The Springdale news., 1915-10-22
CHAPTER XXxlI. The Spoil of the Pelican.


 PAVING his task of searching for
 the trouble in the mechanism Fl of the motor. Quabba slipped As-" around to the back of it and pushed the little machine with many eruutS and >traiuins efforts, from the dangerous spot near the set blast and its warning sign
 Pushing and pzntiug. be showed the heavy little machine over the water eorered uae.s~ j hundred yards or move down tGe tunnel Then he rush esl bara andgr the electric light ay the set blast and. se.z.a., the blast battery b. itS leather handle and uncoiling the lo F~ ef Wire tie asher ends of which We're fastened deep down in the blast hoes t3 t,4a s,et81.a1a r in the dynamite la..tiba s.5npeI back through the dark z5.-s and rai.el rg Esther u u tense vi4i-i-e- = come around behind the sheh.a. bulk of the motor with him. From the t.a~t taftcry box he carried frailed the length of wire that would eatfy t,e vital spark of the forces Of destruction
 Now Blair Stanley and Luke Lowell had locate1 them by the single light upon the electric motor. Tkey pressed forward with exultant shouts; then just as they reached the vide space where the blast was set at the new heading Quabba, hundred yards away and shielded. with Esther, be- hind the motor. drove the plunger Of the battery down swift and hard.
 There was deafeniHz boom and crash. q burst Of fire. tue sound of Showeyir- rocks heavy fatl of earth aId debris that seemed to heaye out and gran and rattle and settle-tAea q choking fog of blast smoke and Si. leHce.
 Whatever had been the matter with fhe motor. the shock and jar Of the ex pIas3au ha4 settled the a=eseHed wire hack ia place to q proper contact. far when. shaking with fr.chl and excite nett. QHahba hal dragged Esther asH5..rd tae UataF again aHa turned t6e layer the Ist.l le machine L8Fe9 forward Ike a .5FlHz tAHE slowly at first 5Hl#f then gaining speed sl.ded smoothly and swiatzf= out af the smeke aHH afs ana on. Sutfter, faster until tte haash= hazk ana the trembling eirl felt breath af fresh air from outside bow apou them and saw q gledm of day light and sped oH and oat from the dark mouth of tHe mine into God good sunlisis;
 The men called b this sieIe If tho mountain Q 1le HeE workings Wefe astauuded at the=ai iI-c4raHee of ~e Stlau-e . pair bursting eat rom the tunnel and sHeediH=. down tae track on the electric motor flar Lad been Jeff af the other and far of rartal of tle taaHel Tae tra=aiaen dropped tHeIr faass Iae mlue foreman #z54zd bis vie jailcI with tAe taEa4- a1 miners t4at sarzed around tfe 4etaE and tHe sEr...lg ge Iszzz that drove it-
 They tsza their Hl sts#Ete sSHz3sa= tHetic ears Turning LsIHsg over to tHe ulinzsterlH- aIte..rlla4s af t4e h.e hearted sAarer of Lis joys aH4 sorrows tl-e u.ne boss aLa several assistants reversed the motor and Grexe hack res elHtely iHto the H4544e depths t3 ind the s--t44 F 44AAAa aA4-t4 Ht4t=4A At+aA 3A
 They returned If ui-.4Hzss5l. -lasl.s-s cleared a0at tae ae5rls af the blast. b3t finding To trace 0f Luke L9velE and Blair S-aniex The WirEei h1Fe luek alike with the good II the e4ge of the blast Bar stanley Ead been struck down and hurt slightly and Luke had borne him back through tae choking Sm9ae aA the weary waE. whence they had come. uHtil they. loo. reached the daylight and safety. as Esther and Quab.a had reached if. bit on the far side of tIc mountain mine
 That night by tbe fire in 5he oliiea shack of the mine boss Esther and Quabba told again snch parts of their