ewner of tha Superstition. Halting on
the way, he dashed up Into Seagrue's
room and told him what had happened.
"The main tunnel of the Supersti
tion mine has collapsed,'' he cried.
We're on the way out In a car.
Ithlnelander, Storm and a crew of the
men are caught ljlde.M
"Sorry to hear that," Bald Seagrue,
shortly. "Go on. Don't lose any time.
'1 follow." He called to his servant
1'JV coat and hat at the doctor
nJL ut Putting on the coat he hesi
tated changed his mind, and decided
not to go. He threw his bat aad coat
oo the table agitn aad sat down.
In . the tunnel tha men h&d been
'.'ciu-it Ilka rU to trap.
."'art i . ii. ..la HiuHrw 1 in mi
of thpm Vo thlT heads, 'an3 Rhi
lander " aa4 Kara. In'ptiaenJ
neither of Iheffl tmasetl to rresj peril
-rerq catA ' Ovt to do' to, O
iitnUiee to trans to than, thy
wo conU 'not tOL ' A bt!tea DWa
xlt coasztetaty cat oft. thtt cMoiw
tme. howerrr, 4 ootnrfirn Ag
aft&f tfceto, (ho cUr woriai trA tt1
ct thrtmsk a ooacmesoo a ens
of fhea. fbrf teQiJ lattiJirtteSJyj
toowlmx tT wr tirtrTSii Ca$f
MMa -wetXI Ifisws Cf4ssae Cbt
thnwaaauMtcia3ciT
BU tv VAXO& uioosji ae&uui oy
In;tJi fct ew.'ICiiiiftA
r picked plcewtKr tha exyerl
eneed miner though they V&jfl&, v&a
a Itttl woric tt tWnth aad tttWri
to tha men. Tgraaom through thla
waU." ho said,
.The mec began. The moment the
hiaat was ready, It was set off and
they were back again at their drills
preparing for the next Working thus
with frentled energy, they tore great
holes Into the tunnel's side, but seem
ingly with no hopeful result And the
"Vork was beginning to tell on them.
By the time they had gotten what they
Tioped might be the final shot ready,
Rblnelander and the miners ell in
thf fnnel except Storm were on the
TOi j oi couapse.
Nerved to a final effort by the hope
of life, the shot was fired.. No ray of
daylight greeted their straining eyes
as the smoke thinned away. The air,
now foul, had so overcome them that
few could crawl forward to examine
the shattered wall. One grizzled fel
low, sturdier than' his mates, stag
gered to It. He looked for a moment
at) the rock and cried out Animated
by fresh hope, the exhausted men re
sponded by dragging themselves to
him.
The blast had not given them the
honed-for avenue of escape. But
hroadly ilned across the jagged sur
face now dislodged, they saw staring
at them as If In mockery of their
state, the lost vein, the lead of pre
vious quartz again before them, tin
told riches confronted them. -
Seagrue, in his room, had heard the
distant report of the explosion, but he
had been drinking of late and his
nerves were on edge.
lie Btrode up and down the room re
volving in his mind the situation of
the men Imprisoned within the big tun'
tiel. He knew en6ugh of the mine to
understand perfectly the peril of their
position and the necessity of a quick
rescue if their lives were to be saved
Further than this, he charged his mind
with nothing of responsibility; Indeed,
ho would hardly have walked across
the street to save one of the imper-
lied men. Yet, a strangely persistent
curiosity moved him to want to know
i more of the fate of those who were
.thus struggling for their lives.
A decanter stood on the buffet and
he turned to it. Whilo lie poured
brandy Into a plass, he heard a strange
noise in tin adjoining room a sound
As if of a miner's doublejack. It
startled him unpleasantly, lie called
to his servant and the man, thus ab
ruptly summoned, came quickly, car
rying an ice pick,
"What's that noise? Whr.t are you
doing?" demanded Seagrue, harshly.
The man in a half-frightened- way
began to laugh. "Only picking a lit
tie ice, sir," he said, apologetically,
Seagrue, without answering, snatched
the ice pick from his hand. "Give
me my hat and coat," he exclaimed
witn anger. Ana as me man nurnea-
ly produced them, he added curtly:
"Get out." And serving himself, he
made ready to start for the mine,
Attempt after attempt on the part of
Rhinelander, Storm and the miners to
.. open a way. of freedom was failing,
and overcome by the foul air, the men,
one after another, had sunk down from
exhaustion.
S..4..t.l.. 4W I J 1 1 . . 1 - A 1
uuiBiuo, vug rugiut) uuu nine uuiu
lad brought Helen and the relief and
the men were Tunning up the slope.
The few men attacking the face of
the cave-In, now greatly re-enforced,
worked with desperate energy at the
fallen rock. The cool-headed foreman
assumed leadership and organized the
men so that no energy should be wast
ed and slowly but steadily the willing
, workers ate a hole Intq' the mass of
v . . . i i . i
y"mnierea roc ueiure mem.
others not to glv up and was the first
to hear a call coming through the
cave-In. He answered it with all the
strtMigth he could summon.
Encouraged on the outside by the
word that the Imprisoned men were
still alive, the rescuers redoubled
their efforts. The battered foreman,
heading the line In the narrow hole.
picked -through the shattered forma
tion, Bent back word he was nearly
through and a shout of joy went up
from the anxious hearts of those gath
ered outside. The doctors were al
ready busy laying out their temporary
hospital and making ready to take
care of tha exhausted men fhe mo
mart they couW reach them.
To the prtao&ers (he sound of t&e
pick end tfca (ttsiotixmect of rock we
In the tunnel where Ithlnelander and
' his stupefied companions lay In vary
lng stages of distress and despair,
Storm, heard at length the sound of
the work on the other side of the wall,
He shouted feebly to his companions,
"They re coming: he cried. "Hang
f 1, boys. Get your heads close up
,-li;re. There's a HttVj air seeping In.
Rhinelander, in spite of the fact
that he was among the oldest of those
caught In Ihe horrible trap, was stand
ing the strain better than most of
them. He, in his turn, encouraged the
f
-
V
cio li..::;3 Dta
Grasped the Hook of the FreU Aerial
Carriage.
coming so close that Storm and Rhine
lander almost felt they could see the
work. In another instant a shaft of
light gleaming like a star, greeted the
staring eyes of the two men and they
cried out together to greet the man
on the other side. A second and larger
piece of rock fell and was dragged
away and more light shot Into the
prison house.
"Water!" cried Rhinelander. "For
God's sake, boys, push in a canteen.
Helen heard the cry. Half-dozen
willing men ran for the precious fluid.
A bottle of water was pushed into
Storm's hand and the next moment
the half-conscious men were being re
vived by him.
Nerved, despite exhaustion, to a
final spurt of energy, the rescuers rap
idly enlarged the hole until Helen,
eager at the foreman's elbow, said she
could get through, and against his
protestations of danger crawled first
through the cave-in, closely, followed
by the chief surgeon who! once in
side, began fo treat the most helpless
of the suffering men.
The condition of the uncertain en
trance called for the greatest care on
the part of the rescuers. Great masses
of rock, suspended by not more, it
would seem, than a thread, hung
threateningly over the ragged passage
But time was too precious to wait for
further safety and the moment the
men could be passed out, they were
turned over to the hospital, staff.
Rhinelander had refused to leave
until the last of the miners had been
taken out to safety. Storm followed
him. Helen was the' last Jto come
through.
A great crowd bad gathered about
the mine and as the imprisoned men
were revived, and the chief surgeon
covered with dust and debris, an
nounced that no lives would be lost,
cheers went flp again.
Seagrue, elbowing his way through
the bystanders up to Rhinelander,
congratulated him on his escape.
Rhinelander smiled grimly. "That
was a close squeak, Siagrue. Helen,"
he exclaimed, addressing his words to
her, "we camo near losing out, 'gl-1,
but wo didn't quite. I'm all right
and so is George Storm, hero." He
laid his hand on his stalwart foreman's
shou der, "The rest of the men," he
addeu, "will be as good as ever by to
morrow. Hut that isn't all, Seagrue.
We've relocated the vein!"
Seagrue started. "What do you
mean?" he cried.
"I mean, we have found the vein
again," exclaimed Rhinelander, "and
that we're going to take a million dol
lars in quartz out of the Superstition
in the next three months."
Seagrue refused to credit his hear
ing. He started for the tunnel and,
despite the warnings of those about
him, crawled through the opening and
made his way to where the final blast
had disclosed the glistening vein. He
picked up the ore thoughtfully and
looked from it back to the rock wall.
It was a vision to dazzle the sight of a
prospector. Untold wealth was sym
bolized in that great deposit. The
Btormy scene with his shareholders in
the directors' room rose In the semi
darkness before his eyes. He stood a
moment in deep study.
At the mine entrance the men were
getting on their feet and telling listen
ing comrades their experiences.
Storm was dismissing the men for
the day and, released from further toil,
they slowly filed away. Turning from
them, he Joined Helen and Rhineland
er. Together the three discussed their
great new fortune.
Within the gloom of the tunnel stood
Seagrue. He had taken out his con
tract and was looking intently at it.
Something it suggested seemed to ap
peal to hirti; some hopeful idea, per
haps, cc.urred to his mind, for he
imiled.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Mrs. Maggie B'.oun enterta ned
the memters of tue B. B W. Club
at her home nejr the ci'y a fe
days ago. Af "r a nunber of
games had be.n p'ayad, a dand iio.i
fro" c was en.'oyed. a prize te'ng
offered to ths g'rl who cou'd rick
he gra'est rumbe of dandel ons.
Mls Cecie P Ice won the prize
picki-g 445 towers. Refreshments
were then served and other out
door gimes wer p'ayed.
This Club vas organized car ng
the winter months under Mrs.
Blount's leadership for the purpose
of beautifying the school grounds
and building and fostering com
munity spirit. The members
were very estirasiastie la their
work and when the County Demon
stretot flatted thta ooamanlty- to
organise a Home Demonstration
dab aha foaod this band of
workers ready ta ran that atten
tion fa tkat direction. 4 Clab was
fdmafl et tha 9 B W girts aad
thatr moOem vita Mrs. Bioant as
president. Ufa. X. Bmtaers,
floe itssftdeat. M ' sTtsa Cesto
Prte aewefaf? tmsure..
Ta 9' Vs w&) eeadaae taet
merit, la '-tte.-eem deenenetrntloa
atah wtU aUtAB ataesdaam, Work
ing Q9r attfsietfve and healthfal
hoakM aad sonun tarty.
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city to Miss Mattie May Harris of
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takae place in June.
Mr. S. L. Dozler of Manteo was
here on business Wednesday.
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