The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-03-08

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he passed nerso sly through his hair,
while his features worked convusive.
ly she, with figure erect and blaz
ing eyes. confronted him
III that is your last word, good.
by. he said 'Tell your Nor rwegiau
to look out or I will kill him"
perhaps he's better man than
YOU"
Don't drive me too hard with
your tongue"
Next time you think TO win
sweetheart, learn how to treat her"
Kate, something oppresses me
Something Is going to happen on the
morrow. should you care IL l met
my death in the mil
She laughed lightly.
"Not at all"
without word he turned and
walked hastily away. She watched
I his tgure vanishing in the light Of
/ the silver sun
Fool" she said 'TTas he not yet
/ learned that no man on earth may
| drive me?"
The following day Gcotfry and the
Norwegian were working on the foot.
/ wall on the third tier up from the
/ level mining out the fourth tier un.
/ dcrhand. This portion of the mine
/ had caNed in the year previous and
the rool were filled and the posts
more or le crushed, so that great
| care was necessary IL 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
timber Here the ground was so soft
that laths were driven TO support the
back until the timber could he put
IN. This particular set wa, nearly
out and prop and head board had
been erected 10 support the laths,
this prop resting on plank laid
across the tagging OF the set below.
GeotIry aud the Norwegian were work
ing silently, but now and then they
ga2ed furtiyely AZ each other The
heart OF the Englishman was full of
insane jealousy and he was not him.
self that morning. After his talk
the evening before he had drank un.
I'll 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 "A wild beast-a look
that impelled the latter to the great.
! 4 h,
his back 70 the Englshman; never
once was his attention detracted from
his danger. Like two dumb brutc>
Tiled with savage impulse, the primal
wish Of man TO k,ll 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 q
hoarse cry the Engishman sprang
forward vita uplifted implement
10 brain his fallen antagonist,
when suddehIf there was Il crashing
behind then' ne framework gave
avaY; re and rncs
avalahche. The E1glishman stood
stock still, thinking mis- last day had
come: in moment he was frozen
like a statue. When he recovered
his senses he heard the grOan OF the
! Norwegian and saw that he was
pinned TO the earth by masses OF ore.
llaStening 10 him, Il, best he might,
he removed the orc from the crushed
body which he took in his arms and
bore TO the other end OF the chamber
in which they were literally en-.
tomhcd. The Norwegian was groan.
ing in the greatest pain aud GcolIry
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 10 Kill, To slay to annihilate,
now II was a picture OF that human
brotherhood which lies deep down he.
Meath all evil desires and toward
which the young world is struggling
ana struggling, Into the eyes OF the
Norwegian the Englishman was gal.
ing Both were members OF the same
fraternal working order. The breath
Of the diving man cane in gasps,
shorter and shorter; the light faded
from those deep-set eyes and the form
became stilf. GeOtlry's rival was
dead. The EngiShman, shut up in
that horrible pri on, thew himself
upon the body and wept. How long
he remained thus he never knew, for
what arc periods when anguish an.
initiates time--when the lines OF the
poet 'Out OF space, out of time" give
ii certain divinity 10 human nature,
GcoiIry did not suffer from suloca.
tiOn. Although shut out from the
world by what seemed solid wall "A
draft OF air was apparent and it was
evident There were crevCeS some
where
Meanwhile the news OF the dis
lSter had spread far aud wide. The
captain was busy over his books in
his o I cc and near him sat bonny
Kat Why did she come? Was il
to catch glimpse OF the Norwegian
rs he emerged from the shaft? Was