digging-out

Updated: June 16, 2025

In the darkness I heard some one moving, and I said, "Who's there?" A familiar voice said, "Who in hell do you think it is?" I said, "Nobby! is that you? What the mischief are you doing?" He said, "I'm looking for what you never can find when you need it, a d shovel." The lad was one of our tunnellers, and we were glad to have his company and also his help in the "digging-out" process.

Jack O'Brien - Into the Jaws of Death