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 1 I   | engineer.~“Good-by, Mr. Starr,” replied the overman, “let me add,
 2 I   |           Good-by then, Simon,” replied the engineer, whose voice,
 3 II  |        knew you directly, sir,” replied the young miner, cap in
 4 II  |           I am at your orders,” replied Harry.~“Tell me, Harry,
 5 II  |         pit?”~“Yes, Mr. Starr,” replied Harry.~“Really! has your
 6 II  |       there?”~“Yes, Mr. Starr,” replied the young miner, “for we
 7 III |       Ay, Harry, so they have,” replied the engineer.~“Indeed,”
 8 III |         very stout, Mr. Starr,” replied Harry, “and it’s something
 9 III |         the bottom of the pit,” replied Harry. “We are alone, quite
10 III |         An old mining comrade,” replied Harry. Then leaning from
11 III |        wanted to see you, man,” replied Jack, “and ask you to come
12 III |           Thanks for all, sir,” replied Jack.~“Good-by, Jack,” said
13 III |        young man.~“No, my lad,” replied the engineer, “for I am
14 III |   Nothing, nothing, Mr. Starr,” replied Harry evasively, his anxious
15 III |         mere chance.”~“Chance,” replied the young man, shaking his
16 III |     someone walking behind us,” replied the young miner, listening
17 IV  |        am, if that’s possible,” replied Ford, “and it will be a
18 IV  |         he asked.~“No, father,” replied Harry.~“And had this letter
19 IV  |        Ford.~“Yes, like yours,” replied James Starr.~“What do you
20 IV  |     good and affectionate son,” replied the old overman earnestly.~“
21 VI  |       it?”~“No, certainly not!” replied the engineer. “No coal,
22 VI  |     little partial explosions,” replied Ford, “such as I used to
23 VI  |        his safety-lamp?”~“Yes,” replied James Starr. “You mean what
24 VI  |      Ten feet from the ground,” replied Harry.~James Starr had seated
25 VIII|      Well, let us make a halt,” replied Starr; “I confess my legs
26 VIII|      Not over much, Mr. Starr,” replied the sturdy Scotchwoman; “
27 VIII|        happy for a long while!” replied the engineer; “the small
28 VIII|         to believe you, Simon,” replied the engineer, smiling. “
29 VIII|        new mine?”~“No, my lad,” replied the engineer; “with a compass
30 VIII|           No doubt, Mr. Starr,” replied Ford; “but pray don’t compare
31 VIII|        of Stirling, Mr. Starr,” replied Simon Ford; “and that I
32 VIII|       New Aberfoyle?”~“Father,” replied Harry, “it sounds to me
33 VIII|         the Dochart pit?”~“No,” replied Harry, whose impatient hands
34 XI  |     people.”~“No matter, Jack,” replied Harry; “I am persuaded that
35 XI  |     among the lower galleries,” replied Jack.~“But that is not all,
36 XII |        dear?” said she.~“Nell,” replied the girl.~“Do you feel anything
37 XII |       many years old?”~“Years?” replied Nell. She seemed to understand
38 XII |        congratulate ourselves,” replied Harry. “Whatever it is we
39 XII |         Indeed they could not,” replied the girl; “if the sun is
40 XII |         say so, Harry, I hope,” replied the girl; “I shall soon
41 XII |     well, whatever may happen,” replied Nell earnestly; “for others—
42 XIII|     electric lamps.~“Ah, Jack!” replied Harry, “I am glad to see
43 XIII|          Everybody knows that,” replied Jack, “and therefore it
44 XIII|         of the ladder.”~“Jack,” replied Harry gravely, “if this
45 XIII|       off?”~“In a month, Jack,” replied Harry. “Nell is getting
46 XIV |      days?”~“Yes, it is, Nell,” replied the young man. “It is needful
47 XIV |         willing to follow you,” replied the maiden. At nine o’clock
48 XIV |        brightness?”~“My child,” replied James Starr, “they are indeed
49 XIV |        a lake?” said she.~“No,” replied Harry, “it is a great river
50 XV  |       by its songs, Mr. Starr,” replied Jack; “and judging by those,
51 XV  |         To be sure, Mr. Starr,” replied Jack; “why should I not?
52 XV  |     light of day?”~“No, Harry,” replied the girl; “I shall like
53 XVI |      nothing to fear for them,” replied Simon; “they are working
54 XVI |       of your mind, Mr. James,” replied Simon, “but take my advice,
55 XVI |        quite incomprehensible,” replied James Starr. “This case
56 XVII|       Starr.~“Yes, that I did,” replied the overman. “The Harfang
57 XVII|      mine’?”~“Ah! there it is,” replied Simon; “for a long time
58 XVII|          Ay, that I do, Simon,” replied she.~“I can recollect all
59 XVII|    Miserable with a vengeance,” replied Simon, “between that savage
60 XVII|       reasoning with a madman,” replied the engineer. “Of course
61 XIX |      Ryan.~“All right, my boy,” replied the overman quietly, “I