New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13

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Must YOU always be thinking Of that fellow-of that
accident? This is not kennesbarre! :.
The woman sighed "The mine, said she, brings 1t
all back-no no. is something else, perhaps tle ar
don't know what! She let her Vciled hc"u '''N ''o
aYou're nervous: YOU need rest he said less
harshlv. "Ill send you to the springs when we get
back" .ho,1-
The fire boss returned; cleaned upon his Sioul
der With few blows he cut through and loosened the
braticc and pulled IT aside en- 3
Here the air was still hcavicr-dank, inert, full OF
decav The three little oil lamps rafting III tell od
burned duskilv BY the faint ud reflex cast around
they saw the roted beams Of the deadwork, crunDimg
away or covered with mildew and bulgng undeI 'he
nonderous masses overhead. SalactiteS OF salt hung
from the rocky roof and old rails and wooden Ties
Law half buried i'm the silt of the ancient tunnel; IN
great chamber excavatcd in wall their ligntS re-
veaed titanic of iron huge boilers ana dodlI
doned machinery covered with EARTH red with rust
cnrawlinp amid a ruin Of briCkwork and tangled pipes
coated with slime-a mute ghosty, and piteouS wreck
of power now living forgotten, dead and useless IN te
vast tomb it had once helped TO hollow. 1t was Ike the
decavcd monument Of some vanished race
"1'hese workings have been robbed, SAID the IRE
boss. shat IS most of the intermediate supporting
pillars of coal have been removed. Inc only way 10
reach the lower levels is by means OF tins slope. ,
They halted before the black, ydWilhlS nlou'h Vi "i'
a. am tired said Mrs Dunord; a will wait here
and sat down on a block OF slate.
"Vcrv well" said her husband but must go Gown
I've a plan to make Use OF these old levels And can
ms, as well 20 alone. he added turning AIavs 81
know the Of the workings by heart, H. 81, tho
The fire boss looked at Mrs. Duniord lie lTt SIe
vague terror and alarm that had attacked her If hat
is So he answered slowly, perhapS had better remain
here with the lady until you return
WITHOUT another word Lawrence Dunford made
w his difficult way down the rock encountered slope
The two left behind saw the light on hi. cap dwndle
into faint blue: then he vanished into lateral glery
far down. 1, ,ho
fire boss "hc goes another hundred feet deeper
"You have been long in the mines; asked MIS- Dun'
ford. ,,,:
"Sncc was fifteen Madam, answered Ma'N.
"And always in this mine
"No. indeed. I've been here only five years I've
worked here and there from PittSton down. Nine
wears spent in a big mine at kcnncsbarrc
at Kcnncsbarre' she exclaimed in astonshmenti
lif,inl her head suddenly 81 knew the place well;
lived there There was terrible disaster there
sixteen years ago -.
head ~ hundred and ten men were killed.
81 could not stand it," said the woman with an eX-
prossivc gesture. death was everywhere. TOO lost
a friend, dear friend. And left soon after
"Friends-it is not only in mines that we lose them
said the fire boss solcmny.
"Pcrhap> YOU may remember my incld II you were
there He was crushed death before the mine caught
fire They never found his body Hi, name was Henry
The fire boss seemed struck into rgidity; then with
an effort he asked her to repeat the name And II was
again his His eyes Wdcncd ne stepped Closer 10
the woman took of hi, cap and held 50 that the rays
fell full upon his bacicncd features "lt can be- ne
said simply because am Henry AIavi-
Mrs Dunford gave a strange, inarticuate cry which
echoed through the lonely gallery: She rose and seized
the man by the arms pccred up into his eye covered
hi beard and mouth with her hands. pushed back the
long hair from the brow, scrutinzed the fine, regular
features with her dcyouring gaze.
"Ye,. yes. You are! She cried Historically. Harry,
Harry 1t Is YOU, you-and aliye-alvc"
LIE in turn now stared upon her in the sa.ow, smoky
IL light seeking to fathom her eyes under the pro-