Chapter

 1 II  |        for some days, he wrote to Sir W. Elphiston, President
 2 II  |              I knew you directly, sir,” replied the young miner,
 3 II  |          know what it is?”~“I do, sir.”~“Well, Harry, I will not
 4 III |             cried Jack Ryan. “Ah, sir, I could not see. Since
 5 III |         No one has forgotten you, sir.”~“And I have forgotten
 6 III |           Starr.~“Thanks for all, sir,” replied Jack.~“Good-by,
 7 III |        Let us go on. Take my arm, sir, and don’t be afraid of
 8 IV  |        again say you are welcome, sir.”~Simon Ford, followed by
 9 IV  |           to put to you.”~“Go on, sir.”~“Your letter told me of
10 IV  |          s dress?”~“Not just yet, sir, not just yet!” returned
11 VI  |           are you sure?”~“Listen, sir!” resumed Simon. “It is
12 VI  |         James Starr.~“Just there, sir,” returned Ford, “and I
13 VII |        the new vein.”~“Well said, sir!” cried Simon Ford. “The
14 VII |         do, my old friend!”~“And, sir, you shall be our viewer
15 VII |           that dyke?”~“Excuse me, sir,” answered the old overman; “
16 VIII|      light for another ten hours, sir,” said Harry.~“Well, let
17 VIII|       Simon Ford; “I believe you, sir! A thousand years and more
18 IX  |          absence of the engineer. Sir W. Elphiston, the President
19 IX  |          it could not be doubted. Sir William Elphiston, President
20 IX  |          completely deserted; but Sir William was much surprised
21 IX  |         burnt!”~“Burnt?” repeated Sir William. “Indeed, here sure
22 IX  |        long time!”~“Do you think, sir,” asked Ryan, “that Mr.
23 IX  |          Certainly not,” answered Sir William Elphiston, who had
24 IX  |         light, my men!” exclaimed Sir William.~“It’s a goblin
25 IX  |         hour of this vain pursuit Sir William Elphiston and his
26 IX  |    invisible being wish to entice Sir William and his companions
27 IX  |     refuge.~“And indeed,” thought Sir William, “if it wishes to
28 IX  |       just as the thought crossed Sir William’s mind the light
29 IX  |      through the opening, was for Sir William and his party but
30 IX  |           James Starr!” exclaimed Sir William Elphiston.~“Harry!
31 IX  |         others! help them first!”~Sir William, Jack, and their
32 IX  |       unable to do more for them.~Sir William wondered whether
33 IX  | apparently wished to point out to Sir William. This was a natural
34 XIV |          to a few lines in one of Sir Walter Scott’s romances.~
35 XIV |      Listen to what is written by Sir Walter Scott in the eighth
36 XIV |      touched with gold the top of Sir Walter Scott’s monument”—
37 XVI |         into the mine beneath. Of Sir Walter Scott’s favorite
38 XVI |      would have been the death of Sir Walter Scott, had he still