Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1906-07-06

have rescued my men | will demand
| that the officers of the union have
something to do with finding the hye-
mas that did do 1t"
Munro sent letter by Frank Brown
wherein he said, II can't leave here
the attack may begin at any moment
but / am on the trail, and when l dis
cover the scoundrels will deliver
them to Justice
TO this messenger Raymond said:
''TelI Jack I want to see him at the
| earliest moment. This Is not q matter
for long range adjustment. l want to
talk with him."
Brown, with true cowboy unconcern,
grinned and said: "Well, you see,
Rob, Jacks busy just now. They's a
ball on and he's floor manager for our
side"
RAYMOND was in no mood to respond
to humor. Every WELL Say to him
that when have dug my men out l
will come to him." and something In
the tone of this answer stopped the
grin on the messengers face.
Reporters drifted up, made nasty
notes and passed ON, lured by the more
important material disclosed In the OPP
position Of ranked and ready warriors
on the hill Only Dolan stayed, eager
and sympathetic, fetching coffee from
the cook house and lending such other
aid as he could, so deeply concerned
with this tragic deed that he seemed
wastefully negligent of his own affairs.
Selling. an opportunity for private
word, he began, in a low voice: "Rob,
I know who led this thing. The union
had nothing to do with it. 1t was done
by a lot of Curran's spittoon cleaners.
The fellow that Baker killed Is from
the Springs. I've seen him around
Curran's."
do you think soT
81 know it. When you want me to
tell You what / know I'll do 1t; only
not now. Wait till the militia takes
possession"
"Will the militia come? Has the
governor ordered it Out?"
"He's got to order 'em out now. He's
dead duck, anyway"
Raymond returned to his work be-
side Kelly, and together they tore at
the rocks and beams, magnificent In
their leadership. An hour later all was
ready, and into the heavy, shifting
smoke which rose from the smolderlng
debris at the first level Kelly and his
young partner descended to eXtinguish
the burning timbers, to clear away the
fallen rock and to signal to the I'M
prisoned men below.
Again and again they were forced to
lie fiat ON their faces with their lips
touching the earth In order to breathe;
but at last the smoldering material
was all hoisted, the mine cleared, and
they were able to look about them,
dizzy, but exultant. The iron beams
had caught and held a huge mass OF
rock which the conclusion had shaken
from the mouth of the mine, and to dig
through this was the task that now
confronted them; but the air OF the
shaft having cleared, volunteers thick
ened, and the exhausted leaders were
able to rest their aching limbs and lis
ten for signals.
They were nightly cheered by the
faint but unniistakable sound of knock
ing. The imprisoned ones were calling
in the well tried fashion-by hammer.
ing on the rock with their sledges
They beat cheerfully, as If seeking to
reassure their rescuers.
An hour later the rescuers could hear
the voices of those beneath, and 1t was
hardly more than midday before they
began to lift them out two by two In
the big bucket.
Ann, hearing their shouts, came down
the path with Nora to meet them. Kel-
ly's eyes were dim with tears, and
AIMS heart went out to him as he
shouted, 'They are all here, and I'M
hurt!
"But you are hurt" she asked Ray
mond, with anxious, timorOus voice,
peering at his torn and trembling
hands.
''No-only tired. How is the pa
| tient?" he asked as they started to-
ward the cabin together.
"Ife Is awake but his pulse is still
rand ami ba Is vary rasfless"
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