The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-08-20

smaller dimension are used, In order
that very little ground should be Open
ed at n 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 particular
set was nearly out, and u prop and
head-board had been erected to support
the laths, this prop resting on a plank
laid across the tagging of the set below.
Geoffry and the Norwegian were work
ing silently, but now and then they
gazed furtively at each other. The
heart Of the Englishman was full Of
insane jealousy, and he was not him
self that morning. After his long walk
the evening before. he had drunk until
daylight, and now, with the liquor
working in his brain. mad desires chas-
ed 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 greatest eau
ton. Never nee did he turn his back
to the Englishman; never once was
his attention detracted from his dan
ger.
Like two dumb brutes. filed with
savage impulse, the primal wish of a
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 a hoarse cry the English
man sprang forward with uplifted i'm
plement to brain his fallen antagonist,
when suddenly there was q crashing
behind them ;the framework gave way;
huge masses of ore and rock descended
with a rumble like an avalanche. The
Englishman stood stock still, thinking
his last day had come; in a 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.
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 entombed.
The Norwegian was grooming in the
greatest pain, and Geoffry lifted his
head and pressed his flask to the lips
of the dying man, whose eyes never 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 a picture of that human
brotherhood which lies deep down be-
meath all evil desires and toward which
the young world is struggling and strug-
Cling.
Into the yes of the Norwegian the
ETglishman was gazing. Both were
members of the same fraternal working
ORDER The breath of the dying man
came in gasps, shorter and shorter;
the light faded from those daep-set
eyes and the form became stiff. Geof-
fry's rival was dead. The Englishman.
shut up j n that horrible prison, threw
himself upon the body and wept. How
long he remained thus he never knew.
for what are periods when anguish an
initiates time-when the lines of the
poet, "out of space, out of time" give
a certain divinity to human nature.
Geoffry did not suffer from s%uffocation.
Although shut out from the world by
what seemed a solid wall a 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 i'm his little
office and near him sat bonny Kat.
Why did she come? Was it to catch
a glimpse of the Norwegian as he
emerged from the shaft? Was love,
then, so impatient? A man covered
with dirt and CRIME rushed into the
office.
"An accident, Captain -"
"Where?"
'On the third tier. The Norwegian,
Bnorgson, and Geoffry We're working
there"
Kate gave a cry. Her face was the
color of the paid landscape now, and
she sprang up like a deer shot to the
heart, while with %quivering lips she
gazed at the messenger of evil.
rs he-are they killed." she asked,
the words falling slowly.
There isn't much chance"
Now in the mine the men were work
ing with a will clearing away the enor-
nous masses of ore and rock. The only
chance for the men was that they were
imprisoned, not crushed, and that was a
faint hope at the best. Among the
throng of workers was Kate, who her
self worked until her strength was ex-
hausted. Gang relieved gang, and still
the great mass seemed to become i'm
prcgnable. On the second day the mel
paused, for they thought they heard
something. They listened intently. II
was a faint rapping on a timber.
"They are alive-at' least one of
them," shouted a miner. ITO work
with a will. men,"
Then Kate, aroused from her stupor,
took her place among the workers.
Back. lass said her father. "A
stronger arm is needed here"
My arm is strong, father" she said.
They gazed at her and let her have
her way.
Her s~weetheart's there" said one
Of the men.
Yes; the Norwegian"
On the third day the tapping was
fainter and then it ceased. New Years
morning they reached the men. The
Englishman was dead, apparently. Both
bodies We're taken to the surface. AT
the word dead" Kate, worn out, had
fallen unconscious. Suddenly one of
the mon who had been bending over
the Englishman shouted:
There's life here"
The captain knelt by his side and
heard the faint beating of his heart.
Garry the lad to my house." he com
manded.
When Geoffry came to himself he
was lying in a small room neal the
window. Upon the window-sill were
flowers. Bending over him was a wo,
man. Some one held his hand; lips
were pressed to his forehead; kindly,
sympathetic eyes gazcd into his, and
Their tender light bewildered him.
"Kate!'
"Gcoffry."
SIS that Won. SWeptheart9"