Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-16
THE LITTLE PAPA.

Fvgrv morning whom thc miners collect
ID around the entrance 10 thr Barnrd rf
20 answer h tho roll rall Tho lnst 90 appear
vns a tall. ioyml fellow. who lei ly tlc
hand iittir aifl of nmr or vonr.. li
Uaa Michel p-rron aud his daughter
When evening came, she was the iIrst at
Tho entrance 81 tho pic, whcnrc Michel
pofrnn rnma out nrst nlwnys Sc when
leaving her. Do falad Tho child in DIS
arms, aud slo clunr tlosclytn him. crying
ioyfully "purn"
a miner I'D taken fancy ono day 10
hold her rldaa To- The rd.ni ~ the pit when.
rocoIiine from che uhscurc gult black a.
far NJ the eve could sro. she had sprung
back viii. q cry n terror
"pa.n rurs down thcrc. she thought
"supposn be- should not oomo h1clf'
Tint day. when Michel Ind ilkcn hrr
In BIZ arms Tor the fnr'woll carcsa, sho
aald trcmhllnsly IN % half vhiTfr
"You will come hnct. will you noti'
as always, little ono
Could any onc-could you--dio down
there"
"Be Tranquil. " aid Michel. smiling ~
will not die without telling thee uf Do"
one Jay tho runor sfrand suddenly that
an explosion " hni damp had iu.t 0ccuftod
In les time tlinn " takes tn tcii % th-cn.
trance ~ the licmri pic wits thwrrd
Excited crowds rushed fruih every dlrc'
ton.
The daughter " Michel ran about her
hair stramirg In the wind in thr mid.t
Of tho debris which had boon brought frlm
the mine crying. "pnrui pnpa' papal'
Her father wns not among ihn doad
Confidence ruiuruci tn her Sl' rrnw calm
and sought him among tho living No
body had scon her father
Of the no miners who had gnnc down IN
The morning o. had assembled and 10
wrrc dead ono was missing N was
Michel She recalled suddenly that ono
morning her father Ind said to her "iwlll
not dc without telling tho,
1hey smye hur little attention. In 20
hours they had exhausted every mcaus
without doubt th0u was something
strungc In this dlappfafancc. Liking or
dend. they ought To have found Michel.
and they had not found him.
For A. hour Mile pnpa, ns tho miners
called her, hal waited foyorishly, hut with.
out growing weary. AZ every human form
thnt appeared at tho cntrnnon Tho started
mp, and. not recognizing tho onc that sho
awaited shn sat down again with % pso-
found Sigh.
Tho third day tho child was silli ~ tho
entmuco ~ tho pit
I've must put an end 90 This " mid tho
chief cnglncr and approaching her no
.aid. "ilo reasonable, littlo one %
"Pnpal scok papai'
"Alasi lie Is dead.
Nor
sha uttoful this "No" with such energy
thnt the engineer wns struck by IT,
why mott" he said.
'IIc would hnyo told mo
"poor littlo thingi" murmurod tho en-.
ginocr, and be made a Sign that sho should
hc taken away
They took her away and srnt hcr under
oarr 90 tho school. An hour later she was
at the Dc,lard pit and clluyiug 10 Tie en-
ginccr she rpCatcd
II want 10 70 down. ! will lind him. %
The engineer was Kind hcariod fellow.
1lc had pity ON her, and taking her IN his
arms stepped on the platform and gayothc
signal for dcsocnt
When they wcro down, she dlfungngc,l
herself and nan away crying Papal
PAPA"
Questioning tho mon whom she knew,
striking with her little lists the black wall
pncssing her sar closn 20 n, pccplng int
the lnnst cioft and thrnstinR her hands Ia
calling always "papa' Papa"
The engineer give orders that sho should
10 taken hack "a tho HchoOlhonso aud kept
them. orders nlso that II shc nprcard nj
tho lierard pit sho would not b. allowed &
a. L. Al
without thinking NJ all of her, ho was IN
apcrtlng tho working ~ tho mine. whcf
81 iclt himself suddUnly seized hy the cuat
IL WIS Milo lhpa She had for the socout
time escaped irum the schuolhnuse
Tho little "papa' sought always sud
deuly they saw her run, pale trembling
ohokcd. She cried '"fhcru' 1horr pupar
"Nhur' Where" said.a miner
''Iiis hlousof'
she rotraocl her stops followed by oycry
body, hcsltntcd stopled, turned again.
She could not ind tho place ngain. Al
tho blocks OF cnnl looked alike an tho lnl
lows wurc tho same, all tho galleries sim
liar and yut sho was SUN shu had forn 4
that biz 81 blue cloth
ono by one, weary of this useless scarrh
persuaded that tho pour little giri was dis
tfaNhh ~ Aff kfltlf ANt ilNu AuiiNu AVA
end went hack ~ their work. but haulll
had they had timo 20 take up the pick O
che mAttncs than a dfspairlng cry rronllo,
them
Tho little girl, painting, her cycs fixed
her lips apart, her hand Ia q hollow In III
wall, cried.
u hold ~ hold ~"
They moved her aside. they looted
Yes II was q bit ~ oloth-of blue cloth
II was n.hlousc. In a twinkliug the wal
was thrown down, and In dccp cxcnva
ton they saw n inhu extended. IL wa
Michel Porrun. lie lad l.rn thoru thrc
days aud three nlRhta
lilo was very low. Wg,konod by the deg
rlVntlon ~ air aud unurlshmyut, De- ruro,
cred his SENSES, only 20 faint away again
Butte month later be- wns mo. thin, hu
we'll aud rady 10 rcomumonco work.
The evening hof1ru be- WIS 90 rl dow
In tho mine Tor tho first time % grand hat
quot was given By the miners 90 Milo n.
pa Tho place Of honor was pscr,cd Z,
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