Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-04-07

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papa Is not dead. want to 90 down.
/ will find him .,Ln
They bore her away and left her Win IN
school-tsscher. An hour later she was BACK
st the shaft, and, chnging to the englueeA Q
knees, she kept repeating: Nc, L;nr,
/ He was a teuder-hearted man. tnA' I'll
cineer. and be took pity on her. M.
"After all" be said to himself, 'na'
will. perhaps, be the best thing. Wnas sue
has seen with her OWE eyes, she Will De
Teve. This excitement, II 1t lasts InucH
longer. will kill her"
And. taking her IN his arms, ne pore hSl
10 tbe car and gave the signal TO descend
She shu5 dered when she felt beneath heI
tina. vawning pit from which arose iOul
air which almost suffOcated her. Inc en-
ginaar felt her little arms inclose his neeA'
and her curly head was pressed against us
When tbey reached the bottom she dis,
engaged herself lsprang TO the ground anu
rushed straight forward, calling;
Papa Papa
The engineer, who could hardly keep up
uritb her. was tired Of explaining 10 hel
twenty times what he had already eA
nlsined-how the explosion had taKen
n'ace where /. had occurred, and whas
Nv had done to ind the victims, ana
the child kept questioning MN anu 4
peated: ..,,
She would have remained down .neIe
in the mine three days, as she had aIreauy
done at the surface, if they had not TAKEN
her by force and carried her up >,
The engineer gave oiders that sne shoulG
be taken back to the school-teaeher, ana
also orders that if she reappaared at the
shafrIshe should be prevented from gong
into the miDe. r
An his measures bad been carefully Ia
ken. and the next day, no lOnger thinkiDgot
her. be was inspecting ore OF the galleries
when ne felt himself seized by the arm Of
his coat. 1. was Niss Papa.
she had escaped from the school second
time. Repuleed at THE shaft, she had
slipDed into On empty coal car ana hau
thus descended into the mine.
She told all this to the engineer and OBJ
tanned bis pardon. Five minutes later she
again began her search, still full o. undl-
minished faith. The miners followed heT
with plying eyes, Struggling their shout
ders, saying:
Poor little Papa"
Litne Papa kept or seeking with una
bated courage Suddenly they saw her
running toward them, pale aud excited.
Down therew che gasped. Down
thegel Papa"
what? Down there?" said miner.
His blOusen
Bah Where?"
Down there
smoment every one had heard the
news, and the mine was IN tumuIt. Inc
child declared that she had seen piece OF
blue cloth in a hole which she could not
raise because it was held down by an enor-
NOUS block OF coal.
WHERE they asked her again.
She turned, followed by the crowd OF
mirers. Then she stopped and hesitated.
She could not find the spot. All the
blocks of coal rCsembled 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 man must be, living, no
doubt. and that man was her father, ana
she could not find him.
O,e by one, tired by the useless search,
persuaded that the poor little gTl was
crazed by grief, the men withdrew and re-
turned to their work. But they had hard
~ taken mp their pickaxes when loud cry
recalled them to the child.
at have found il! l have found lt.'
They pushed her aside and looked. Ies,
Ia was a pieca Of blue flannel 1t was a
bl USE There was o man there.
Thew set TO work with a Will, and, IN the
twiukli1g of az eve the wall was beaten
down. and in deep excavation they saw
2 man extended; il was Michel Pierron.
He had been there three days and four
nights
Loud cries arose on all sides, and ring
ing loud above all the Others a cry escaped
from the lips Of the child. She threw her
SELF uron the body and clasped 1t IN her
arms, half mad, weeping and crying.
Papa papa" ,,
He was nearly dead, poor Michel Ex-
hausted by lack Of cir and nounshmeat
he recovered consciousness only TO slnk back
faiosiug; but he was alive.
Miss Papa had told the truth. The man
would not die without telling mis- child, and
the thought of her mad sustained him and
given him the strength to conquer death.
A week later he was ont and ready to re-
commence his work.
On the evening Of the day before al
on which he vas TO return to the mine
grand banquet was given by all the miners
to Miss Pap. The place OF honor was re-
served for her. A loud hurrah and wild
applause gree,ed her when she entered,
holding on to Micheps hand. There were
kisses given, shOuts Of bravo and wild
huzzss m honor of the little queen.
And DO you know what she replied to all
this, smiling and clappirg her little hands?
she replied Papa"
Ii would he difficult to describe how and
ia what tones che uttered that one word.
But all those brave fellows, whose eyes had
hardly ever known tear, will tell you
/ that they wept that night.