The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-08
You belong

Il will not
Coward. shall hate YOU"
at is as well since you do not love
me-
AT last | understand you. / de-
spise you now that | know you. Let
go of my arm. 1t IS the part OF q
man t. exert brute strength owe a
woman. | believe you are coward
enough to strike IA woman
What"
lie released her arm and stood he
fore her, pale is death. enc hand
he passed nero sly through his hair,
while his features worked c%onvulsivc-
ly. >hc, with igure erect and blaz-
ing eyes. confronted him.
If that i your last word, good
by. he said. Tell your Norwegian
to look out or / will Kill him
'perhapS he's a better man than
YOU"
Don't drive me too hard with
your tongue"
Next time you think to win a
sweetheart, learn how to treat her.
''kate, something Expresses me.
omcthing is going TO happen on the
morrow. Should you care if l met
my death in The mlne:"
She LAUGHED lightly.
"\Ot at all"
Without a word he turned and
walked hastily away. She watched
h : iigur, vanishing in the light of
the silver sun.
'.Fool."n she said. elias he not yet
learned that no man on earth may
drive me-"
The following day GeOtiry and the
Norwegian were working on the foot
wall on the third tier up from the
level mining Out the fourth tier UNI
derhand. This portion of the mine
had caved in the year previous and
the roo 5 were filled and the posts
more or les crushed, 50 that great
care was necessary IL taking out the
pillars. They had worked u one
lot Of sets on the east side of the
pillar and were engaged on the one
next 10 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 50 soft
that laths were driven 10 support the
back until the timber could lie put
n. This particular set was nearly
Out and Il prop and head board hau
been erected to support the lath>,
this prop resting on a plank laid
across the laggiug OF the SET below.
Geoliry and the Norwegian were work
ing silently. hut now and then they
galed lurtiyely az each other. The
heart Of the Lnglishman was full Of
insane iealousl and he was not him-
self that morning. After his talk
the evening tc!Ore lie had drank un-
til dayl ght and now with the liQuJr
working in his brain, mad desires
chased n 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
est caution Never once did he turn
his back to the Englishman never
once was his attention detracted from
his danger. Like Two dumb brutcs.
Tiled with savage impulse. the primal
wish Of man to XII, they worked side
by side III the narrow place. The
Norwegian moved to the other end
where work was necessary, when
suddenly he slipped. With a
hoG>e cry The Eng.I>hman sprang
forward vita upliltcd implement
70 brain his fallen antagonist,
when suddenly there was a crashin!
behlnd them: the framework gave
away: huge masses OF ore and rock
descend d win a rumble like an
a%yalaache Tie Enelishman stood
stock It'll, thinking his last day had
come. in a moment lie was frozen
H1c a statue heu lie recovered
his SENSES he heard TN groan of the
Norwegian ANA saw that ne was
pinned 70 the earth by misses Of ore.
fastening to him, Il best he might.
he removed The ore rom 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. Ihe Norwegian wa, grOan.
ing in the g:eatc,t pain and Geoffrv
ilted hi, head and pressed his flask
the lips OF tie DIVING man, whose
t,e> never even IN lis agon} left
those OF the other. While before
the picture was that of primal man,
born TO Kill, 10 STAY. 10 a~nnihilate,
now 1t was a picture Of that human
brotherhood which lies deep down lie.
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
fratetndi wUTkIn- order. The breath
OF the diving man Gaze in gasp>,
shorter and shorter: the light faded
rom those dccp-set eyes and the form