The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-01-31


dead. Michel ought 70 have hsss found
sad sbey had not found hin
The chief snsiassr bad Ainsslf disscse
the search. bnt al 10 vain. In ths cpinio
OF .il nothing could he done. snd u ~
possible that. by The force of ~ sSplo
sion, the uniortopsts man had ~ barrie
BY the falling debris. bat Il ~ toposai
bio 10 tell how o. vhsse.
l For forty eight hours little MI Pap
waited spXiously, but without nsailsssinl
the slightest uneasinsss' ~ every hsosl
form that appeared st the cpsotaS sh'
started forward. and. not sscoGaiaisg hsu
whom she awaited. she sank baek upoa tb'
ground with . deep sigh. Tbsy tsssd 4
take bsr away. and she uttered sssA pisse
ing cries that they considered Is best Y
leave her there. They thought thst sh'
must soon yield 10 fatigue,
Whence comes 70 tho ueAk and lssbl,
such strength 10 the great crises Of liis
Ask God; ii 10 his secret.
The third day the child vas still y ths
shaft.
must put su end to this. said the chic
engineer, approaching her. Come my littls
one, be reasonable,
Pspsl seek for psps
Alas! he Is dead.
No.
She uttered this no" with such energy
that the engineer was struck by it.
Why do you .sy no2 be asked.
He would have told me.
Poor little one! murmursd the engineer.
Aud he made sign to the men TO take
her swsy. But she clung desperately to
him, crying;
Papa is not dead. ] want to 60 down.
| will find him.
They bore her away. and left her with
the shool teacher. An hour later she vas
back at the shaft. and clinging TO the en-
gineer's knees. she kept repeating:
want TO go down. / will and him!
He was tender hearted man, that en-
gineer. and he took pity on her.
After oil, be said TO himsslf that will,
perhaps, be the best thing. Whom she
has seen with her own eyes, she will be-
lieve. This excitement, if it last much
longer, will kill her.
And, taking her in his arms. he bore
her to the car, and gave the signal to de-
scend.
She shuddered when she felt beneath
her that yawning pit, from which arose
foul air, which almost suffocstsd her. The
engineer felt her little arms enclose bis
neck, and her curly head WAS pressed
against his own.
When they reached the bottom, she dis
engaged herself, sprang to the ground, and
rushed straight forward, calling;
Papa! pspsl
Tue engineer. who could hardly keep
up with her. was tired Of explaining to
her twenty times what be had already sx-
planned, how the explosion had taken
place, where it had occurred. and what
they bad done to find the victims. and the
child kept questioning him, and repeated
He is livingl Seek for him!
She would have remained down there
in the mine three days, Is she had already
done Ut the surface. II they had not taken
her by force and carried hsr up.
The engineer gave orders that she
should be taken back TO the school teacher
and also orders that il she resppeared at
Tho shaft she should DO prevented from
going into the mine.
All bis measures had been carefully tax.
sn, and the next day. no longer thinking
of her, be was inspecting one Of the gal.
eries when hs felt himself siezed by the
lrm Of the coat. II was Miss Papa.
She bad escaped from the school . sec
,nd timo. Rspulsed at the shaft. she had
Ilipped into sn empty coal car snd thus
descended to the mine.
She told all this 70 the engineer and oh
aimed his pardon. Five minutes later she
Ieain began her search. still full Of undi-
faith. The miners followed her
With plying eyes. Struggling their shoul.
lers. saying:
Poor little papsl
Little papa kept on seeking with unsbst
ID courage. Su ldeuly they saw her run
ling toward them pale aud excited.
Down there! she gssped. Down there
pspal
WLat9 Down there! said . miner.
His blouse!
Bah! Where?
Down there.
10 moment every one had heard the
Jews and the mine was 10 stimuli. The
hiid declared that she had seen . piece
4 cloth in hole. which she could not
aise, because il was held down BY 40 enor
nous block OF coal
Whsre' they asked her again,
Sue tnrned. followed by the crowd Of
miners. Then she stopped ard hesitAt-
d
She could not fud the spot. All the
locks OF coal bled escb other, all
be cavities we're shke. oil the galleries
'ere the same. Add yet she Was sure that
be hsd seen the piece Of blue cloth.
Where the blouse was the mao must be,
wing, no doubt. and that @sn vas her
sther, aud she could not fnd him!
Cne by enc. tired Of the useless search.
ersu sded thst the poor little child vas
faz u by grief, the men withdrew sod re
nrned to their work. But they he'd hard
: taken up their pickaYcs when loud err