For the Allinson Honor

as strewn with small fir stumps, among which lay half-burned logs and branches. On the edge of the clearing stood two log shacks and a smith's shop, with an unsightly heap of empty cans, broken bo

d. There was not much to show for the capital that had been subscribed. He supposed, however, that the piece

s fitted up and working?" he as

waiting until the Mappin pe

to several stac

You seem to use a good many.

The Company pays fo

deal of the Company's work. However, it

atience and susp

n the unfortunate position of having to look after matters I know no

could point out one or two men who couldn't tell a p

urprising. H

with brains and keepin

wo hundred dollars a month while I'm in Canada. It's t

y have

y a few words with the mine boss

round, good at timbering and getting o

l look at t

m. He was a short, wiry man, clad in wet, soil-stai

e a good deal of

et rid of it. I've several boys in the

t your kerosene in?" Andrew asked in s

engine's fixed. Guess we'll get

word about it

iver bosses is up here; he

as been finis

d like trout, so I had to tell Yan Li to cook him some. If you want

wept into A

he fello

t work on the dump. The miner disappea

Allinson?" he said,

pump of ours which has been in your hands som

ed surprised

but most of the boys

em back to the canoes. Our s

quite understand yet how things are run her

at we want at present is the pump, and if it isn't here by next week

ouldn't allow

ll knock it off your bill. No accoun

ake a point of it, I'll get down the riv

n looked at Carnally as

was an English suc

lly. "You'll know Mr. Allins

ongly timbered: stout props were ranged along its sides, and beams, some cracked and sagging, spanned the roof between. The floor was wet and strewn with large fragments, which seemed

h on this heading. Pay dirt's badly broken up, but we'll fix things different when

ed at the pit. A rough ladder ran down its side, but the man at the w

ys made that ladder and fixed it wrong. Catch hold here and get a turn

hen springing down, he found himself in a short gallery. A smoky lamp burned here and there among the timbering, and shadowy figures were busy in recesses with hammer and drill. The floor was strewn with broken rock, damming back the stream that ran along it, and water

iguring on-that is why I cut so much stuff without leaving more support, though I didn't know the

ly small. The Company owned a short tunnel, driven into what was evidently inferior ore, and another at the bottom of a pit, which might be choked up by a fall of roof and was threatened with inundation. Still, And

n people send up the plant Watson expects as soon as it's off the cars.

th signs of amusement, "the

hen he came to strike, standing in a cramped position without room to swing the hammer, his eyes fixed upon the end of the drill, which must be squarely hit. To miss might result in the other man's knuckles being smashed. The inch of metal which glimmered in the lamplight formed a perplexing mark. Andrew had an accurate eye, however, and did not often miss; and he forgave his i

anged. The best ore's on the lower level, the lode dips, and having the shaf

ocate these bush mines often don't know much about their job. If they think the ore's there, they start to get it out the best

it for a while. "You'll get it back by saving labor and pumping, while the extra cost you're

firing hole. He studied the lines of cleavage in the rock, calculated the cost in labor and explosives of the stone brought down, and found it all interesting. As a matter of fact, it was the first time he had seriously interested himself in anything except sport, and there was encouragement in feeling tha

r trickled down the end wall, the rows of props were dripping, and the half-naked men splashed through pools when they moved to and fro. They were feverishly busy: one group building a massive pilla

ck. And I'm getting scared about the water; expect we're tapping a tank-pot in the hill, bu

y could; but there remained a wide gap between its top and the roof it was meant to support. For an hour he worked savagely, wet with falling water and dripping with perspiration, passing up heavy beams and stones to the men who laid them in place. He grew breathless and tore his hand, but the flakes of rock which fell at intervals

l going to cav

We may be able to shore her up, but if it's not do

anions. "Boys, I'll stand for a ten-dollar b

tmost already, with a clear recognition of the risk they ran. Their pay was good, but something besides their interest urged them to keep the mine open. The

derous piece of rock and was holding it up to a man who reached for it when there was a smashing sound above and a dark mass rushed past him. The tunnel echoed with a crash, and Andrew received a violent blow on his head. The pain of i

men jostled him; he struck his feet against sharp stones and was thankful that he did not fall. While he battled with a growing horror, he made for the feeble glimmer which marked the bottom of the shaft. It was a short distance, and he presently stood in th

said. "You had better get up. Ta

g desire to do so,

t yet. In a sense, it's my mi

him raise

with the winch! Can

r swirled about them and

ndles! When's that rope comi

h fell among them but when anoth

ing heaved up is too slow. Tell them to make the rope fast,

avoid, and he felt the timber shake, but it was with vast relief that he climbed out of the flood. He was near the top when a cross-batten broke and Grennan, the fellow above him, slipping down a foot or two, bruised Andrew's fingers with his heavy boot. For a brief moment Andrew clung b