The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1891-05-23 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

UNDERCUTS, DUNLIITEL. list October, 18—. sisal when our fun was at its height, whether from Dian Baarnsa,-1 am in great distress, or I would his fingers slipping owing to the weight of the not write to you. I ani a widow now. Stephen died body, or to being half-drunken, or whether purtwo years ago. Since then I have managed to work posely, I do not know, but Bill lost his hold upon for myself and my little gri ; but work is scarce, and the man's hands, and the next instant the wages very low, and we have nothing but charity be- I.,,sAy shot far out over the heap, and tween us and want. My bairn isveryle , dying fore "'— want of the things I cannot give her, W you m u let fell just where the glow was brightest. When it 0013113 Out to the Girnel to see if the fresh air would do touched the fiery mass a shower of red sparks her any shod? I could work for my meat, and my mingled with bluish flame leaped up, and as we lamb eats but little. If you would let me come, and looked the man sank down out of sight without a weal 4 lead a few shilling, to pay my way, I would find sound or struggle. Horror-stricken we gazed upon some way to repay you. I know lam asking a great deal from you, especially after I married against Or- the spot. It fascinated us, and seemed to be will. But I never rued my marriage, brother; for I turning us into stone. There was no sign of any had one of the bast of men. For the sake of any little person being covered beneath save that the dame' happiness we ever had together in the Giznel, I fin- lets were now more numerous, and burned with • plors you to grant my prayer.—l am, your distressed yellower hue. No one moved; no one spoke, and sister, Muir Diumics.* we might have remained there like fixtures until Slowly and with unchanging face Thomas Dry- daylight had not a yoke from below our feet cried burgh road and reread these words, and each time out, 'Help, there, help, unless you wish me to be they seemed to irritate and annoy bin' more. At roasted alive!' Eagerly we peered down into the last he tossed the pitiful appeal into the fire, dark mass beneath, and there we discerned, lying where it was consumed very slowly, as if the on the stones, our mate Bob, who, along with Bill, red embers were reluctant to destroy it. The had had hold of the unfortunate man. He had upper half of the first sheet, with the address on been dragged off the end of the gangway by the it, fell from the grate to the fender, and tte miller outward rush of the now fire-entombed body. involuntarily stooped and picked it up. And he instinctively, he hag jec„eeg hiticie as he was sat looking at it for • long time, with the same falling, and had only dropped 'lt over the stolid, unfathomable expression on his face. edge of the end plank. Happily, was only "She's made her bed, and she mann lie on't," be stunned by his fall, and not burned, as he had muttered to himself at last, thrusting the charred alighted upon some dome not yet touched by the scrap of Paper back to his pocket-book and rising fire. It did not need much labour to drag him up, heavily from his chair. "But if I get a' thin as he had onPy fallen a few yards, and was uninmilled at Leerie Law 111 send here Puna, sue jured. As soon as he was again beside us Jim said, maybe a bag o' meal." 'We are in for a nice thing new. As sure as we (I'o be continua.) stand on the gangway we have murdered that ~.._, man and we'll all have to swing for it at Durham, HISIBOD'S Cyan