Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-11-06
OLD MARK HAVERLY.

uslebfr lie was noleu lot ms SitV' "et
-, - business and superstitions. One
~. comrade was passing, and Mark
sai,od him NIP with: "Jack, do you hear
.sar noise-a sort Of grinding sound that
a,,ss and poesg Harkl Can't son hear it
nowg' .,.o,n
CTS Just like any machinery makes
40 M Jack: it don't belong to the ma
,btnery. it's voice, | tell you, from the
s.fsr world I've heard that sound for /
aays now. and it means death, death
close at hand" ~
right -, ,ho
Tbe other passed on and went down the
Me- Mark. meanwhile bent his ear to
XIV machinery. and out Of the indlstln-
,,isbable din Of a dozen sounds caught
I'M. strange noise which had such an iniiu-
once mon him, heard il constantly above
,H.clank of levers. the roar OF wheels ana
tbali.s Of steam Presently bell SOUND
.tb iss side Il was the signal from the
Sn15 leyel 10 hoist the cage He pressed
tbe lever and the great reel began to "hlfl
M cable from the lower depths Ills eye
followed the long finger OF the indicator
all slowly pointed out the stations pass
n The Gaze had almost reached the TOP
when the horrible grinding noise Ike
iuoan from the grave, came from the ma
rhinfry AT his side The sound made ms
ysins melt. lie turned his head toward
tbe spof. ,huddering, while his hand as II
J,.ned the lever was like chid's. me
eage shot up from the shafts mouth; ne
crashed the lever and threw his weight
unon the break. Too late: the cage rushed
into the "sheayes."
The floor Of the cage became vertical as
81 struck the wheel The cable stretched
under the fearful strain and then snapped
Ikea thread, and the cage fell back 70 inc
shafts mouth Three Of its occupants had
leaned upon the timbers and hung suspend
ed, the other two had made the same ieap'
uttheir fingers slipped from the shnly uih'
hers made so by the long contact Win lhe
yapors from the mine, and they iell one
after the other headlong down the smart
Meanwhile Mark had stopped ms engine
resumed his coat, and staggered out q ti'
works On such occasions an ENGINEER
considered discharged without notlee ~
actually ceases to he in the employ OF tn'
company when the cage strikes W.
",aeayes" and such an accident makes M
discharge perpetual with every mine O
the C0mstoek.
For ne next Mftk VI wv -
about the town like a man barely III NJ
senses He finally got work under ground
Luf was oftencr found somewhere apou
b. boisfiue works. near the machinery
IIe would mt times sit for hours watehih
thework of those metallic giants, occi
sionpllv turning toward the mouth OF u
shaft with shudder, and again benalh
mt bend to catch what he called the deaf
mo,np IIiscomrades said he was "a hit
off,
one dav the writer entered into a eonNe
satiop with him. Misrepresentation haa Nc
left him Il tell you" said ne
studied everything about mine, apo,
ground and below You brutes who VIII
for the press take "A sneerlng view oil ever
thing You laugh when ! say an ehgi
gives warming of death. You ea! y
piece Of a machinery a tnlng mamma
tell YOU that il has construction III
resupcts ike a man II has lungs ~
sine,ys. and a big heart that thfops
npls,ttes. It has its fatigues from oN
work At times it whirls merilly q
work seems nothing. then II groans
labors rs il exhausted. We treat 1t as
dotbe sick. When its lungs get clogs
with scale we feed it composltioh =
makes IL well again. Il has a voice, q
roars. sings. groans, laughs ana Sous
tuu When touch a lever | ieel a M
netism such as flows from flesh ana DiV
"rbe dark levels below us are run
mysteries learn more and more q
secrets every year. You remember y
Jack Henlv died. lie tainted on the W
cape and went down the shaft a ie" &.
before IL ! noticed as worked BESIDE
how the Fame Of his candle pointed olre'
toward him like mariner nee
Wherever he moved the flame ioAoN
He didn't notice it,, but did, ana u ha
wayv. uncertain motion for day OF
One dav IL became steady ~ steady u
carved In stone knew tie Crisis Was
Jar of. We came up on the cage, a.
PASSED the first station the lame oul
low. and ut the twelve-tifty station u
almost gone suddenly il went ou'; :
reeled back against the timhers ana
twisted under the cage at once IL was
moment heard his dreadful cry
out as his bones were crushed between
stage floor and the timbers' anu me-
shot down the shaft.
Hawkins. who used to WORK lot
Cowau, had the same klnu Oh ""l
Wherever he worked shadow KIP.
10 him ON the rock. His lantern inad'
SHADOW. Dllh LAAlS W a. q ~
one and had separate notions an an
seemed to get blacker every SIM
worked till a blast tore away his ches
have seen "A mans light blow OUT an
a sort of will-o'-the wisp, keep right
his head. Such a man had better ie'''
mines at once.
when worked in the Savage Us
see shift Of specters working mos
orally at the foot of the incline gu.
times in the east drift of the seventy
There was about half dozen Oh
work as a rule, but sometimes mort
would pick away in the face Of tn ls
and make no sound, and pale iishts oI
at their sides. When the O'Clock W
blew in the morning they would YAM
"Once ! saw man sitting down
sieps of the incline He was II my
and touched him on the shoulder
ems. how / sprang back; for there "