A young boy was
working with an old man in Providence Mine at
Carbis Bay.
It so happened
that the the day of the local fair at Lelant
chanced to fall during on of the weeks in which
they were working the 'afternoon core.' The boy
was determined to go to the fair no matter how
much chance seemed against it.
On the day in
question, he and his comrade went underground at
two o'clock as was their custom. They had been
working for a long time at the end of a long
level, the old miner beating the end of the
'boryer' (drill) and the boy turning it, when all
of a sudden the boy cried: "My Loor,
whatever's that, 'en?"
Immediately,
the old man who was know to be highly
'tembersome', clapped his hat on his head and
began to make his way out towards the shaft.
Arriving on the surface, the old man turned to
the boy and asked:
"Dedst 'a
'ear anything, booy?"
"Why
no," replied the other, "did you?"
"Well, I
aren't sure," was the old man's guarded
reply, "but no matter for that, I aren't
going down to work no more to-day."
"Well, I'm
some glad for that 'en," cried the boy,
"cause I want to go to Lelant
fair"--and without waiting for the other
to change his mind, off he went.
