Identifier: deepdowntaleofco00ball (find matches)
Title: Deep down; a tale of the Cornish mines
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Ballantyne, Robert Michael
Subjects: Children's stories, English
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & Co.

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elf, which he had ingeniouslyfixed in a narrow part of the cell, and on this lay afew candles, a stone bottle of water, a blasting fuse,and part of his lunch, which he had been unable toconsume, wrapped in a piece of paper. A smallwooden box on the floor, and a couple of pick-hilts,leaning against the wall, completed the furniture ofthis subterranean grotto. Zackey, besides being a searcher after metals, pos-sessed an unusual amount of metal in himself. Hewas one of those earnest, hard-working, strong-hearted boys who pass into a state of full manhood,do the work of men, and are looked upon as beingmen, before they have passed out of their teens.The boys manhood, which was even at that earlyperiod of his life beginning to show itself, consistednot in his looks or his gait, although both werecreditable, but in his firmness of purpose and forceof character. What Zackey undertook to do healways did. He never left any work in a half-finished state, and he always employed time dili-gently.
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TOIL AND TROUBLE UNDER GROUND. THE CORNISH MIXES. 325 In the mine he commenced to labour the momenthe entered, and he never ceased, except during ashort period for kroust, until it was time toshoulder his tools, and mount to the regions of light,Aboveground, he was as ready to skylark as themost volatile of his companions, but underground hewas a pattern of perseverance—a true Cornish minerin miniature. His energy of character was doubt-less due to his reckless father, but his steadinesswas the result of Uncle Davys counsel and ex-ample. Are you coming, Zackey? shouted Penrose, fromthe end of the level. Iss, I m comm, replied the boy, taking thefuse from the shelf, and hastening towards his com-panion. Penrose had a peculiar and pleased expression onhis countenance, which Zackey observed at once. 1 What do ee grizzle like that for ? inquired theboy. * I ve come on a splendid bunch of copper,Zackey, replied the man; you and I shall makemoney soon. Eun away to your work, lad, andcome

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