Show I LIGHTS AND SHADOWS i Sam Rankin Do I know Sam Rankin Wall I think I yes I los known pretty well round here I guess I I Youre a dead rank stranger and no mis take I Or r hardly think you would make that 1 1 break That Is if you speak of the Sam wo know I That vas foreman up at tho Silver Bow I Why darn my skin excuse me mls I know youre not used to talk like this use lke tls I But Samdo you think Ill forget tho day Or any one else thats what I say 5n I when without a single crack or sign That accident came In the old Bow mine i Wo war workln1 on tho daytime shift < Off the main tunnel Into a drift I Which was started in to catch the vein That paralleled the one on the main And cnupht It too thats what I mean Why miss such ore 1 had never seen Whats that Oh yes I was talkln of Sam Yc wa laldo j Its a wundcrin some perhaps I am i u all Sam was day foreman on that shift Which wag talihr tho oro out of the drift When roir wo heard a sound like a smothered Why tho likes of It miss I nocr heard before I IWo I-Wo had l all thought tho tlmberln was quite fair gbt tmberln wa But the round was a little shaky there That Is rround main Ueyond the drift Wo had seen the timbers kinder lift But we thought It safe though some do say They expected trouble would como some day COno There ware twenty or moro in the drift that time For Sam was tho boy to make things I climb I They was drlllln and plcklu and haulin ore When along rAnd came that awful smothered j r-And pray wu knew tlfar warnt much time to I wo wished to again sea the light of day An when to tho main vo ware very near Sam Ranklns volco rang out strong an clear Aro all or you thar Leave none behind Just cot out quick dont lose your mind mlnl Sec It any onus loft in that hole I say For I cant hold this blar teJ timber all day I 1 I From the outside hed been comln In When tlmr rose on his ear that horrid din An he saw time timbers crack and slide sldc And tho ground In the main fall all Inside Near the drift our timber had moved quite far He was holdln It safe with n big crowbar Each blessed man from the drift got out When we heard behind us Sams parting Lng shout An then came another crash and roar An all was as still aa It was before I When we reached tho surface wo shouted loud But Sam Rauldn was not among tho crowd lie had held that timber an neer had thought How with his own life ho ours had bought How nil alone he had stood tho shock An was burled neath tons and tons of rock roce I An wo found him mangled an torn an dead < When wo cleared tho timbers above his head Do wo know Sam Rankln I guess wo do Why miss what on earth Is wrong with you Youre his daughter God bless you Is I all 1 say Tharll be a tlmo In tho camp this day Why thar arnt a boy but wholl Just go wild I In honor orllS Sam Ranklns child |