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


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sttfIusl.d that 10 sens shook or Other
VIA, hss ths, to DO With -.ith the t.,
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Tor moment. turned dsun the ligbs sDc
then cane and sat do~n, spreading BIZ
hsuds over The hre. Tao rings' Etsoi
ly, ous i' To. ring I pat on her hassi
shen married Der. tae second ss puI
thtre By shother man sad Wlll stay there
40 long So the frst
| NsVtr mibd now. said ] His v0les bsd
ttaled oH hosliIy had no iiss there
sss any ttssic slemsnt behind the fact
Tragloi Heavens 1t wss more than
tbst. Arthur, be whispered, turning up 3
drawn face. asver mssnt TO touoh upon
IT, bu. when you spoke II came back With
rush as vivid a II had sssn standing
at the mouth OF the old north shaft sgain.
And that Was siI years seo.
You've beard me speak st least, OF the
mine itseli the Langley Mine, in Darby
shire. bad only besn assistant surveyor
81 the pits there tor sbont ulLe months
when II happened. At . o'clock that
morning, Arthur, three Of us stepped into
the cage old Jin Halliday. the foreman,
his son jim, and myseli; the men had
gose down so hour before. shall never
forget that Young Jlm's sweetheart had
walked over TO the pit With bin, ~ she 90
smionslly did. They we're to bs married
IA . week or two, aud She aud she had on
her finger the ripg that be had bought 10
Dsrby the day beiore-just Tor ssfsty's
sake, or perhaps out OF w0nany pride
| reoolleet that just as the ohsiu clsnked
and the winter sunshine was disappearing
overhead. lie shouted out third Good-by.
10 her little dreaming that it was to be
sosdby Little snos b old Halliday sud
| thought that days would elspss before
Ts emerged into Gods sunlight sgsinl
A new vein had been bored the year be
lore and then abandoned because 1t ran in |
he direction OF the river. We three bad |
lad instructions To widen il for q space Of |
100 y.rds-s piece OF work that bad occu
,od us nearly = month. Old Jim picked
md young Jim wheeled the sosl away to
he nearest gallery. from whsre il Was osr
led over rails 10 the bottom OF the main
hait.
Well, by 4 o'clock that afternoon We
sleulsted roughly that We hal reached
he limit laid down.
! think ls's as near 50 possible, Mr.. Oar
on. old Halliday said, Jim. give smother
cunt, we don't want the water coming TO-
Jim went bssk. We could hear him
inging out the PAGES 10 bis hight hearted
ashton as be returned, bis voice schoipg
hrough the long galleries. Two sixty
ins pooh you're miles of 1t, dsdi he
las only ,cors OF yards fl. though.
'vo sixty nine-,wo seventy four. lPll
llow full tsenty yet, | reckon.
He had Just finished his count when
ut there no man could properly describe
!, II was somsthing one had to rsslizs
,r himself before be could understand 9
are hall Of the sudden terror that whitsn
a our lips aud seemsd to bring our
carts to stsndstilL There was . rum
ling 10 one OF the distsnt galleries and q
ckeuing trsmble OF the ground snder ,
cath US, then then the most psrslyz
n sound, ! DO believe, that is to be heard
this world. How or why it happened is 4
to be placed among the host OF |
nsolved mysteries; but there was one I
-inding. spIlnteriug roar, . though the q
nth bad split into pieces
Before We could stir hand or foot 10 .
We ourselves, before We could even take /
tina, al explosion bad occurred while t
e were guarding sgsinst smother sort OF .
sngsr down thundered . mass OF coal, a
ns upon tons Of it. that blocked up tbs
lly passage Leading 10 the shaft. IL just
sched Jonng jim; s.snding where he =
d, be vas s,ruek dovn-ws heard bis '
reech stinsd bsnssth ths debris. For .
,out five more seconds the earth sssmsd O
be hssving and thrsstspiag universal q
Isos then oil became still sss tomb. {
A ioubl We had orr amps, old Jin .
"a I looked and saw that We were cut q
from the res. Of the world. Q
What happsned beIt hardly know, .
Is s.upihed With The shoeh. sisk With = I.
ortsl fear Of death. He and stood /
sring nulsly At s.eh other. The only
ins reeolect !, ths. hls iscs wn gray o
usrblssn1 thGts ilas Of ireth stood Il
lis lips u
Hs vas the fret 70 Dome back to ssnse A
= gave one choEiag cry Of Jinlssi .t.g G
red lorssrd 10 that black pile. The
y. hanj was sticking out from the bot u
N Of Il, clntehug cotvulsivsly 81 moth b
2. | ssLk dosu snd watched, 10, sort u
drssry isosiu.tion. /. old Jin, ultsring Il
snss enss, tore at the mas 10 q mad
'pzy. God bslp bin jim wu the -
ly tbiog be bad 10 The world u love n
fa.a tE.n