The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-07-08

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VIA No bat b. got 90 infihs than the
! third i'm. Thsi, perhaps sS sbosi =
s'cleek. bot 90 could keep % eonui Of
10. tn., % my v.leb bad asppsi, Hour
.,lst boar mat have soas by add aiil
: old jim eat With raid isoe snd staring
8 eyes, oI..riug bs hari.n. 10 eli prohs
bilily It VAS morning sboss sEeund b.
lore st last be spoke.
How iuus eco ws bold cot Mr. Cauodi
Tn AFRAID to 20 on. ". been Goddess
msn all ny lime.
Ih.i roased ne. / examined our posi
tin ssrsipIIy. The passsss vas ssou,
eight ysrds vide ., this point, and meas
uted sbsnt twenty psoss from the cad TO
ubtrs that solid vsll OF coal blocked our
path 10 the outu world A the bore ran
level With tts loot Of the north sbsit, We
ser. about forty feet bslsv t1s>elsE sur
i.os We had 90 food, snd ouf sups
wonld burn. say. spothsr hvs or air hoan,
While tns srssihios cir. bot and ssssous
.ltesdy. would probably bssonS&0sAaurs
tls before the evening came, TEA vas
eur situstian and lot any man conceive .
worss be can. Our ,lesdsr chance OF
escape at tbs bs.t left perhaps the sptlrs
passage vas not blocked aud We might
force our way to the main gallery, was
nol afraid Of death 10 the vsy that 1t |
comes to most people, bat | was afraid 10
meet the struggle With 1t there. We
.prsng TO the tssk, Wild 1t the thought
that those lev hours OF stupor might have
msds sll the difference
You can que" what happened and Why.
after long spell OF fighting TO brssk
through that terrible wall. old Jim threw
himself down with srosn and rsiused TO
go oo. As fast ~ ws loossned Que mas,
smother crashed down in its place; ct tue
end OF our desperate sttempt We were
hall ohoksd and blinded with dust, our
hsnds wsre raw and We had made scarce
any beadwsy. Barely. too. bad vs given
up the work - hepsless whom my lamp
aicksrsd out: half an hour later, old Jim's
followed suit,
Total obliyionl As | sat and oontsm
plated our fate, . fsintness OF mingled
hunger and despair crept over ne.
Youog Jim. quits ssill, was propped mp
sesinst the wall close by. Withis . few
feet OF me sat his father; at times be
would start up and shrek ont in name I
less terror at others be would catch up
bis pick and hack vt ths wslls with tbs J
fury OF nspi,c, Aud worse WAS TO /
come. Q
think must have tainted. l do not d
seem to recollsot any more until the mo '
neEt when l became conscious OF ny u
mates hard breathing over me. snd OF !
the isot that his hand was feeling Cor, 80 t
1t seem I'd for my throat dashed away, .
papiiGg under the sh oak Of this new hor '
ror. Q
Jim. | gsspea for Heavens ssks keep
ssnei If we're to go. lat us die like men y
No answer; heard him crawling away a
and that was sll. Tho dad silence was b
only broken by q faint triokling sound. i
Yes; l put my hand to the o
level and found half an inch OF water and v
hotter and stiHing grew the atmosphere.
Praying hard TO myself, | realize now d.
that should no help come, only . few
hours could live bstwiIt us and the end "
And thsn-od Jim might 60 6rst and /
should be left. Nay. was already prse 81
iically alone; the lear that was slowly
whitening my hair had turned old Jims
Drsin.
He suddenly sent up peal OF dslirious
sughtsr. Nststi Who says w.tsri dl
Why. mates, Tm swimming in i'll Here j
goI .. 10
Presently he began creeping round TO y,
Ind me. could hssr him coming, by NJ
,is lsborsd respiration and ths swisbiag u
Il the oozs ~ he moved. Round and
ouud tbs spsoe We wsnt stsslthily, until 10
It last he made a ounning rush and caught U
ne by the sbkis, Got hini He yelled de
t with a glse that was unmiststsbls vi
More words could never convey the ssn
alton OF that moment. Half suiiocstsd. OF
,ast all ordinary fear, closed With my N
,oor old msts and We went staggering to Ii
I'D fro across our prison. sntil at last | tic
managed to throw him ~ that Lls head pr
truck heavily sgsinst the wall. After VI
hat be lay quite still. | believed at the 4
Ime that | had killed him. but We knsw pr
fterssrd that il y. that blow which pre-
srved his reason. Va
Ths rest can be told in few words. my
1 or that lay there like one 10 drssm
'hils the psstilsntisl air slowly did its 10
tork. Sometimes fsncied could feel Tor
ool brstz,s blowing down on me and OF al.
thers heard ,oms one telling me TO waks |
p, for that the whistls had sounded =, NJ,
b. pitt. Hos long lay so | can only to
oujscturs. Irsslly knew nstbiH more 90,
ntil was roussd by the souod'~ that pri
osl barrier crashing down b iere the ten
icks and spsdss OF . dozen rcscners,
I'd the hubbub from dozen ihrosts % "a
hey broks isto our tomb. olu
Oaly last 10 tins. Old Jim's face was Ih
nlr last out Of the ~s,er sud they said DE-,
,si DO human being could have lived in OF
,,t atmosphere for smother two hours ns,
ni Yong Jlmi-well, there was last sai
aoush lie left 10 him 10 hst three dsys. OF
I'll The snd Of that third day. ! hep, 90,
ny bed; aud then thsy sent to ne tAst sta
. was going. bat that be wished TO zee NJ
% hst r.scbes the house jos, 10 time snt