The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12

sn.ir than hope, Szirdelis caught up d
rough stone and smote the broken ~. :
face The blow made little noise. in .e
tone slipped from his fingers. Sn ms
hands and knees he CROPPED for II AGAIN
scraping his burned hands merclieS 70
ly. The stone was gomez no. o,
ound. Something else met ms ~, .
He grasped an iron rail-end'
some ten inches from the shattere'
rock. .-x.,,
"Gerai,- he called. ''All right.
with a small fragment he drunlnieu
upon the rail- A single tap came oaeh,
He struck a dozen more blows, anu
was answered by a jubilant saivo. i ne
picks flew at the rock again Miko'
beat in march time. and marci an
swered him; a wild tattoo brought gach
wilder iii
life had not forgotten him, after all!
The glory of brotherhood surged WITHIN
him. And in the echoing. sitting cham-
her he cheered and shouted for me
good fellows outside Maryte, croucheo
upon the track, listened almost In rear
10 this wild welcome. yet dimiy CON
scious that a man might understand
For a woman. tears and prayers were
natural to the emergency.
Blows began also upon the size 70
ward the loop" then, later, upon the
strengthened the prisoners; the girl, al
MikoI's direction. crawled to the east
ern end and beat upon the rails, signal
:vr signal
After period-long or short the cap
tiyes never knew-a faint rumble OF
voices came through the barrier al
Maryte's end of the passage. Mikol
shouted again, putting his mouth 10
one crevice after another. A faint hail
came back The picks could not strike
faster. for they had been doing their
utmost since the first signal: Dut tne
blows came nearer with every nfe
minutes.
Words could be heard, and orders
Never had man loved his mother
tongue as Mikol craved that English
He listened. every nerve alert.
"They are setting timbers as they go
| hear the orders. Now heev urr, ne
said then. That is Jim Owens, our m
! side boss: ] know the way his voice
squeaks up and down."
Hello. in there. You all right!
Szirdelis put his mouth to the crack
and roared Justify again. All rlght
Sure. No good air"
How many in there, John? hey
You verstand? One o. you boys try
him in Polish, will your"
Me no PoIander." came the triumph
ant shout. Speak English. In this
place one man, one girl. No got Ma
| lukas or woman no got"
"All right. Stand back, now"
How well you talk it Mikol! What
did they tell you?"
They sair stand back, because the
rock might roll In and hit us. They are
almost here now. God, but we should
have headaches if they were much
! longer."
Maryte laughed and cried, clinging tC
| him arm. They waited while the frs
stone crashed inward, and the second
An opening appeared near the roof
luminous in the blackness from the dull
glow of safety lamps outside. Mike
seized her elbow.
"All right. Wait minute. You take
grill" Ne called.
The picks stopped. Maryte struggled
through He followed. Willing hands
pulled him by the shoulders, drew hiIr
to the ground, and steadied him as he
stood upright. Szirdelis took a great
breath of the fresher air. craving it, al
though the pain in his head increased
| tenfold-
mo can find OF woman. You got
herr"
Dead" answered a workman in the
Lithuanian tongue.
'Malukas run out all right? Yes?"
Burnt pretty bad spoke Jim ow-
ems. the boss. But he'll get over it,"
Maybe some more people get gum
hear big fire up by shaft
Two men-not very bad. Twas a