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ELAND. DECEMBER "A, 1888.

thinking Of her. he was inspecting ono
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. Repuscl at the shaft, she
had slipped into au empty coal car and
thus dcsceadlI to the mine.
She told all this to the engineer and
obtained his pardon. Five minutes
ater she again began her search, still
full of undimiai,hed faith. The miners
followed her with plying eyes, shrus-
ging their shoulders, saying:
poor little papa!"
Little Papa kept on seeking with un-
abated courage. Suddenly they saw
her running toward them, pale and cx-
cited.
"Down thcrol' sho gasped. Down
thore Papal'
"Whatl DIwn thorel" said miner.
ellis b'ousci'
"B.h Where7"
"Down thcrc."
In moment every one had heard the
new and the mino was in tumult.
The child declared that sh, had seea a
pi CO Of b'u3 cloth in a hole, which she
could not raise, because it was held
down by an onormoui block of coal.
"Whercp they asked her again.
She turned, followed by the crowd
Of miners. Then she stopped and hesi-
tated.
She could not fad the spot. All the
blocks Of coal resomblcd each other;
all the cavitiel were alike, all the GAL
leries were the same. Aud yet she was
sure she had seen that piece of blue
cloth. Where tho blouse was tho man
must be, living, no doub', and that
man was her father, and she could not
find him
Ono by one, tired of the useless
search, persuaded that the poor little
girl was Graz d by grief, the men with
drew aud returned to their WORK. But
they had hardly taken up their pick
axes when loud cry recalled them to
the chill 1.
u have found it! have found it,
Thcy pushed her aside AMI looked.
Yes, it was piece Of Illus haaneIl 1t
was b.ous There was a man therel
They set to work with a will, aad, in
the twinkling Of an eye, the wall vas
beaten down, and in a deep excavation
they saw man extended; it was
Michel Pierrop. Ha had been there
three days and four nights.
Loud cries arose on all sides, and
ringing loud abov1 all Others, a cry es-
capped from tho lips Of the child She
threw herself upon the b ,dy and cIaspod
it in her arms, half md, weeping and
crying:
PApal papal
He was nearly dead, poor Michel!
Exhausted by lcck of air and nourish-
meat he recovered consciousness only
to sink back faiatiag; but he was
alive.
Miss Papa had tod the truth. The
maa would not die without telling his
child, and the thought OF her had sus-
taiae him and given him the strength
to con quer death.
A week later he was out and ready to
recommence his work.
Oa the evening OF the day before
that on which he was to return to tho
mine grand ban nquet was given by all
the miners to Miss Papa. The plc1 Of
honor was reserved for her. A loud
hurrah and wild applause greeted het
when she entered, holding on to
MchcPs hand. There were kisses given,
shouts cf bravo! and will huzzls in
honor ef the little queen.
And do you know what she replied
to all this, smiling and clopfing her
little han ls2
She replied Up pa"
In would be difficult to dc. cribo how
and in what tone she uttered that one
word. But all tholo 1--we follows
whose eyes hard hardly ever knowa a
tear viii tell you tn It they wept that
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