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And Yet He Was In Trouble

There had been another of those horrible mine explosions, deep down in the bowels of the earth, many of the minors were missing, and, when the fumes had begun to clear away so that rescue parties could begin their work, lifesavers began rapidly working through the many tunnels of the mine, seeking the missing ones.

One rescue party proceeded down a branch tunnel for some distance, and came to a point where the shaft was completely obstructed with fallen timbers and earth. When they came to the obstruction they shouted loud to discover if there were any alive on the other side, or in the wreckage, and, to their joy, heard a muffled reply from somewhere inside the debris.

Getting in as far as they could, the spokesman of the rescue party attempted to find out who it was that answered, and what was his conditio4.

"Who are you?" he called as loudly as possible.

"Mike Hennessy," came the reply.

"Are you hurt?"

"Yes, I'm pinned down by some timbers that are gradually crushing the life out of me," groaaed the sufferer.

"Are you a married man?" asked the rescue worker, so that he might make his report on the discovery.

"No," replied the imprisoned one; "THfS IS THE WORST FIX I WAS EVER IN.''