The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-13

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Kate, something Expresses me
Something is going to happen on the
morrow. Should you care il i met
my death in the miner"
She laughed lightly.
Not at ALL"
Without n word he turned and
walked away. She watched his figure
vanishing in the light of the silver
sun.
"Fooll" she said. HAS he not
yet learned that no man on earth
may drive me?"
Then she went into the house and
stood thoughtfully near the window
where were many flowers. She heard
a step behind her and began to hum
softly.
Art light-hearted, lass?" said her
fathers voice, and the next moment
she was in his arms. He looked at
her proudly, with her noble figure,
her strong arms and her broad, hand
some face-a true woman OF the
people, a daughter Of the mines.
"Weel, thou art no featherweight,
lass" he remarked, and then escap-
ing from him, she went into the
kitchen, where he heard her moving
about, still humming to herself.
There was a knocking on the window.
Turning she saw the Norwegian and
smiled pleasantly. Then he came in
and asked permission to sit down and
watch her preparations for supper.
This she granted and his eyes bright
ened as he followed her with his gaze.
The light fell upon her hair and there
was a strange look upon her face.
VIII you not stay to support"
she asked.
He assented eagerly. Half an hour
later Geoffey, passing by, saw them
all three sitting together, chatting
gaily. With n curse he turned away
and for hours tramped over the snow
in the darkness.
On the day following, Geofry and
the Norwegian were working on the
footwall on the third tier from the
level mining out the fourth tier UNI
derhand. This portion of the mine
Ilud thNtu III bht year DItNlouS anu
the rooms were filled and the posts
more or less crushed, so that great
care was necessary in taking out the
pillars. They had worked out one lot
Of sets on the east side OF the pillar
and were engaged on the one next to
it. In mining these crushed pillars,
sets Of smaller dimensions are used
in order that very little ground should
be opened at one time without tim
Der. Here the ground was SO soft
that laths were driven to support the
back until the timber could be put
in. This particular set was nearly
out and n prop and head board had
been erected to support the laths,
this prop resting on II plank laid
across the tagging Of the set below.
Geoffry and the Norwegian were work
ing silently, but now and then they
gazed ~tFrtively ut each other. The
heart of the Englishman was full of
insane jealousy and he vas not him
self that morning. After his long
walk the evening before he had drank
until daylight, and now with the
liquor working in his brain, mad de-
sires chased one another through his
mind and he regarded the Norwegian
with the glance Of wild beast-a look
that impelled the latter to the greatest
caution. Never once did he turn his
back to the Englishman never once
was his attention detracted from his
danger. Like two dumb brutes, filled
with savage impulse, the primal wish
of man to kill, they worked side by
side in the narrow place. The Nor
wegian moved to the other end where
work was necessary, when suddenly
he slipped. With n hoarse cry the
Englishman sprang forward with up
lifted implement to brain his fallen
antagonist, when suddenly there was
n crashing behind them; the frame
work gave way huge masses Of ore
and rock descended with n rumble
like an avalanche. The Englishman
stood stock still, thinking his last day
had come; in n moment he was frozen
like IA statue. When he recovered his
senses he heard the groan of the Nor
wegian and saw that he was pinned
to the earth by masses of ore. Has
tening to him, as best he might, he
removed the ore from the crushed
body, which he took in his arms and
bore TO the other end of the chamber
in which they We're literally en-
tombed. The Norwegian was groan-
ing in the greatest pain and Geoffry
lifted his head and pressed his flask
to the lips of the dying man, whose
eyes never even in his agony left
those OF the other. While before the
picture was that Of primal man, born
TO kill, TO STAY, to annihilate, now 1t
was n picture of that human brother
hood which lies deep down beneath
all evil desires and toward which the
young world is struggling and strug-
Cling. Into the eyes Of the Norwe-
gian the Englishman was gazing. Both
were members of the same fraternal
working order. The breath of the
dying man anne in gasps, shorter