Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-06
from hopin' somethin' would happen,
che boys went u little farther, and got

FA'A Nbbh tdIN NV W hiiN" habNii
abcu, u tor lear Id run ocross some.
thin ID feel bound 10 try to bender,
and | didn't wan, 10 bender nothin',
that's the TACT. Only there was no
muldcr nor notnin' like that in il; the
men wasnl that kind-leastways. most
OF 'em wasn't.
"'Nc, we amt a-gom TO hurt nam
myG dallin-b bless taa pretty little
heartl-no. les lac gifts IN the way,
when he'd better be out OF il, says
lom, with grin. 'Bu, il the play.
thing he. SO uckled we Jest flies 10
finder some d0y. ana the noise scares
him so tina hc gives i up and runs
home, itll be the best thing tor him
and all The resi- OF us.
Seemed like nobody doubted he'd
be easy scared, and SO the whispcrin'
and tlack looks and secret meetin's
went on.
'f)nf day IN summer 2 box was
brought into the room where we
worked. shall always remember
that day, just how everything looked.
II had been T. bright. warm mornin,
but abou, noon il clouded mp slowly,
and every breath or wind died away.
Not q leal moved on the trees, and
everything was still, like rs ii the
world was hcldin' It's breath and wait
IN tor somethin.
''lnslde the mill everything locked
darker and gloomier than usual in
that queer gray light, Great piles Of
castin's thrcwed black shadows over
the slippery floor; the long iron shafts
was like hungry arms forever reachin'
down and drawin' back empty, and
from under the brick archway the
round door oil the furnace seemed
glarin' out like 3 big red eye. There's
times when common things dont have
a common look, and it's mostly them
kind OF times that git burned into
your mem'ry, somehow.
"Nothin' seemed to go that day the
way folks had calculated. That mis-
er'ble little box had no sooner been
set down in the room than somebody
called: Hist Look outr and there
was Boss Darlin', comm back from
his dinner al an onarthly hour when
he'd never been known TO come be-
fore. lie had q rose stuck in his but
ton hole, and looked like g dancin'
master goin' TO q party, as ] heard
Bob mutter, as he slipped the box out
Of sight under q pile Of stuff at the
end OF the room. They couldn't carry
out their plan then. so there was
nothin' left for 'em but TO hide il.
''rhe boss looked round kind of
smilin' and pleasant like. He'd got
that model he was busy with about
into workin' order, and he was Won
derful pleased over il. And what did
he do. that day, but have il brought
out into ourroom because, the weather
havin' turned gloomy like, there was
better light by o big window there.
So there he stayed fussin' over ii. just
as if he was on guard.
"Then il BEGAN TO thunder, and
there was a sudden dash of rain, so
that Jim Bryce's little girl, who had
come down with his lunch basket,
couldn't &c home. Jim was a piece
worker. and always said he could do
twice as much work in an afternoon
if he had a snack bout 3 o'clock.
''Jim looked sort of uneasy now and
then, when little Jinny'd get off to
the back part of the room anyways
nigh where that box was. But he
couldn't say nothin' and maybe there
wasn't any danger; only ! was sure
he didn't like her round there, and
was glad when she wandered oil intc
the room beyond-o ~storeroom where
she was lei stay sometimes while she
waited ioI her fathers basket.
''lhe storm grew heavier instead of
lighter. till we could hardly see TO
work. All ~ once there was q blind
in fash OF light and a crash, as if the
whole earth was a-tearin' TO pieces,
and We all started and tumbled in
every direction. The minute we could
get ouI senses and look round we
found thai the whole end of the room
was blowed of and q gully plowed
way down 10 the foundations like az
if o bomG shell had tore through.
Beyond that ragged openin' the
great brick wall was stii standin', but
we could see that il was swayln' and
weavin' just ready 10 fall. I've never
seen anything look SO awful as that
tremblin' wall did. for over on the
other side Of il run another buildin
where the iinishin' rooms was, and
all hands AT work.
II s'pose the same thought struck
US all at once that the only hope for
'em was q peal of the bell that would
send EN- all hyin' 10 the entrance at
the far end Of the buildin'. Twas in
the old days. you see, befose the new
part Of the mill was bull, OF we had
any alarm connection with all the
rooms. There was only the big bell,
and the rope TO il was danglin' beside
that totterin' wall.
"You can't tell about such things rs
quick as they are in happenin'.
1.-The bellr says somebody; but
there wasn't a chance 10 say any more,
for the boss sprang past us with just q
word or two, short and quick, as lac
pushed us right and left.
Back, men, back That is my place
You have families
''In a minute he was leapin' dowr
over the piles Of rubbish, and almosI
before we was sure what he was amin
for he had reached the place, and th,
white hands. strong and steady, hat
hold Of the rope and was maxim
the old bell shout danger if ever a bel
did.
I'VE hardly stirred or breathec
while we watched him, till he started
toward us again. Then a long, shiv
ering breath ran round the crowd.
II blieye he'd have made il TO gel