The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-30

~nfSHt hdppeu W JACK anu Jane dnC
their friends down in the mine
where we left them last time. We'll
nothing happened They watched
the miners at work for long time
Every one of the men who came
near enough to Jack and Jane tc
see them in the dim light of the
lanterns smiled at them and most
OF the men said. Hello, little folks
aren't you lost?"
The children wondered how the
men could be so happy, working all
DAY IN the dark, damp mine. my
but it must take an awful lot of
scrubbing to get cleaned up when
they come out of the mine" said
Jack to Captain Brave.
Both children were glad to get
out into the sunlight again when
he guide put them on the elevator
end rang a bell which told the man
1t the engine, away up above. to
haul them out of the mine.
James first question, when they
stood on top of the ground again
was, Where do all the miners live
and where do their children play?"
Captain Brave pointed out to her
and Jack the little wooden shacks
along the sides of the hills around
the mine. The little places look
ed more like sheds than houses,
thought the children. They walked
up to the houses and peeked into
one. Through the open door they
saw two small children playing on
the floor and, sitting in high
chair poking its chubby feet into
Its mouth, was tiny baby.
Ladydear looked around to find
the mother, but she was nowhere
to be seen
"She probably had to leave the
little ones all alone while she
carried some lunch to their father
at the mine" said the captain. The
children noticed that the coal dust
had settled all over the inside of
the house and even the baby's face
was smeared with it.
AS Jack and Jane walked away,
Jane said to Ladydear:
after this when we're using coal
back home in Make Believe town to |
keep us warm or cook good things, /
I'm going to think of the miners
and their little children | won't |
mind nasty days so much and I'll !
wish that these boys and girls t
could have as many nice things as
Jack and have"
"And so will l." said Jack.
The thoughtfulness of the two
children made Ladydear happy.
II was wondering if my little
folks knew how we'll they were
taken care of back home and how
much cause they had to be very
happy and gay" she said But. re-
ally and truly, she hadn't been won
dering at all. because Jack and
Jane had shown all the time during
the trip that they realized how
lucky they were in many ways. Il
The children and their friends y
spent that night in village in the
mining district and bright and
early the next day started for ,
Scotland.
When the children left the mines I
Captain Brave told them he was 60 I
Ing to Scotland next. But l guess
he changed his mind. For. first
hing the children knew, they were
lying right over that country.
They had passed England. Lady I
lear pointed out to them the Chev.
OF Hills, which seemed to separate
Scotland from England, and the 4
'olway Firth, which was the name
If an immense may or harbor. &c
Leaving Scotland the great plane
allied out over the water again and I"
ack and Jane thought for a min.
tie that maybe Captain Brave was
,oing to take them home to Amer. "
ca and the folks at Make Believe
own again. But pretty soon they v
aw a number of islands far down
Glow them. Jack couldn't wonder
ny longer. He just had to ask, "
Captain Brave, where are you TAX.
lg u.s." Il
"Well, sir, If you must know,
ere going to visit the place Wherei