Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-07


" ,' ! caught her in my arms ;oa
pressed her 10 my heart a'in
GU love me then. SibyI--dear a..
~ o'oyi-you love mel" / exclaima la -
passiohately kissed her trem,,lons ~. ~
res here. in the presence of death p' !
frankly confess that love Won 'laa,
henry' She family murmured ''
heaven bless you. darlingr :.
turned lit makes me happy To hoo,
.'eSe sweet words, even though deo,h ~
near us botlll What is death darI;na ~ :,
we are loved by our Beloved and Is D. =
we snail die with our love? for daa uI
mere IS only life hereafter. But We w;I,
not Gle now, if any effort of our o,,, oa,,
lifer' 'ogether Ion
WIN this, keeping a firm hold Of ,bo
ueal giri. began to feel my wav in
another direction; and so we Wandered
apout IN The darkness, hour after bour
seeing nothing and knowing NOTHING ~
our course. whether it were ripbt n,
wrong. e"' VI
lsaid all l could to cheer NV swao,
companion, but at length she began II
despair; and |, to tell the truth. lost a II
nope OF ever leaving our prison pit alive
II we could have known that we were
gong IN the right direction there would
nave been SO little encouragement to per.
severe; but when we considered that tho
chances were equal to our getting still
tarther away from the point we wished
70 reach, there seemed no reason FL,
tiiis exertion, and we sat down com.
pletely disheartened.
wei, darling, it will be as God willsr'
l sighed. Il have no other consolation
to offer"
And | am to be punished for nv
ooastful presumption, in the suffering OF
one whose life is dearer to me than nv
own!"
~, Sibyl darling, you must not accuse
yourself, for that tortures men cried 7
Our being here is one of those misfor.
tunes which were to be. We have reached
point where the air seems less poison.
oas' and we may possibly exist here fol-
days; and who knows what time NAV
do, when there are so many anxious
souls above who will not rest day O,
night till they shall have explored the
mine in search of the living and the
dead?"
In that rayless darkness we could moi
make note of time, nor tell whether il
were day or night in the world above
We only knew that, after long period
we began to feel the pangs of hunge,
and thirst; that we gradually grew
weaker; that we slept at times; and that
at last we began to have strange sensa
tons in our brains, and see dancing
lights and phantoms, and wonder, in 6
vague sort of way, whether we were
tenants of this world or the other.
That is the last remember till found
myself in room on bed weak as al
infant, and numbers of anxious friends
standing around me. Even then my frs
thought was of my dear companion
and my first words were an inquiry TO
her. When assured that she was safe,
remember feeling as if were in heaven
and at once fell off into a dreamles
sleep.
subsequently learned that we boil
had been found, after a three days
search. in an unconscious state, and tina
of all the parties as far down in til,
mine as ourselves, we were the onl,
ones brought to the surface alive. On
hundred and nine persons had persisted
in that awful explosion, and the who'll
village was in mourning.
have only to add that my dear Sybi
and both recovered, and in time re
gained our health, and that she is now
my loving wife.-True Flag.