constructed which ,extended some. distance.. into the mine, Other pipe was'loaded into a mine car and sent down as fast aOt arrived. The brave general superintendent and a few inside .surveyors,descended in one of these cars:to direct and aid in the fire fighting. Soon many of the miners from the other shafts were out. A part of the Midvale miners also came somewhat later, having escaped without a light into the passages and out of the openings of the other shafts. What gladness when the latter appeared ! With what joy were,the,inpre straggling ones of these received ! With what anxiety were the yet missing ones expected! Yet many a sad heart turned from the opening that day to ac company its,dead to the midnight watch ! Poor Huns, strangers in a strange country; their widows and orphans, homeless in a desert land ! F.). M. K., 'O3. THE MOON'S SOLILOQUY. The.moon was full, his face was red, • The hour was late, and folks abed, The i stars,were shining clear and bright,— In, fae,t ..it,was a perfect ,night, The, full won , wipked.at wean& said;— "Olis . a jolly life I've led. And best of 4.ll,••Lne'er was wed; A wife'would say it was not right Ato get' so full." "But now I have no one to,4reu.cl"7--- He stopped ,to think, then shook his head ‘q:l9lo,on,lny boy, thatis not right, ,When §ol,is ,riar I don't, tigtt, Oh, I, But now he'sflecl, Sketches
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