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"Brothers." he said slowly, "I be lieve we have reached a critical point In this movement Here is one of the owners who has expressed his willing ness to grant our demands. The ques tion now Is, Shall the Champion men go hack to their mines while the rest con tinue to deal with the other owners? This Is a questlou for the union to set tle." "Eric," spoke Stuart In a low tone as he stood close by him. "let me say a word or two more, will you? I be lieve the decision of the men today will be a serious one, and I want to do all I can to make It right." Eric at once raised his voice. "Men. Mr. Iiuncon wants to say a word again. 1 am sure you will give blm a careful bearing." "Aye, thai'we will:" "He's no bad for a millionaire!" "Give him a chance. He doesn't often have It!" shouted a voice with a touch of Irony In it Stuart took advantage of the lull that followed these and other shouts to speak as he had never thought of dolug when be came to the park. He believ ed that the result of the men's nctlon would be exceedingly Important for themselves and himself. IK had never had such a great desire to explain his own attitude to'V"1 the wh,-Trob-lera of labor and capital as it affected blm. It Is not possible to describe his speech. Eric thought at the time that It was the best speech he had ever heard from a moneyed man. At times It was Impassioned, then quiet and con versational. It Is doubtful If very many of the miners understood It as Stuart meant He was In reality voic ing a policy for the men of money which he afterward followed out with some changes. This much he made clear to the men: He sympathized with their demands for larger wages, while he could not agree with their methods, and be would do all in bis power to give them their Gram On Mci Some men seem to defy old age. They walk erect. Their eyes are bright. Their laugh is hearty. They are men of to day not men of yesterday. 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II not only cures by start i as at the seat of disss, bra) Is a great nerve tonic and blood bnUder, bring ing back the pink glow to pale cheeks and re storing the flrw of youth. It wards et Insanity sad Consumption. Insist on baring BE VIVO, ns other. It can be carried In vast pocket. Br mall l.OOperpscksae, or all for SS.OO, with a, poal live written ana ran tee to ens car ranud thm money. Circular tree. Address Royal Medicine Co., tXolS: bor ale in Middleburqh, I'd., 6 MIDDLE RhRQR DVU C Grip bring! weakness, exhaustion, nervous prostration- Dr. Miles' Nervine cures them. BBS aaa asa asaw Just demands as far as be was at liber ty to act Independently. He told tbem he was going to Cleveland the next day to confer with the other mine owners and would use all Ua Influence to get the others to agree to the rise in wages. He repeated bis offer tu treat with the thuusaud or more men employed In the Champion mines at any time they those, to return. Aa be closed be made an appeal to the men to use reason and poke of the religious Influence that so far' had prevailed for the good of the community. There ran through the whole of Stu art's speech this second time a passion ate desire to be understood as a man before men. He had never before had such a longing to be understood; neither had he ever felt thegap between himself and the men to be ao wide and deep. As baa beeu su Id, It la doubtful If parts of his speech were understood at ull by the men. As soon as he finished there was a great uproar of applause and shouts. Krlc himself could not restore quiet The committee politely asked Stuart to leave the park while the union went into a conference over his proposals. Stuart was glad to get away. He felt exhausted with his unusual effort. It was 3 o'clock in the afternoon when Krlc enme to the house with the news of the decision reached by the miners' union. Stuart at once suw by his face that the situation was serious. "The men voted by a large majority not to go back to work till all could go back on the same terms that is, they demanded that all the mine owners rec ognize the union and make terms with It for all the men." "Do you mean that the men who work In the Champion mines refuse to accept my offer of the wages they de mand'" "Yes that Is, the Champion miners will not go back until the other owners make the same terms you make ami make them to the union." "Which means limply that this strike Is a deadlock," replied Stuart decided ly, "for I know the men nt Cleveland, and they will never agree to any such terms." 'The miners will not agree to any oth er." Brio spoke quietly, but sadly. "Eric." said Stuart suddenly after a pause, "tell me frankly, us brother to brother. Is this a reasonable step for the men to take? Do you believe the union will make anything by such ac tion? Is It Just or fair?" Eric's face worked under a passion ate feeling. Then he said: "The men have a right to combine for mutual support. In this Instance they feel driven to It by their condition. Why should not labor seek to defend Itself aa capital does? You that Is, I mean the mine owners generally get togeth er in a combine and fix wages. Why should not the miners get together nnd have a say about It? We have been working for years at the price set by men at a distance who never saw a mine or a miner, far less went down Into the ground to see what the labor is. These men sit In nice upholstered offices In elegant buildings and make It their business to get just as much out of the iron ore as they can. The wagea of the men are cut every time ore falls In price. Instead of taking it out of their own large dividends In the years when they have made enormous profits every time there Is a depression In the market they cut this end instead of theirs. You know this Is the case, Stunrt. "Three years ago a dozen men in the Iron industry grew to be millionaires from the profit! of this metal which God put In the ground for the common use of man. I tilling that year the min ers received only fair wages. SIik e then financial depression and a drop In the price of ore have followed. What do those men do who have in prosper ous years made their fortunes? Do they say, 'We will draw on this re serve, and In order that the miners may not suffer we will declare smaller dividends nnd lose something?' No: they say at once, 'Cut down wages, be cause ore Is cheaper, and we cannot uf ford to lose.' And who suffers? Not I M Ml -Is soon us he Intuited there wat a great uproar. the mine owner. He eats just as good food, goea to Europe in bla steam pal ace, drives bis elegant carriage, keeps up his amusements. But the poor man, to whom every cent means something, goes without the common necessaries of life, and his wife and children suffer because the millionaire who made bis fortune on bis business Is not willing to share a part of It during bard times with the men who made possible bis wealth with their labor. 1 tell you, Stuart, my heart Is on fire with these conditions, and no man knows bow the worklngmen In this country feel unless be has been one himself. As to the onion. It Is an organization that has sprung up out of wrongs that are sim ply devilish In their human selflsb . rt sat with bis bead bowed dur s speech. Then he said gently: If the union develops the same selfishness In the worklngmen! "Then tne won That Is inevitable." ' hat if the mine put new men into the nil "lben there will be trouble." "Do you mean that you will Incite the meu to violence?" "Good God, Stuart, you know I will not! I shall use my utmost power to prevent anything of the kind." "But what If it cuuuul be prevented?" Eric said nothing. His face cbunged with a torrent of feeling and passion. "If it comes to that, let Goil be Judge If the owners and uot the meu are real ly the oues most to blame. 1 shall use all my Influence to prevent violence or lawlessness. The union has a right to combine for such wages as it thinks are Just. It has no right, to prevent other meu from working at any wages they choose to take. Sluce I Joined the Salvation Army I have become ou Vlnced that the only permanent basis for any true settlement of labor and capital differences must be a religious basis that Is. Christian." Stuart listened with an Interest he felt to be genuine. "How did you hap pen lo join the Sulvatlou Army. Eric?" "It's a long story. I'll tell you some time, not now." "I've heard part of It, but I wuut you to tell me all of it." "I can't now. I must go. I have hardly had a minute's time to myself since this movement came on. I must be going now. You leave for Cleve land" "Tonight. I want to be there to morrow. I can tell beforehand what the companies will say. Is there no other way out of It?" "I don't see any," replied Krlc. The two men shook hands silently, and Eric went out. Stuart went down on the night ex press and next day nt Cleveland was In conference with the other owners. The result of the conference was what he had anticipated. The terms of the union were rejected. It was decided by the other owners that a force of men should be at once placed at work with steam shovels on the stock piles so as to move the ore, and In case there was trouble the troops would be called out. Stuart refused to take ac tion on his own mines. He would not yet precipitate matters by gettiug new men either for the stock piles or the mines. He camu back home the next day with the feeling that he was at present in a condition of ludeclslon and waiting. He could not sympathize with the strike, he did not believe the union was wise In refusing to let the Champion miners go to work, and he could not help feeling that a great ca lamity gf some kind was Impending. It was two days after bla return that the event occurred which really shaped and molded bis whole after life. The mines were still manned by pump men. They had not been called out by the union, for the reason that if once the water In the mines rose above the dif ferent levels and flowed In among the timbers the mines would become ruin ed, and the loss would be ns heavy for the miners ns the owners In case the strike ended and work was ngaln re sumed. From six to eight men remain ed at each mine. There were an engi neer, an assistant engineer, two tire men and three or four pump men, ac cording to the size ami number oi pumps. These were kept going day and night, as the water rose very rap idly if left to How. Stuart had gone up to the Davis mine, one of the newer ventures of his father and recently developed. Its greatest depth was 000 feet. It had a manhole with ladders and a shaft at some distance from it for the "skip" or Iron carriage used for hauling ore to the surface. There were six meu at this mine in charge at this time. Stuart had come to the engine house ami was talking with the engineer w hen Eric came In. Stuart called him over to the dry room, where the miners changed their clothing for miner's dress. "Krlc, 1 want to go down Into the mine. Won't you go with me? 1 want to see again for myself what the work Is, nnd besides there Is n new pump al the bottom that I want to look at." Krlc consented, and the two soon had on the miner's dress and were going down the ladders. It was getting late in the afternoon, and they left orders with the engineer that when they gave the signal from the bottom he might let down the skip, and they would come up In thnt For an hour they explored different levels. Stuart was restless and seetued intent on realizing as fully as possible Just how the miners worked. He climb ed up Into difficult places and even fired off a blast In one chamber, using one of the powder sticks left by the men when they came out At last he and Eric stood nt the bot tom of the initio. This was an excava tion about 14 feet across, and the wa ter ran In very much as If It had been a cistern. By leaning back against the ladders the light from 000 feet above could be seen. Eric was sitting thus wltb his back to the ladder rounds nnd his feet In the water which ran over the floor of the mine about four inches deep and Stuart was examining the pump at the other side of the shaft when a terrible thing happened. A noise like the roar of a torrent grew about these two men, and before Eric could get out from his position against the ladders a mass of Iron ore came rushing down the manhole, breaking out rounds of the ladders as It fell. and. bounding from aide to side, struck Eric en the shoulders with terrific force and threw him face downward In the wa ter. Stuart was at his side In a moment. He raised him and by the light of the candle In his bat saw the nature of the accident. He could not think whether the mass bad fallen or been thrown purposely Into the shaft. He dragged Eric away from the foot of the ladder. He was seriously Injured. With the one thought of getting blm to the top as soon as possible Stuart seized the lever at the bottom of the ore shaft and pulled it back as a sigual to the engineer to let down the skip. There was no answering signal, and Stuart pulled the wire rope again. Still no an swer. He looked up through the main shaft. What was that? The pump had i nddellly stopped below. But what was that great light at the top? It must be nearly sundown now. Something was on fire! The truth flashed upon him that the engine bouse over the main shaft was on fire. The ladders afford ed escape for a man possibly, but not incumbered with a body, and a dead body perhaps at that. Stuart dashed water in Eric's face, and he groaned. He was not dead, but unconscious. And then the whole situation forced itself - ct lit supported Eric i best he could. Into Stuart's mind. He was a prisoner with a helpless wounded man at the bottom of a mine !HM) feet deep, the en gine house was on fire or some accident had happened to prevent the lowering of the skip, the pumps had stopped, and the water In the mine was rising rapid ly. It was half way to his knees now. He pulled the lever again nnd again and iu hh; excitement shouted like n madman. There was no answer from above. The manhole ladders were still clear. Even as they were, with the broken places, he was strong and vig orous and could climb out. But not with the burden of Eric. At that mo ment a charred fragment of wood float ed down the ore shaft and dropped hissing in the water. He realized that he stood In the presence of death. He offered a prayer for help. He sup ported Eric as best he could. The wa ter was now above his knees and rap Idly rising. CHAPTER III. THE RESCUE. As the facts of his position forced themselves more clearly upon blm, the first excitement over, Stuart grew calmer. The candle in bis hat was nearly burned out, but he had another one thnt, after the fashion of the min ers, he had thrust Into his boot when he changed his dress In the dryroom. He pulled this out and lighted It, put ting It In the candle holder In place of the piece so nearly gone. Then he looked at the ladders care fully. The mass of broken ore which had fallen down the manhole had bro ken out a dozen rounds at the very foot of the ladder. By stretching up to his full height Stuart could Just reach an unbroken round. But what could he do with the dead weight of Erie? He could never lift him up that distance. For once nnd only one swift second Stuart consider ed the thought of leaving Krie. It was Imply the love of life asserting Itself. Why should both men die? His death would not save Kric. It was only a second, nnd then he felt the shock of a statement he made to himself thnt llf'. was not worth having if certain mem ories had always to be carried with one. He could never abandon the man who had once risked his life to save him. when the danger was fully ns great as now. "But. O God." Stuart cried out. "to die drowned like a rat In a hole!" The love of life was strong in hltn. He felt the water rising more and more rapid ly. It was nearly to his waist now. He felt the blood from the wound In bis shoulder warming bis own side as hv held up the unconscious body. Once In awhile Krlc stirred. Once he opened his eyes, and Stuart thought he was re covering. If only he could regain enough strength to help himself even a little! Stuart's mind went Into a whirl as he thought of all possible ways to pull himself and Eric up even a short distance. Hut the bottom of the mine was of such a shape that there were no projections or slopes which afforded even a foothold. The tire at the top was evidently blazing fiercely. Fragments of charred wood dropped down the ore shaft. Leaning over and looking up, Stunrt could see a great flaming mass of twisted beams nnd Iron rods curling over the mouth of the shaft He moved over under the manhole, dragging Eric with him. nnd looked up that The flames nnd smoke were sweeping over It like mist over a ridge. He thought that even at that distance he could see thnt the ladders at the top had caught and were blazing fantastically. He gave up all hope. Still, with the Instinct of life strong In blm, be drag ged Eric over to the pump, whlcb stood Just out of the water now, and by the exercise of all bis strength be managed to place the body upon It In such a way that It was two or three feet above himself as be stood on the bot torn of the floor of the mine. The wa ter had risen now to his armpits and was whirling around him In a great red pool. He shuddered. It looked so like blood In the light of the candle. The movement be bad made with Eric, to gether with the contact wltb tbe cold water, bad roused blm. He stirred and even spoke feebly. "Where are we?" he muttered. "You have been hurt Eric." k-Mi r-' . - . a i -it T". ! -find Olnaiul Li Then he opened t hem again, and tin sight of Stuarts pi' face Reerued tell him a part of the truth. The watPr was running over the u"u or uis rir arm. which hung dovfn helpless fr0Bl nis wounueu snouiaer. vr roneeq bjad self, evidently with the greatei -tin. cuity. iou win urowu. iA-uve rm . tail aying anyway. V ,, T.',.i., t 111 , .i.. no, aaesi nm uui leave T0l nere aione: stuart spoKe calmlv ii. most cheerfully. Eric's face was dro.l Ing over close to Stuart's shouldJ Stuart kissed his cheek and nt tbl very moment he heard a man's volcl the sweetest sound he ever hearJ echoing down the ladder shaft. He shouted back In reply nnd ed. Again the cry enme In responsi Some one was coming down the hull ders to the rescue. Whoever he was Ut, was evidently coming as fnst as thv nature of the passage would allow, fou the next time the cry was uttered Si n art could hear words of eucourngemci and then a voice speaking from the point where the last rouud of the lad der remained, saying very distinct I j and in even precise English, "Who is there?" "It Is I, Stunrt Duncan. I am be with Kric. and he Is hurt and helplei I can't lift him up alone." "I always believed In being on tlnn replied the voice. "If you can move 01 under the foot of the shaft I will tbrot you this rope." Stuart lifted Eric from his positii and pranged over toward the lailiNI hole. The water was above his (m ders. A rope was thrown, and lietf-l cured It under Krlc. who had nmj fainted from tbe pit I n and shock, Tin with an exercise of strength nnd such as men possess in times of fiuijfl death, the two men, one above !iiulia below, succeeded In drawing Krlc ujj and the man above secured hltn HmSJ how, while Stuart, using the Bidet Q the ladder for support, pulled liluistlfl out of that watery grave. He was uot n mlnt.Me ton - wn, dr the water was flowing Id mori rupidiy now, and the large envlt.; at i'ie bot tom being almost filled the ion. nt be-J gnn to rise In the shafts ei -. fa had no time to ask any qui si , rescuer. All three were In gr The ladders were blazing . and the water rising below- I superhuman exertlous they . up. When they came to plac em I d Kric-1 the ladders were badly broken, they were obliged to use their utmost skill to move the body In safety. Once they were so long about starting up again that the water caught up with them. I and Stuart, who was the Inst one, felt : the torrent swirling around his feet. At last, after a struggle thnt I left them completely exhausted, they reached the first drift from the bot ! torn. There was a wooden plntfon ! here, and the drift ran out Into U : sides of the hill serernl lyaudrcd fi I Stuart and his unknowiv Vescuer If ed a moment panting lagalnst the aid of the wall, while Erie lay on the pla i form to all appearances lifeless. "We can't stay here long," gatpe Stunrt. "See the water coming up!" He pointed dowu the black well 6 which they had climbed So painfull. The rushing water and the tllinn Inst ore banks made a terrify ug up about them. "We can get out on this ,'i ol," plied his companion. "What! How's thnt? We feet below ground here." "The old Beury shaft op drift I walked In here tin myself. Here Is where I shout for Irelp. There! Don that breeze blowing through li ire 891 till 3 i ml !-(:' Diiutri lumeu nis lace aim ii-ii i"j passing of n cool wave of air. Vaj then It flashed across his memory ttuit several years before, when a hoy, lit had himself climbed down Into the old Beury shnft. which opened up on tbe side of the hill, nnd made hit way to the level of the Davis mine where be j now stood. The mines were some times connected in this way, though the abandoned passage would efteii be come choked and blocked up bj fulling masses of ore. But there wns no time to lose evt'B with this unexpected avenue of escape. The two men cnught up Eric and hur ried as fast as their burdeu would al low up tbe passage connecting the ' ninln with the deserted shaft. After I wnlklng with their burden about !2O0 feet the drift turned abruptly to the I right and began to nscend sharply. It . grew more difficult to carry Krlc, hut ; the danger from the water was now over. The old passage was really a tunnel let Into the side of the bill at sherp incline Instend of n shaft sunk down vertically from above. When they had reached a point above the Im mediate reach of tbe water, they sank down exhausted again, and by the flickering light Stuart first noticed who bis rescuer was. "1 haven't nny enrds with nie, but I'll Introduce myself," he snld in n tone thnt mnde Stuart smile, and yet there was nothing flippant or lacking In seri ousness about the man. "1 am the new minister nt tbe church wltb the clock m the tower-8t. John's. 1 arrived In Champion two days ago. My name Is Andrew Burke. You are Mr. Duncan, tbe mine owner? I am glad to meet you." He reached out his hand, nnd Stuart took It clasping It over the body of Eric. He felt a strange thrill as he did so. Somehow the peculiar formality of the man's speech struck him as a token of a special kind of strength, no seemed to feel that here was a man who, whatever bis oddities, was pos sessed of qualities that were really very rare and valuable. "I owe you my life and that of my friend here," he said. "It all seems very strange to me. vour appearance. I had given myself up for lost I should certainly have drowned If you bad not appeared." "Yes; I think you would-tbat Is, un- kSaSSSSjBsSSSSsSSsBBsl BSSSsbbbbSSSSSj i a' .a, e ' 7-'- -