as we approached, until we stood with 
the miners in a foot or so of water 
which showed yellow and shining in 
the flickering light of four candles. 
Then we went back to the smithy to 
wait the result of the blast. 
There was a horrid jarring booming 
| sound. The miners listened intently. 
ik McCaffrey said, “One.” Another ex- 
plosion in the tunnel followed — 
| “Two.” Another —‘* Three.” Thena 
silence. ‘* That’s bad,” said McCaff- 
rey, shaking his head. ‘An unex- 
ploded cap.” 
“What do you mean?” I asked. 
| “There were four charges and should 
have been four explosions. It’s liable 
to go off when we go in there.” 
Ohi!” “Ansaid. 
The miners waited a while for the 
fumes of the dynamite to be dissipated 
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