Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-09

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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 PEG
pie. daughter Of the mines. 'Weel,
| thou art no feather weight. lass be
remarked, and then escaping 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
10 sit down and watch her preparations
for supper This she granted and his
eyes frightened as he followed her
with his gaze. The light fell upon her
upon her face.
''Will you not stay to supper" she
asked.
He assented eagerly. Half an hour
later Geoffry. passing by. saw them
Ill three sitting together, chatting gay
~. With curse he turned away and
for hours tramped over the snow n
the darkness
/ On nncnp,hcr 90 tho 1av fnIln,yinr
Gcoilry and the Norwegian were work
ing on the footwall on the third tier
up from the level mining out the fourth
tier underhand. This portion of The
mine had caved in the year previous.
and 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 pill
lar. and wcrc engaged on the next to
! it. III mining these crushed pillars
sets Of smaller dimension are used. in
order that very little ground should be
opened at one time without timber
Here the ground was so soft that lathS
were driven TO support the back until
the timber could be put in. This par
ticular set was nearly out, and n prop
and aboard had been erected to
support the lathS. this prop resting on
u plank laid across the tagging of the
set uClOW. GcOitry and the Norwegian
were working silently, but now and
4 then they gaZcd furtiyely at each
ether. The heart of the EngliShman
was full Of insane jealousy. and he
l1t 4 A
his long VAIN the evening before, ne
had drunk until daylight. and now.
/ with the liquor working in his brain,
mad desires chased one another
! through his mind and he regarded the
Norwegian with the glance of Il wild
beast-a look that impelled the latter
to the greatest caution. Never once
did he turn his back to the English
man: never Olcc was his attention de-
tractcd from his danger.
4 Like two dumb brutcS. filled with
savage impulse. the primal wish of
man to kill, they worked side by side
in the narrow place. The Norwegian
moved to the other end where work
was necessary. when suddenly he
slipped. With u hoarSe cry the Eng
i lIsh!nan SprlnG forward with uplift2d
implement to brain his fallen ;lntagon-
ist. when suddenly there was q crash
/ ing behind them: the framework gave
! way: huge masses of ore and rock de
Seconded with Il rumble like an ava
lanchc. The EngliShm III stood stock
still, thinking his last day had come;
in moment he was frozen like a
T ~ Il COS
he heard the groan Of the Norwegian
and saw that he was pinned to the
earth by masses of ore. fastening 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
were literally entombcd. The Norwe-
| gian was grooming in the greatest pain
and Gcoffry lifted his head and press
cd his flask to the lips of the dying
man, whose eyes never in his agony
left those of the other. While before
j the picture was that of primal man.
born to kill, to SIay. to annihilat-. now
( it was a picture of that human brother
hood which lies deep down beneath Ill
evil desires and toward Which the
Young world is struggling and StruS-
Cling.
Into the eyes of the Norwegian the
EngliShman was gazing. Both were
members of the same fratcrnal work
ing order. The breath of the dying
man came in gaSpS, shorter and short
er; the light faded from those deep
set eyes and the form became stiff.
Geoffrys rival was dead. The Eng
IliShman, shut UP in that horrible prison,
threw himself upon the body and wept.
How long he remained thus he never
knew. for what are periods when
anguish annihilateS time-Wlen the
lines Of the poet. "Out of space, out
of time" give Il certain divinity to hui
uan nature. Geoffry did not suffer
from suffoca ton. Although shut out
from the world by what seemed solid
wall Il draught of air was apparent and
it was evident there We're crevices
somewhere.
Meanwhile the news of the disaster
had spread far and wide. The captain
was busy over his books in his little
office and near him sat bonny kate
Why did she come? Was it TO eater
, a glimpse Of the Norwegian as ht
emerged from the shaft? Was love
: then, so impatient? 4 man covered
t with dirt and CRIME rushed into tn
office.
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