The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-05-06
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"a LUCKY ACCIDENT.

surged and tossed like cookie in a
sWirling sea, battered and STAYED.
Matley fell back with groan, and
hung limp and senseless over the edge
Of the vehicle, and Corrigan's numb
ing grip alone prevented him from
plunging into the smoking depths.
The demolished tub reached the sur
face, and Corrigan staggered off, liter
ally dragging Matley's stilled form.
The big Irishman's heavy rubber coat
hung in shreds, riddled and ribboned,
and a dozen wounds streamed Grim.
son as his giant strength ebbed fast.
I'm not -. hurt - much, he said
slowly, painfully, with a CHASTITY at
tempt at a smile He drew tattered
sleeve across his eyes and wiped
away the blood. 'Tommy's got it bad,
though. Pull the whistle CORD
He caught at the air and sank down
beside his companion.
The sharp, uneven snr1ek of the
whistle rang up and down the noun
tain, crying warning and call for
help. They cut Craig, superintendent
of the Bonanza off in the middle of
word in his conversation with Hen
bricks, who had come up from Angels
Camp to investigate the possibilities
of the new Shining plant.
Something wrong down there! eX-
claimed Craig, reaching for his hat.
Sounds like it, agreed Hendricks.
Who's your engineer?'
'Sipple-Sam H. Sippie.'
My God, man! Not "Limpsing
Sammy? Red hair and stubby beard.
Lame in left leg, little finger Off his
right hand?'
That's the man. What's the matter
| with him.? demanded Craig. He came
here three weeks ago, just when we
needed hosting engineer and, on
| the strength of letter from your
company got the job. noticed it was
| over a year. old, but he said he'd been
around a great deal since then. So
| far as I've observed he's a first-class
| man.
| When he left us he was one of the
best engineers that ever worked a
hoist said Hendricks, speaking rap
idly. He'd worked a long time for us,
and had a little money saved up. Then
! he decided to go prospecting. He
| went down in the desert country on
| the east side of Death. Valley, and
started a shaft on a fair prospect, I've
heard One day he was coming out of
| the hole when q rattlesnake struck
him. Country's full of them. He
started for the nearest camp, but col
lapsed on the way and was picked up
| for dead. He had sunstroke, too,
! the doctors said. Anyway, his mind
was affected, and he was in the asy-
lum for three months. His cabin
burned down the day of the accident
and he lost all his personal effects.
thought that letter had been burned
too. He was seemingly all right when
they discharged him, and then he
dropped out Of sight, as we were
afraid to put him on again. Since
/ then I've heard indirectly that he's
been in again. Extremely hot wealth
| err may set him off without warning
His hallucination was, so the physi
clans told me, that the shaft was popu
: lated with devils, and that they were
coming up after him. For weeks at {
time | don't doubt that he may be per
/ fectly sane. BY Jove, | never though
he'd attempt to run another engine
! Get some men and let's hurry
Together. they dashed out Of thu
+ office, to find a group of the Afternoon
Q shift, dinner-pails in hand, gazing
3 down the slope, talking excitedly.
= Come on, boys!' called Craig, wav
ing his arms. Down the slope the.
/ crashed through the knee-high brush
t following the pipe line, rather thai
y lose a moment on the longer, though
: safer TRAIL
i They found the girl, very pale, weep
ing softly, but bravely endeavoring t
/ | restrain her tears, fluttering abou
! like frightened dove, dabbing ttw,
n CHASTITY, blOod-stained faces with ;
ridiculously tiny handkerchief tina
q was now dyed red. After an age, tn,
) doctors came. Nothing dangerous
o they announced curtly, hastily eXamin
a ing Sipple's wound and administerin;
! rough dressing before hurrying OF
/ to Jim Connor's cottage, where the in
jured men had been tenderly borne b.
the rough miners, that being the near
q est place of habitation., Simple wa
: carted away to the county hospital.
Day after day, Stanton and Merrill
the doctors, came. They went ava!
solemnly. The nurses, summoned b.
the Bonanza manager, were cheerful
but noncommittal. On the sixth da.
Stanton came alone. For the frs
time he emerged from the sick room
smiling. The girl caught his look o
satisfaction.
You think they'll recover she ask
ed, here eyes Frightening.
AS sure as you are the heroine o
Nevada City, he answered. In thre'
d weeks, Miss Kitty, We'll have them III
j for dinner, if all goes WELL
}, After all, Corrigan was wrong. Hi
n hurts were far more serious than wer
d Matley's, and after the Bonanza Com
e pany had sent Matley away to the heal
9 ing, cool, salt breezes of the Colder
e Gate, Corrigan fingered, but each da,
saw his strength returning.
One afternoon soft haze lay owe
the hills, the air family stirring tn
long-fringed pines, waited into tn
| darkened room an odor of old-fashior