The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-12-16

that trcs''e. some Gay a car WI co
over on the dump"
Gallon looked up and then glanced at
Dur. ~ guess you'r re- right John; I've
Thought of that myself Things have
Kind OF gone at loose ends. Now IN
sec 90 it myself with your help. be
cause ! have something 90 say 90 you"
There comes Ruth with "a basket OF
lunch. said nDrr.
ooh. ycs. When I am away from
the house she often plcnics With me
here Ca the mine Say. Im going up
on The trcstle Have another tnlk
with Tuuhs lie is all right. but he
has got careless Toll him 90 keep mp
the slack of his cable. tell YOU
John, ! have wanted to talk 20 You
for u Ioug time, but FIRST I'm going 60
look after that cable. because I can
see YOU are right and We might have
a bad accident
As the ed wsn started into the
mine, putting onc foot nfter the other
with that careirssupss characteristic
OF mon becoming decreplf. "a man ran
ont " the mouth OF the mine waving
his arms Almost instantly follow ing
him came a pun Of gray blue smoke.
which SCARED upward ana spread out
MS n u were the blossom OF O cloud
warmed into fun bloom ny The hot
sunlight pouring down into the val
10y
Ruth let fall the lunch basket and
stared upward at that dark, murky
hole I'm the hlI Was John there
Wa. her father thcre7 She knew
that that bulky cloud blooming into
the hcaycns meant death beneath
the ground Uuwittiugly she cr'od
John" Then she remembered her
Hlial duty. and her next word, whis
percd toward TINT billowing. cddying
mass OF vaDnr was Father
Thu, do mHidens confess Co God the
secrets ~ thcir heart. hut let us see
how they conceal from men these
same sacred mysteries.
Ruth FASTENED her pace toward the
entrance ~ the mine, The shalc "a,
way under her little feet. but she
struggled upward until she reached
the t%rp>tlc. Having lived all her life
IN u mining ramp. there was mo- ter
ror fpr her On anything but falling
rock That oTusion % smoke il0at
ing over 'hc hillside seemed 90 speak
81 disaster She knew the peril of
n premature explosion. and she also
know every working OF "rhc Master
Key Aud again She wondered wh'ih.
or 10 WAS John Dorr or her father u'
both who were sitting for afr within
Ithet dark tunnel
she 1fl not see John Dorr taIbirg 90
=. the engineer below her. nor I'D Doe sec
the miner who bad just left the mine
gul WIS srramhling down On" ladder.
Her Thought was that during this noon
hour when both shifts were OF duty.
her father had gone In and accidentally
set on % blast what blasting was
done On "rhc Muster Key usually
too. place during the incoming, but ow.
ine 20 carclcssuess 60 was sometimes
thu case that all the blasts were mot
set OF. She had seen men helchcd ou.
!. % that dark hole before furious gusts
/, % rHs And yet why was the ore cal
/, inside? That, too spelled disaster.
She dropped The lunch basket and
, pulled out the pocket electric Hight
which She always carried. il buruc,
4 only o tiny hole IN the billowing smoke
I, She rushed bliudly On. trusting 20 hrr
long familiarity with the tunnel 20 FIND
a., her father.
Thus Il was that father ana daughto.
= passed each other iu the darkness
. Gallon grimly but silently cursiag On.
! awkvarducs- Of his mon. Ruth tryinl
Co. .hoEp on; the names OF the tWo mel
She loved. suddenly She came into The
free Hir The little beam % her lami