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One of them playing in front of the door, saw the Kempsons coming along: "Here comes Dick Kempson and his father with a little dead boy in his arms," cried the child. The poor widow, her heart sinking with dread, ran out of the cottage, expecting to see David's lifeless body. "Here he is, Mrs Adams, all right," exclaimed Samuel, as he drew near.
His companions put him on the rolley and took him to the foot of the shaft. He was soon drawn up to the pit's mouth, when the banksman got two men to carry him home on a stretcher, and sent for the doctor. "Oh, Dick, Dick, what is the matter? Another of my boys a cripple!" cried poor Mrs Kempson, when the men brought him in and placed him on his bed. Dick could scarcely speak for the pain.
Stephen and Roger had plenty of time to note each bale, package, and cask before it was lowered into the hold, it being Roger's business to see where each was stowed, so that they might be got at when required. They worked on diligently, knocking off only for a short time to dine, so that in the afternoon, when Mr Kempson came down, they had made good progress. He commended them accordingly.
I dare say we shall find some place in the old county where our mother and Mrs Adams can settle down among green fields, and where you may find work for which you are suited." As soon as supper was over, Mrs Kempson and Jack and Dick set off to visit Mrs Adams.
Mrs Kempson recollecting what her own son had done, observed that perhaps he had come up after all, and had gone away to Newcastle, or Shields, to get on board ship.
Bristol having had fighting enough in former years, they did not again wish to see war brought to her gates. Stephen might at present safely entertain his opinions, but there seemed no chance just then of his having an opportunity of practically acting on them. The summer had commenced, when one morning Mr Kempson sent for Stephen.
The mode in which the two lads were employing themselves came to the ears of the principals of the firm, who much approved of their diligence and industry. "Would that we had others like you!" said Mr Kempson. "Our difficulty is to find men who combine knowledge of business with that of seamanship and navigation.
Among those who had good cause to look forward with dread to the future, was Mrs Kempson, and yet she did not fear it as once she would have done. She believed that her husband had fully accepted Christ's gracious offer of salvation, and that he was prepared for death; and she also knew that God protects the fatherless and widows who trust in Him. Still she had a good deal to try her faith.
I am now bound back to London, and though I say it's generally best for every man to stick to the trade he is brought up in; yet as the people here won't let Dick work in it, I want him and you all to come away with me. You cannot be worse off, and you may be much better; and at all events, I have enough wages to keep you all comfortable." Poor Mrs Kempson thankfully accepted her son's offer.
On this the surgeon stepped forward and had David carried out of the crowd, who prevented him from breathing the fresh air, which, if a person is not dead, is more likely than anything else to restore the power of breathing. Meantime Mrs Kempson, among the other women, had come up. "Oh! my husband! my husband! where is he? Dick, my boy, have you found your father and Tom?
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