The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-02-13
IN rsE no. , NINE


Billy: ias, hsisio
Bill, s.s P.d5ys iesd mule 10 The No
z nine. hig fsstcped spinsl 9Th
philosoptic causmnstoe sr5 reputation
siit oil trespi Paddy Of hssiss vieiou'
temper.
II sint right, cried psdd,, snd ] sio''
s-sois 10 stand A. Ga. Billy, u bad lots
OF mos.y a'yos ihov shat 10 dol Well,
ia boy yen snd take yon up TO ses so'
fsss sud let you DO nosti0s bat eel etsss
sna run sroond the nsId. s'y. bos Ions
hss II bse1. Billy. sipee you sv the sty
Guess II must be oil Of seven yesrs
Billy looked cooteu pisise.
Well. never mind: thers's good time
conin come day Aad cay. Billy, u l
don't set even With Evsn Jcpes veil, yon
can sst me Tor duiiu. II won't be long
before I'm - BIZ 80 hs IL. snd then se'il
both gel even 9Th bic Yen -1y. sbstr
tue matter. Bill,i
For Billy had shaken co the DOSE bag
With . JERK. and siih esrs cooked, eFes
staring and no,trils sssps be vas looking
down the sspsssy
Whist lie bessn Paddy, aud tbep, solh
ing the air be cried. Why. ts smoke, Bal
ly
The % ule vbinnie1. snd there ws .
note Of terror in the long. low CRY.
snoks. cried Paddy sssiu. and II sin't
\ no powder smoke ueitherl Say. Billy.
she's sfrs
Down toe esngwsy they sped. Paddy
sn mystiAsd. Where could the smoke
come ifom2 There vas nothing along the
sapassy which could burn. II wss oil
rock. He stopped suddenly. borri6ed.
The cir current hsd changed. He wss 10
sn outtske. 4 at the sir vas rusbing 10
vsrd. snd it vas bringing the smoke Bot
Why should II come into the outtske? II
but a. be asked himself the question
Paddy knew what bad happened, Some
one hsd left the door open, and The divert
cd air current was swesping Ito the work
inss, carrying tie smoke With it
Billy pulled at the restraining hsn6,
bat sssio they dashed forwsrd, and again
they stopped, for Paddy wss cryins;
The sbit,, Billy The shiiil They is 10
there, They don't know, Bill. They
will be killed.
Far up the gsplwsy sid ct one side in
remote working the inside foremsn snd
thrty men bad gone in the early morning
TO block 90 old opening. Paddy knes
What thai mesnt They wsre isolsted,
aud the en- ke would not reach them until
the very last BY that time the surround
ina chsmbe would be 80 iull OF 1t that es
c,pe would be impossible.
This flashed through P.ddy's mind be
fore be could bring Billy to stop. al
most wi,hou, thinking be I'D determined
what TO do There we're two tbin's he
could 10 moment or two reach = safe
place or be could 20 back into the tmoke
and warn the men. He might be over
come before be could and them only TO die
10 their company, bat he did no. think OF
these things With pull be TUNED Bill
ly around.
You've got to help me, Billy be cried.
| can't resch them alone. Billy sbivered
and vhinnied.
Cliueiug around the male's neck, be
choked snd essped for breath. II seemed
.hs. with each Inhalation liquid Ere pour
cd down bic throat. while bis eyes, though
closed. we're like balls oi fire. How II wss
iariug with Billy. Paddy did not know.
dc fels the mule gasp % be stumbled
along, md once when Billy stopped. trem
bling. end mosned ont bis agony 10 long
scresm Paddy hsd oil be could
do 10 smother the sobs 10 his own throst
and urged the mule on. At lest, and ii
seemed an age, the sn oke grew lighter,
Tor they we're ontrscins 1t, and the fur
ther they got from the entrance TO the
eaoswN the lighter II beosme. Then
.bey reached the spot where the eide
working com me need, Billy dashed down
the narrow opening and. With long gasp.
drank 10 great eulps oi the comparatively
O unt.ioted air. Then on they sped until
Paddy knew be vas close TO the working
in which the men we're. Could be find
.heui Moch their lives snd his de
pended on bis quichness.
He slipped Of Biilys back snd dashed
from one opening into soolhor. strsinine
his eyes 10 zee any faint slimmer OF hight
de found himself cous hing snd knew thst
the heading VS. gradually 6iiipg With the
smoke. We, be bad not found trace Of the ,
men. He cried 10 bis sexstion aud then
shoa.ed 10 The otter v.inness OF bis efforts.
His eyes and bis ihrost we're beginning TO
smart sesin. and biz bres,h vac short He
s,otYsd bic han ikerobief 10 his mouth, bat .
Ina relieI wss slight. 0oce or twice be hsd
10 stop aud Iesn sesipst the rough rib OF
tbs besdiug, bat be stumbled on sgsin. ,
Tn 10 almost ~ be Tell into 10 ops ning he !
az lisht. Gstherins all his strength, be
r.ised bis yolce 10 long shout. There
ssme no snsuef a
Hurrfl D.reefi
Then they cane With rush. There
sss 20 need TO ssk questions. The work
pa. we're already fllinG vito sma ke. snd
be msu dropped everything snd ran. oas
y ooe they passed Paddy. Az The lsss !
,ps psuei the boy be shouted bscE: 4
Tell the bossl il
Tell the bossi Tell tbe bossl The
: ord. rsps 10 P.ddys esrs like the rosr OF
|, s.tsff.il. All Of opce cold snd inqoit A
se noss sss thrust into hs face. IL Gas
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