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A Tale of the Cornish Mines Deep Down; a Tale of the Cornish Mines R.M. Ballantyne Deep Down; a Tale of the Cornish Mines Table of Contents Deep Down; a Tale of the Cornish Mines...............................................................................................................1 R.M. Ballantyne.............................................................................................................................................1 CHAPTER ONE. BEGINS THE STORY WITH A PECULIAR MEETING..............................................2 CHAPTER TWO. SHOWS WHAT ASTONISHING RESULTS MAY FOLLOW FROM TAKING THE WRONG ROAD..................................................................................................................................6 CHAPTER THREE. INTRODUCES A FEW MORE CHARACTERS AND HOMELY INCIDENTS................................................................................................................................................13 CHAPTER FOUR. AT WORK UNDER THE SEA...................................................................................18 CHAPTER FIVE. DESCRIBES A WRECK AND SOME OF ITS CONSEQUENCES...........................21 CHAPTER SIX. TREATS OF THE MINER'S COTTAGE, WORK, AND COSTUME...........................26 CHAPTER SEVEN. TELLS OF THE GREAT MINE AND OF A ROYAL DIVE UNDER THE SEA.............................................................................................................................................................28 CHAPTER EIGHT. DOWN, DOWN, DOWN...........................................................................................31 CHAPTER NINE. TREATS OF DIFFICULTIES TO BE OVERCOME..................................................43 CHAPTER TEN. SHOWS HOW MAGGOT MADE A DESPERATE VENTURE, AND WHAT FLOWED FROM IT...................................................................................................................................46 CHAPTER ELEVEN. SHOWS THAT MUSIC HATH CHARMS, AND ALSO THAT IT SOMETIMES HAS DISADVANTAGES..................................................................................................50 CHAPTER TWELVE. IN WHICH OLIVER GETS A FALL, AND SEES SOME OF THE SHADOWS OF THE MINER'S LIFE........................................................................................................55 CHAPTER THIRTEEN. TREATS OF SPIRITS AND OF SUNDRY SPIRITED MATTERS AND INCIDENTS................................................................................................................................................59 CHAPTER FOURTEEN. CONTINUES TO TREAT OF SPIRITS, AND SHOWS THE VALUE OF HOSPITALITY...........................................................................................................................................63 CHAPTER FIFTEEN. INTRODUCES A STRANGER, DESCRIBES A PICNIC, AND REVEALS SOME SECRETS OF MINING.................................................................................................................66 CHAPTER SIXTEEN. DESCRIBES HOLING TO A HOUSE OF WATER AND ITS TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES.................................................................................................................70 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. TOUCHES ON THE CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS: OLIVER IN A NEW LIGHT AND HIS UNCLE IN A SAD ONE..............................................................................................74 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. TELLS OF KING ARTHUR AND OTHER MORE OR LESS FABULOUS MATTERS..................................................................................................................................................77 CHAPTER NINETEEN. SMALL TALK AND SOME ACCOUNT OF CORNISH FAIRIES.................81 CHAPTER TWENTY. THE MINE IN THE SEA......................................................................................84 CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. TREATS OF TIN−SMELTING AND OTHER MATTERS.......................87 CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. SHOWS HOW OLIVER AND HIS FRIEND WENT TO NEWLYN AND SAW THE MACKEREL MARKET, AND FOUND SOME DIFFICULTIES AND MYSTERIES AWAITING THEM THERE...............................................................................................91 CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. IN WHICH IS RECORDED A VISIT TO AN INFANT−SCHOOL; A WARNING TO A THANKLESS OLD GENTLEMAN; ALSO A STORM, AND A SUDDEN AS WELL AS SURPRISING END OF A MINE, BESIDES DARK DESIGNS............................................95 CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. EXHIBITS THE MANAGING DIRECTOR AND THE SECRETARY OF WHEAL DOOEM IN CONFIDENTIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, AND INTRODUCES THE SUBJECT OF LOCALS. ..................................................................................103 CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. SHOWS THE MINER IN HIS SUNDAY GARB, AND ASTONISHES CLEAREMOUT, BESIDES RELATING SOME INCIDENTS OF AN ACCIDENT..............................................................................................................................................107 CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. TELLS OF A DISCOVERY AND A DISASTER.......................................111 i Deep Down; a Tale of the Cornish Mines Table of Contents Deep Down; a Tale of the Cornish Mines CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. INDICATES THAT WE LITTLE KNOW WHAT GREAT THINGS FROM LITTLE THINGS MAY RISE. ..................................................................................114 CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. DESCRIBES SETTING−DAY AT THE MINE, ETC...........................119 CHAPTER TWENTY NINE. DETAILS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A DEED OF HEROISM..........126 CHAPTER THIRTY. REVEALS SOME ASTONISHING FACTS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES...................................................................................................................................129 CHAPTER THIRTY ONE. DESCRIBES A MARRED PLOT, AND TELLS OF RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE...................................................................................................................................................133 CHAPTER THIRTY TWO. TOUCHES ON LOVE AND ON PILCHARD FISHING...........................137 CHAPTER THIRTY THREE. THE LAST...............................................................................................140 ii Deep Down; a Tale of the Cornish Mines R.M. Ballantyne This page copyright © 2003 Blackmask Online. http://www.blackmask.com • CHAPTER ONE. BEGINS THE STORY WITH A PECULIAR MEETING. • CHAPTER TWO. SHOWS WHAT ASTONISHING RESULTS MAY FOLLOW FROM TAKING THE WRONG ROAD. • CHAPTER THREE. INTRODUCES A FEW MORE CHARACTERS AND HOMELY INCIDENTS. • CHAPTER FOUR. AT WORK UNDER THE SEA. • CHAPTER FIVE. DESCRIBES A WRECK AND SOME OF ITS CONSEQUENCES. • CHAPTER SIX. TREATS OF THE MINER'S COTTAGE, WORK, AND COSTUME. • CHAPTER SEVEN. TELLS OF THE GREAT MINE AND OF A ROYAL DIVE UNDER THE SEA. • CHAPTER EIGHT. DOWN, DOWN, DOWN. • CHAPTER NINE. TREATS OF DIFFICULTIES TO BE OVERCOME. • CHAPTER TEN. SHOWS HOW MAGGOT MADE A DESPERATE VENTURE, AND WHAT FLOWED FROM IT. • CHAPTER ELEVEN. SHOWS THAT MUSIC HATH CHARMS, AND ALSO THAT IT SOMETIMES HAS DISADVANTAGES. • CHAPTER TWELVE. IN WHICH OLIVER GETS A FALL, AND SEES SOME OF THE SHADOWS OF THE MINER'S LIFE. • CHAPTER THIRTEEN. TREATS OF SPIRITS AND OF SUNDRY SPIRITED MATTERS AND INCIDENTS. • CHAPTER FOURTEEN. CONTINUES TO TREAT OF SPIRITS, AND SHOWS THE VALUE OF HOSPITALITY. • CHAPTER FIFTEEN. INTRODUCES A STRANGER, DESCRIBES A PICNIC, AND REVEALS SOME SECRETS OF MINING. • CHAPTER SIXTEEN. DESCRIBES HOLING TO A HOUSE OF WATER AND ITS TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES. • CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. TOUCHES ON THE CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS: OLIVER IN A NEW LIGHT AND HIS UNCLE IN A SAD ONE. • CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. TELLS OF KING ARTHUR AND OTHER MORE OR LESS FABULOUS MATTERS. • CHAPTER NINETEEN. SMALL TALK AND SOME ACCOUNT OF CORNISH FAIRIES. • CHAPTER TWENTY. THE MINE IN THE SEA. • CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. TREATS OF TIN−SMELTING AND OTHER MATTERS. • CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. SHOWS HOW OLIVER AND HIS FRIEND WENT TO NEWLYN AND SAW THE MACKEREL MARKET, AND FOUND SOME DIFFICULTIES AND MYSTERIES AWAITING THEM THERE. • CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. IN WHICH IS RECORDED A VISIT TO AN INFANT−SCHOOL; A WARNING TO A THANKLESS OLD GENTLEMAN; ALSO A STORM, AND A SUDDEN AS WELL AS SURPRISING END OF A MINE, BESIDES DARK DESIGNS. • CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. EXHIBITS THE MANAGING DIRECTOR AND THE SECRETARY OF WHEAL DOOEM IN CONFIDENTIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, AND INTRODUCES THE SUBJECT OF LOCALS. • CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. SHOWS THE MINER IN HIS SUNDAY GARB, AND ASTONISHES CLEAREMOUT, BESIDES RELATING SOME INCIDENTS OF AN ACCIDENT. Deep Down; a Tale of the Cornish Mines 1 Deep Down; a Tale of the Cornish Mines • CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. TELLS OF A DISCOVERY AND A DISASTER. • CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. INDICATES THAT WE LITTLE KNOW WHAT GREAT THINGS FROM LITTLE THINGS MAY RISE. • CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. DESCRIBES SETTING−DAY AT THE MINE, ETC. • CHAPTER TWENTY NINE. DETAILS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A DEED OF HEROISM. • CHAPTER THIRTY. REVEALS SOME ASTONISHING FACTS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES. • CHAPTER THIRTY ONE. DESCRIBES A MARRED PLOT, AND TELLS OF RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE. • CHAPTER THIRTY TWO. TOUCHES ON LOVE AND ON PILCHARD FISHING. • CHAPTER THIRTY THREE. THE LAST. Etext from Athelstane.co.uk CHAPTER ONE. BEGINS THE STORY WITH A PECULIAR MEETING. Necessity is the mother of invention. This is undoubtedly true, but it is equally true that invention is not the only member of necessity's large family. Change of scene and circumstance are also among her children. It was necessity that gave birth to the resolve to travel to the end of the earth of English earth at all events in search of fortune, which swelled the bosom of yonder tall, well−favoured youth, who, seated uncomfortably on the top of that clumsy
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