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,
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