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GERMINAL
Or , the Story of a Great Miners
Strike ,
BY EMILE
Trantlatul from the Frtneh.
I AND II-Anton Lnti
tier's visit to a mining camp in quest o
work The village at Bight Morning in i
miner's cotURo , nnd preparations for work-
The Vulture mine.
OHAITER III ,
Anton had ventured to approach thi
Vulture , and nil the men to whom he ad
dmscd himself , atklng If ho could go
work there , ( hook tholr heads and outlet
by telling him to wait for the suporlnten <
dent. They left him alone In the midsl
of the badly lit buildings , filled with
black holes confusing with the Intrlcacj
of their rooms and ( horn. Ho had jail
mounted n dark flight of ntops , half de
cayed , when ho found hlmsolf upon n
wlnpinr foot-bridge , then having passed
> i tbo screening shod , bo plunged
mio a darkness so profound that ho
walked tilth his hands before him , so as
not to hurt himself. Suddenly In front
of hint , two enormous yellow eyes shown
out of the gloom , Ho was under the
tower , nt the superintendent * ! ] ofllco at
tha month of the shaft.
A miner , the older Richmond , with a
largo soldier llko figure and gray mus-
tnohe , was walklntr slowly , directing his
( top * toward the superintendent's oOico.
"Da they need a workman hero , no
matter for what kind of work ! " again In
quired Anton.
Richmond started to c&y no , but ho
chocked hlmsolf and responded llko the
others , with a nod of the head :
"Walt for Mr. D-meoatt , the snparln-
tcndcnt. "
Four lanterns were not there , and the
reflections which were all turned toward
the mouth of the shafts shone brightly
upon the Iron Inclined plane , the hand
spikes and the plane npon which the two
cigou wore slid In. As for the rest the
largo room , like the nave of a church , re
mained in a , strange light , filled with
great floating shadows. Only the oil
light flamed ont at the end of the place ,
while In the Biiperlntondont's room n
small lamp gleamed like a dim star. The
hoisting had just been rcsnmodjand upon
the Iron fliggitij ; there wan a continual
din , the coal cars rolling by without
ceasing , the running to and fro of the
crushers , trhoio long , bent forma were
distinguishable in the midst of tha confusion -
fusion of all these black and noloy things
which were in constant motion.
For an instant Anton remained mo
tionless , deafened , blinded. Ho was
chilled with ttio currents of air coming
In from outside. Thou ho stepped for
ward attracted by the onojlno , the shlnln
stool and copper of whish ho now saw
[ t waa located Govontyfivo feet In fron
of the shaft , in a higher room , and sot s
[ irmly upon Its brick foundation that
ran at full steam , with all Its four hnn
3red harso power , with no movement be
; hat of the crank , which roao and fo
ivith a well-oiled smoothness , shaking
; ho floor. The engineer stood a
ho throttle , listening for the sound o
ho signal , his eyes iiovor leaving the In
licitor ; on which the shaft waa rcpro
lentod , with Its different galleries by
vertical grove through which some plain
uotn ran suspended by cords and repra
icnting the cages. And at oaoh depart
ire , when the engine was again started
he drums , tjp-o great cylinders sevcntoe
oet In circumferenca , about the canter
if which steel cables wind and unwind 1
ipposlte dlrootlons , revolving with BUG
apldlty that they look llko nothing moc
han dust.
'Take eire ! " cried two minors TI
Tore dragging a huge ladder.
Anton had just escaped Injury , hi
lyes becoming accustomed to the 1'ght '
10 watched the cable moving In the air
nore than ono hundred foot of steel rib
ton , which went np swiftly into th
ewer whore they passed over the drum
nd then descended perpendicularly Int
bo abaft to bo connected to the hoist
og oiges. An Icon framework similar the
ho high framework of the tower snp
icrtod the drums , It waa llko the fllgti
if birds , without nolso , without collision
ho movement swift , the continual com
ng and going of a cable of enormou
rofght , which would lift ai much a
wouty five hundred pounds at the rati
if thirty feet B second.
"Great heaven a , look out ! " again crioi
ho men who were dragging the ladder to
ho other aide to examine the drum on
ho left.
Slowly Anton returned to the suporln
cndcnt'a oftiso. That gigantic High
bovo his head astounded him. And.
blverlng in the drafts of air , he watohet
ho working of the csgo : , his oin
racked by the rolling of the cars ,
Tear the shaft the signal was
perated a heavy hammer upon a lover
bat a cord from below lot drop upon t
lock. Ono blow to stop , two to descend ,
hroo to coma up. It was without Inter-
iltsljo , llko the blows of a gavel con
rolling a tumult , accompanied by the
lour sound of a bell , while the crashers
( reeling the movement often Increased
10 nolso by shouting orders through
peaking trumpet to the engineer. The
ages In the middle of the clear space np
eared and sank down again , were
tnptled and re-filled without Anton
ndcratondlng anything of their compll
itcd operations. Ho could only com-
rehend ono thing : the shaft swallowed
p the men In groups of twenty and
ilrty , and with a gulp so easy that ho
Id not seem to notice them pass away ,
ha descent of the workmen commonest !
t four o'clock. They arrived at the shed
1th bare foot , lamp in hind , waiting In
ttlo groups to make up the required
umber. Noiselessly , with the ateiltli
E a night animal , tbo iron cigo oirae up
it of the draknesa and wai secured by
sits , with Us four oomput
tents containing each two cars
lied with coal. Crushers at
Ifferent landings , took ont the cars
id replaced them with others empiy ,
: filled In advance with cut timber. And
was tbo empty cars that the workmen
lied , Cvo by five , as many at forty at a
me. Whenever the compartments
010 fall a voice cried through the
leaking trumpet ( meanwhile a cord was
} led ! /our times /or a signal below )
touting to lunch , for the purpose at
vlag InfcrmaUoa that the load was hu-
an flesh ; than , with a slight jerk , tha
go silently diisppearod , dropping Itkoa
one , leaving behlni It only tha tram-
Ing flight of the cable.
"Is it deep ? " oiked Anton of a miner
10 wua waiting near him , with a sleepy
r.
r."Eighteen hundred feat "
"Eighteen , responded
o man. "But there aio three levels
low the first at ono thousand feot. "
Both turned their eyes to the cable ,
ilch was running up again , Aaton re-
mod :
"And what If It should break ] " i
"Ah I If It should ! "
The miner finished tha sentence with !
a shrug. His turn had arrived , thi
c go had reappeared with its easy
tireless movement. Ho crouched dowi
there with some athors , It plunged dot
again , reappearing at the end of foni
minutes , only to take on a new gang ol
men. For a half hour the shaft swal
lowed them up In this manner , with t
mouth moro or lees greedy , according t <
the depth of the level to which they de
scended. But without a pause , alwayi
hungry , with the stomach of a giant en-
pabls of digesting a family. It filled
Itself ropoatidly , and whllo the shadow *
still remained the cage rose out of the
pit In the same eager silence.
Anton wa > again overtaken with the
disheartened fooling which ho had already
experienced outside Why trouble him
self ? that superintendent would dismiss
him llko the others. A vague fear sud
denly determined him , ho wont away and
stopped outside jast before the boiler
building. Tha door , wldo open , showed
eovon boilers and two furnaces. In the
midst of white steam and n hltslng nolso ,
a fireman was occupied In charging ono
of the furnacoi , the scorching boat of
which could bo felt as far as the door
sill ; and the young man pleased with the
thought of getting warm was approachIng -
Ing , when ho nearly ran Into another
company of coal men who were arriving
at the mine. It waa Mahon and Lovaqno ,
when ho perceived Catherine ahead with
the air of a qulot boy , the wild Idea
seized him. of risking n last Inquiry.
"Say , now , comrade , they have no
iced of a workman hero for anything ,
iavo they ? '
She looked at him in surprise , a little
ifr&id of that sudden volco which came
in out of the shadow. But , behind her ,
Mahon had heard , and ho replied , stop
ping a llttlo as ho spoko. No they had
no need of anyone. But that poor devil
of a workman d > ing upon the road , in
terested him ; when ho loft him ho said
to the others :
"Well , wo might bo llko that ; wo
shouldn't complain , every ono hasn't
work to kill them. "
The company entered and went straight
to the waiting room. A great hall , rude
ly plastered , surrounded with closets
which were secured with padlocks. In
the canter a lingo furnace , a kind of
steve without cover , was glowing , so
stuffed with burning ooalthat pieces were
cracking and slzzlng upon the floor of
beaten earth. Thu hall was only lit np
by that fire of living coal , the reflections
of which danced along the dirty wains
coting np to the celling which was cov
ered with black dust.
Whoa the Mfthons arrived , laughs
broke forth in the great heat. Thirty of
the workmen were standing , their backs
to the flame , roasting thomsolveu with an
air of enjoyment. Before the descant
they all came there to take and carry
away ia their skins a good bit of fire , to
bravo the dampnees below. But that
morning they were moro cnoerfnl , they
joked with Morqnotto , a coal scraper of
nineteen years , a jolly girl , whoso largo
breasts and hips swelled oat her vest and
brooches , She lived In Reqnllart , with
her father , old Moquo , a groom , and her
brother Moquot , a minor. The hours
of work were the same for all , but she
came alone to tha mine , and among the
wheat fields in summer or behind walls in
winter she met her lovers of the week.
She had had the whole mlno , a fact
mentioned by her companions without
further notice. Ono day when a nail-
maker of Mirchlennca had taunted her ,
she nearly died of anger , crying that ohe
respected herself so much ; that she would
sut off an arm If any ono could say they
bad seen her with another than n
miner.
"Isn't It the big Ohaval any moro ? "
irxld a minor , laughing. "And you're
; akln' that llttlo folbw. He'll have to
.MO a ladder , I've seen * yon behind
tleqalllart , and to prove it ho was stand
ing on a stone. " "Well ? " responded
Mcqnette , in a peed humor , "what's
; hat to yon ? Wo didn't call you to help
as. "
And these rude pleasantries Incroasad
; ho mirth ofiho men who were throwing
'orward their shoulders , scorched by the
ire , while they shook with laughter.
She walked among them , with an irnpu-
lent air and tantalizing joke , with her
irojecting lumps of flesh exaggerated
> von to a deformity.
Meanwhile the fun ceased. Mcquetto
ras telling Mahon that Florence , big
Horonco , could come no more ; they had
ound him the day before dead npon his
led , some said of a disease- the heart ,
, nd others , of a pint of gin drunk too
[ alckly. And Mahon was In despair
rom the mishap , that was a loss of ono
if his scrapers , without being able to
mmodlatoly replace him. Ho did piece
work ; there were four heavers associated
.t his work , ho/.Zicbarlo , Levaqao and
Jhaval. If they had only Catherine to
mih the oars , the work was going j"to )
utter. Suddenly ho lud an idee :
"Hold enl thoro'a that man who was
ooklng for work. "
Just then Dansaert paused through the
raiting room. Mahon related tbo trouble
o him , asking leave to hire the man ;
nd ho Insisted upon the wish of the
orapany to gradually replace the pu hrs -
rs like youths ao at Anzln. The sup-
rlntendont smiled at first , the Idea of
xcludlng the women from intldo was
enerally repugnant to the minors , who
. 'cro not uneasy at placing their
aoghtera there , little touched by the
uestlon of morality or health. Finally ,
ftdr having hesitated , ho gave permit-
ton , but with the reservation that his
eclslon should bo ratified by M. Negrel ,
ho engineer.
"All right , " declared tfiohario , "tho
tan Is not far oil' If ho has walked at
11. "
"No , " said Catharine , "I saw him stop
t the bailors. "
"Go after him , Idiot , " cried Mahon.
The yount ? girl rushed ont , while a
rowd of minors started down tbo shaft ,
( aiding the fire to the others. Johnnie
Id not wait for his father , but also
ont , taking his lamp , with Thebnt , a
reat stupid boy , and Lydlo , a wild girl
f twelve years. Starting before them ,
[ oquetto was screaming on the dark
; alrway , calling them dirty brats and
ireatenlog to box their ears If they
Inched her.
Anton , In the boiler shed , was talking
Ith the stoker who fed tbo fires. Ho
ilvered greatly at the thought of the
tld night which ho lud passed. How-
ror , he had decided to set up again
hen ho felt a hand placed on his
lonlder.
"Come , " said Oathaiine , "hero's work
r you to do. "
At first he did not understand. Then
j experienced a feeling of joy , and
gorouily pressed the hands of the
) ting girl.
"Thanks , comrade , Ah I you are In-
ted a good follow , "
Sh laughed and looked at him in tbo
d rays of the fire which lit them up. It
u ed her that he still took her lor a
iy , her hair tuoked up under her cap ,
e also laughed wllh pleasure , and they
ith remained an Instant , laughing in
sh other * faoe0 , tholr cheeks glowing.
Mahon In the wait Ing voom knelt down
fore hl box , taking off bis sabds and
ursa wooleti stockings , When Antcnl
arrived there they arranged all In a TOT
wards : thirty sins n day , it was hart
work , but ho would learn qnlckly , Ma
hon ndvlsed him to keep on his shoes nut
lent him an old cap , a leather hend-drcss
designed to protect the head , a procan
tlon which the father and children dij
dalnod. The tools were taken ont of th
chest where they found all ready th
shovel of Florence. Then when Maho
had shut np tholr sab ti and also Anton'
bundle , ho suddenly beoimo iinpatloul
"What's the matter with that fool of
horse ? Wo are a half hour hto to-day.
Xioharlo and Lmquo shruxgod thol
shoulders quietly. The first said a
length :
Is it Ohaval wo'ro waiting for ? Ho
got hero before us and wont down a
ICO. "
"WhatI you know that and you Bale
nothing. * * * Oorno enl coma oa
hurry up I"
Catherine , who was warmiog her benumbed
numbed hands , started to follow the
party. Anton lot her pus , then fol
lowed. Again he found hlmsolf lu n
labyrinth of stairs and blind passages ,
whore the bare foot made o soft nolsi
llko old socks. But suddenly a srail
light blazed np , showing n gUzod placi
filled with racks where n number o
safety lamps were ranged In rowa of a
hundred , Inspected and cleaned the even
ing before , shining out llko tapers at the
end of a lighted chapel. At the door
each workman took his own , placed at
his number , and oxiiulncd it , closing it
up himself , whllo the t.mo-keopor seated
at a table inscribed npon a register the
hour of the descent. Mahon was obliged
to ask for a lamp for his now pnshor.
And there was still another precaution
taken ; the men walked in otnglefilo before -
fore an inspector who satisfied himself If
all the lamps were well shut up.
"The doucel It's not warm hero , " mur
mured Catherine , shivering.
Anton contented hlmsolf with nodding
his head. Ho ngln had that shrinking
fooling before the shaft , In the midst of
the vast hall , filled with currents of air.
True , ho thought ho was brave , but there
came a disagreeable sensation In his
throat at the thundering of the cars , the
heavy blows of the signal , the smothered
belrowlng of the speaking trumpet , in
the sight of the continual flight of thu
cables which wound and unwound on
tholr drnmi : , with the englno at full
steam. The cages rose and fall with
tholr stealthy movement of an animal of
the night , always taking down some men
which the month of the pit deemed to
swallow. It was his turn now , ho was
very cold , ho maintained a nervous sllonco
which made Zicharlo and Levaquo laugh ;
both had disapproved the hiring of that
unknown , Lavaqno oepaclally , who was
offended by not having been consulted.
But Catherine wai pleasad at seeing her
fatb or explain things to the young man.
"Sao hero , above the cage , hero la a
safety break , aoma Iron clamps stick Into
the guides In case oC a break. That
works ? Oh ! not always. Yes , the shaft
Is divided Into tbreo compattmont ? , ! n-
oloaed by planking from top to bottom ,
[ n the middle ono are the cages , on the
left ono Is a ladder.
But ho stopped to growl without rais
ing his volco.
"What's the matter ? Good heavens !
Is it right to freeze us in this manner ? '
The boss , Richmond , who was llkowia
; olng down , his lamp fastened to a stu
in his leather cap , hoard the complain1
"Take care , the walls have oars !
dndly said the old minor , true to h
: ompaalons. "tho work rmm bo done
Hold on ! We are there , gat In with yon
people. "
The cage , composed of bars of Iron an
t fine wlro mtsk , waited for them , hoi
ip by the locking bolts. Mahon , Zicha
lo , Lavaque and Catherine crawled Int
i car at the bottom ; and as It shonl
lold five , Anton entered , aho ; but th
; oed places wore taken , and ho wa
> bllgod to crouch down close to th
fonng girl whozo elbow stuck into h
ilde. His lamp annoyed him , they ad
'Ised him to fasten it to a button of hi
rest. Ho did not hear , and held 1
twkwardly In his hand. The loadln
:3iitlnued : above them , a mixed mass o
lumanity. It seemed to him so Ion.
hat ho lost all p&tlenco. At last a jerk
hook them np and all became dark , th
bjects around him disappearing whllo h
xperienced a strange sensation of falling
? ho only light of day came from abivo
he two stories of the oflloo , struggling
lirongh tbo network of timbers , the :
ailing Into blackness of the pit it dlsap
oared until no longer perceptible to the
enses ,
"Now wo'ro off , " eald Mahon , quietly.
They were all easy. Buthooachmomon
sked himself if he was rising or falling ,
[ owas motionless while the oago wont
tratght down without touching the
nldes , and with sudden bumps finally
rodnclng a shaking of the joists which
> ado him fear an accident. Meanwhile
o could not distinguish the wal's ' of the
laft beyond the grating agalust which
o had put his face ; tbo lamps badly HI
p the people at his feet , Only tbo open
imp of the boss in the neighboring oar
urnod llko baaoou.
"This ono is thirteen feet in diameter , '
mtlnued Mahon , instructing him. 'The
iblng ought to bo repairedfor the water
Itnrs on all nldos. Hold on , wo are ar-
vlng at n level , do yon heat ? ' *
Anton uiddonly asked himself what
ai that nolso Ilka a shower. Great
reps finally sounded npon the top ol
10 csgo , at first like the beginning of a
lower , and then the rain had Increased ,
learning down and changing Into n
erltable deluge. Without doubt , the
lofing wta broken In , for a stream of
a tor ran down the shoulders of tbo
jung man ; bo trembled all over. The
> ld became Intoneo , they were burled in
damp darkness. When they had
ipldly gone down still lower they canght
glimpse of an opening where men wore
jailing about In the rays of a lamp ,
ut in an Ins'ant tho/ ware lost to
Kht.Mahon
Mahon eatd :
"That Is the first gallery. Wo nro
IB thousand feet down , Look how fast
e go. "
Raising his lamp , ho lit up a joist of
10 guides , which ran llko a rail under a
aln at full speed ; and beyond that they
mid sea nothing. Three other galleries
are passed in the twinkling of on eye.
tie deafening rain fell In the darknees.
"How dark It Is ! " murmured Anton.
The descent seemed to have lasted for
iurs , Ho was suffering from the un-
sy position which he had taken , not
.ring to stir , etpaolally on Catherine's
lo. She did not speak a word ; ho only
It her against htm , warming him np.
When tha cage stopped at Ust at the
atom , eighteen hundred feet , ho was
tonlabed to loam that thd descant had
itod jnet one minute. But the sound
the bolts which we/a slipping In plica
d the fading of solidity undur him ,
ddeuly cnooro.t him np and uiado him
happy that ho epoko familiarly to
itberlno.
"What havn you under you skin to be
WMm ? I have had your elbow In my
le all the way. "
Then she also m&ds merry , He was
stupid to still take her for a boy , He
mast bo blind.
' 1 guess you've had It In your eyes
my elbow , I moan , " responded she In the
midst of a tempest of laughter which sur
prised the young man , who could not BOB
the point.
The cage was emptied , the workmen
passed the main opening of that gallery ,
a room In the rock , arched with matonry ,
and where three great opan lamps were
burning. The loaders were actively
rolling some full cars upon the Iron floor
ing. A cave-Ilka odor fell from the walls ,
a small of ultra with warm breaths of air
came from n neighboring stable. Four
drifts were worked there , yawning and
lark.
"Through hero , " said Mahon to Anton.
"Yon'ro not there yet ; wo'vo a good mlle
to go. "
The workmen separated , disappsarlng
In groups at the bottom of these dark
holes. Fifteen man had just begun dig
ging on the loft , and Anton walked be
hind MVhon who was preceded by Cath *
orino , Zichsrto and Lavaqno. It wai a
good wagon level cut out through a layer
of coal and from a rok ao solid that it
had only needed to bo partly walled.
Ono after the other , they wind on and on
by the Httb lights of the lamps. Tha
young man hit against something at each
stop , citchtng his feet in the rails. Each
Instant n dull noleo made him uneasy ,
the distant sound of a shower of rain , the
rush of which coomod to proceed from
the bowels of tha earth. Was that the
thunder of the storm sending down upon
tholr hooda the enormous mass which
separated them from the earth ? A light
plercid the night , ho felt the rock trem
ble , and when ho ranged hlmsolf along
the wall like his comrades , ho saw pass
before hii face a great white horao har
nessed to a train of cars. Horoort was
seated on the first , holding the guides
and driving , whllo Johnnie , his hands
pressed against the back of the last car
was running in his bare foot ,
They resumed their march. Farther
on a croasway appeared , two now drifts
opened , and the party again divided , the
men distributing themselves a few at a
Lima in all parts of the mine. Now the
wagon road was timbered , the wood , Tilth
Its bark on , and nf a palish yellow , sup
ported the roof , making In the fallen
rock an Immense hole , sticking ont of
ivhlch ono perceived slurp pieces of slate ,
iparkllog with mica , and a heavy mass of
itono , dull and rough. Trains of can ,
full or empty , were continually passing ,
: rosslng each other with their loads , car
ried In the darkness by a dumb boast ,
nrlth a phantom-llko trot. Acres ) the
; wo rails of the road n long black ser
vant wts sleeping , a train stopped , the
lorao snorted , so startled in the night
; hat his haunches dropped llko a block
; : omblin ? from an arch. The rough
rroodou doors slowly closed up , and the
arthor they advanced the stralghter and
ewer tha drifts became , whllo the un-
ivon calling forced them to bond tholr
> acks constantly.
Anton severely bumped his head.
iVithout the leather cap ho would have
srackod his skull. Ho never , ho followed
? lth attention the least gestures of Ma-
lon before him , whoso dark shadow was
> reduced by tha rays of the lamp. Not
ma of the workmen knocked themselves ;
hey were obliged to kuow each projao-
ion , every knot ia the timber ana on-
nrgemcnt of the rock. Tha young man
vas also distressed by the slipping ground
s-hioh annoyed him moro and moro.
4ow and then ho passed through somu
oal pools , which the muddlnoss of his
oqt alone revealed. But what surprised
lira still moro was the sudden changes of
omperaturo , At the foot of the shaft it
? as very fresh , and In the wagon line
hrough which passed all the air of the
alno thazo blew a cold wind whoso force
ras llko a gale between the narrow walls ;
hon as they passed Into the other drifts ,
rhlch only received tholr allotod portion
f the air , the wind ceased , It grow hot ,
choking heat , heavy as load. For a
[ uarter of an hour they had gone on and
n through those narrow passages ; and
hey were now entering Into a moro oven-
Iko pit , blinding and molting.
Mahon no longer opened his mouth ,
lo went Into a drift simply saying to
> .nton , without turning round :
"Tho vein William. "
This was the vein where the load waa
Iscovored.
From the first step Anton struck his
oad and elbows. The sloping ceiling
copped so low that It was necessary to
alk doubled up. The water oimo up to
loir ankles.
His breath left him for an Instant for
10 heat still increased. They proceeded
ins six hundred foot , when suddenly
p saw LJvaquojjoharlo and Catharine
[ sappear , who seemed to bo swallowed
p In a small fisauro opening before ,
im. i
"Wo must go , " said Mahon. "Put
jur lamp on a button and hold on to
IB wood. "
Ho nho disappeared. Anton waa com- '
illed to follow him. This opening loft
the vein was reserved for the miners
id cleared the whole cooond floor. It
: tended through the layer of coal moro
tan twenty Inches. Happily the young
an was slight , for still awkward ho dtow
raself up with difficulty , flattening his
.ouldora and hips , pulling forward bye
o strength of his wrists , his hands
Inglng to the tlmbar ; at the end
fifty feet they first came npon the
cond floor , but they must go on , the
iln belonging to Mahon and his gang
as at thu sixth floor , "In hell , " as they
Id. The floors were ranged ono above
o other at distances of fifty foot , and
o ascent still continued straight
rough that cleft which ecraped the
> ck and chest. Anton was stifled as If
0 weight of rocks rested upon him ,
s hands scratched , his logs bruised ,
s skin worn away so much that he
uld fool the blood bursting out. Dimly
a path ho perceived two doubled up
ilngs , ono small and ono largo who were
ishlnjj tbo cars , It was Lydlc and Mo-
istto already at work. Bat ho must
Imb np to the highest part of the vein ,
10 perspiration blinded him , he
ispalred of overtaking the others , whom
1 hoard with sgllo limbs climbing the
ck with a long glide.
"Coinage , hero wo are * , " said tha volco
Catherine.
But when ho Iiad really arrived , an-
her volco cried at tbo end of the wall ,
"Well , what's the matter ? You don't
Ink of any other folks. I have tome
mo a mlle from Montson , and I'm the
st to get tore. "
It was Oh&VAl , a ( all , thin man of
only-five years ; with strong features ,
10 waa angry at being compelled to
It. When ho perceived Anton ho In-
Ired , with a contemptuous air :
"Who's this ? What does this moan ? '
A.nd Mahon having told him the story ,
added between oil teeth
"Then , the boys will take tbo bread
m tbo glrUJ"
1'ho trro men exchanged a gUiieo lit
th hatred , which from Intuition Is felt
the Instant. Anton bad felt the Injury H
thout being conscious of It. A ellenco
gned , and then all cot to work. The
ins wore at last filled. Little by little
) leads were alive at each etory , at the
end of each path , The devouring shaft
had swallowed Ha daily ration of men
almost seven hundred workmen who wor
laboring at that hour , in that Jingo
swarm , boring holes In all parts of the
earth ; It was riddled like an old p'o-o ' of
wood filled with worms. And In the
midst of a profound tllenco following the
crushing of the heavy loyors , with the
oar hold close to the rock , ono could hoae
the steps of the human insects in walking
and the flight of cable which sent the
hoisting osgo up and down , and oven the
scratching of the tools catting the coal , at
the bottom of the felling-board.
Anton In turning round , found hluuolf
again pressed eg lnst Catherine , But
this time ho noticed the rising ronndnosa
of her neck and shoulders , ho compre
hended immediately the warmth which
ha had felt.
"Aro you a girl ? " murmured ho , In
astonishment.
She responded wllh a gay air , without
blushing-
"Yes , it'd true ; but It's token yon n
long tlmo to find It out. "
[ TO RK C-ON11NUED ]
TctJtc all in all.
Take all the Kidneys and Liver
Modlcln
Take all the Blood purifiers.
Take all the Rheumatic ramodtc ; ,
Take all the Dyspepsia and indiges
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Take all the AguoFover , and billions
specifics ,
Take nil the Brain and Nerve force
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In short , take all the best qualities of
all these and the beat
Qualities of all the best modlolnos ia
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them.
them.And
And lhat they will euro when any on
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A thorough trial will glvo positive
proof of this.
Hardened Liver ,
Five years ago I broke down with kid-
uoy and liver complain and rheumatism.
Slnco then 1 have been unable to ba
tbout at all. My liver bccamo hard Ilka
nrood ; my limbs were puffed up and filled
frith water.
All the best physicians agreed that
lothlng oould cnro mo. I resolved to
; ry Hop Bitters : I have used seven bot-
; les ; the hardness has all gene from my
Ivor , the dwelling from my limbs and It
las worked a miracle In my case ; other
wise I would have been now In my gravo.
J. W. MOHEY.
Buffalo , October 1 , 1881.
Poverty and Suffering.
"I wa dragged down v.1 h debt , poverty ivndouf-
erlnK Jor jeitg , oaujcd by a sick family and largo
-111 - : for JoolerlDp.
I wai omplati ly dUcourngod , until ono } oar 070 ,
iy tlio tklvlco of my | ivHor , I comraonoed usltivt Hop
litters , and In one month wo were nil well , and nouo
if ui ha\o acun nelck diynlncc , and I naut to eay to
11 poor mon , you can keen your families well a yoat
' 1th Hop Blttcrj fur less thin ono doctor's visit will
cat. I know It.
A. Worklnfrman.
Prosecnto the Swlndlorslll
If when you cnll for lion 13itters ( see
ilustcr of Hops on the white label ) toe drna >
1st hands out any stuff called 0 , D. Warner n
iGnnnu Hop Bittora or with other "Hop"
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routda viper ; and it he liaataken your money
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ilm for damages for the swindle , and we wil
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tn r ,
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1.1883. I have been aflllctod with Hay Fever and
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n happy to y that I never e'ept batter In my llfo.
m glad that I am among the many who OAU apeak
i favorably of your remedies.
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