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Show MESSAGE TO 10VED0NES Written When Men in! ' Burning Mine Had ! f Lost Hope. Briceville, Tcnn., Dec. 13 Four orj five men rescued alive from the Cross Mountain mine, fearing they would die, had written messages to loved onos. They had but ono little piece of pencil hardly an inch Ions; and each took his turn with it. Milton Mil-ton Henderson wrote thus to hla chll 1 wife: 'Dear Little Wife: You have been a good little wife, but, if 1 don't get to see you any moro on this earth, I have told you where I want to he buried bur-ied at Pleasant Hill. Now, sweet-hearty sweet-hearty do as I tell you. Bye-bye." This was written at 9 o'clock Tuesday Tues-day morning. Evidently young Henderson's Hen-derson's turn with tbe pencil had gone, but it came back to his hands again and then ho wroto: "We have to fan with our coats to live. You know half tho cow is your-J. If J don't get out of here, get' your papa to help you get my pay from the mine. If 1 don't happen to lay m' eyes on you again on this earth, 1 hope to seo you In heaven. 1 nni sure we will meet In heaven I want yon to tell mama thai papa and I are alj right M) far. If they don't send nothing worse on us, I hope we can got out. If wo don't get out, I hope to meet you In heaven. (Signed) "Milton Henderson." Similar tidings were sent by Irwin Smith in the r.oto ho loft his wife, only blacker wero his hopes if that woro possible. He wrote: "Dear Wife and Children: I don't think v'q can get out. Me and Dore Irish is burned bad. Let the house go back. (Ho had Just bought a home.) The c uipany owes me $50. You can make the companv pay for my life. Arthur and Duff started through entry No 15. 1 don't know whether they can get out or not. Goodbye Good-bye to all. (Signed) ; ".T. E. SMITH" ' In the double dlnnor pall carried by Smith was water, and although he was burned and almost famished for drink, he gave it all to Dore Irish, who was more badly burned and 'Who needed water more than the others to minimize his sufferings suffer-ings ' --Smith, like -Henderson, -gave his irro,1ulse. in responso'to the pleading of his wife and children, that he would fcrsal-o mining and find' another means of livelihood. |