work with a will. and, in the
twiukling of an eye, the wall was beaten
down, and in deep excavation they saw
man extended; it was Michel PieITon de
had been there three days and four nights
Loud cries arose on all sides and. ringing
loud above all the others, a cry escaped from
the lips of the child She threw herself upon
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mad, weeping and crying:
Papa! papan
He was nearly dead, poor Michel EI-
haus1ed by lack of air and nourlshnens be
recovered consciousness only to sink back
fainting; but he was alive,
Miss Papa had told the truth. The man
would not die without telling his child, and
the thought Of her had sustained him and
given him the strength 10 conquer death.
4 week later he was out and ready to re-
commence his work
On the evening OF the day before that on
which ne was TO return TO toe mine a grand
banquet was given by al the minees 10 Miss
Papa The place Of honor was reserved for
her. A loud hurTah and Wild applause
greeted her when she entered holding on to
MicheI's hand There were kisses given,
shouts Of bravol and wild huzzas il honor OF
the little queen
And 90 you know what she replied 70 al
this, smiling ami clapping ser little handsl
She replied, Papa
It would be difficult TO describe how and
IN what tone she uttered that one word But
oil those brave fellows, whose eyes had
hardly ever known s. tear, viii tell you that
they wept thai night
CuarreIins Over Mere Triies-
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