Chapter I: Front Matter

FACING DEATH
OR,
THE HERO OF THE VAUGHAN PIT.

A TALE OF THE COAL MINES.

BY
G. A. HENTY,

Author of "With Clive in India;" "In Freedom's Cause;"
"By Sheer Pluck;" "Under Drake's Flag;" &c.

_WITH EIGHT FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS BY GORDON BROWNE._

LONDON: BLACKIE & SON, LIMITED;

NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS,
743 AND 745 BROADWAY

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE
I. EVIL TIDINGS, 9
II. BULL-DOG, 16
III. THE RESOLUTION, 31
IV. THE VAUGHAN PIT, 39
V. SETTING TO WORK, 49
VI. "THE OLD SHAFT," 54
VII. FRIENDSHIP, 64
VIII. PROGRESS, 74
IX. THE GREAT STRIKE, 80
X. HARD TIMES, 96
XI. THE ATTACK ON THE ENGINE-HOUSE, 105
XII. AFTER THE STRIKE, 117
XIII. A HEAVY LOSS, 124
XIV. THE NIGHT-SCHOOL, 134
XV. THE SEWING-CLASS, 146
XVI. A NEW LIFE, 156
XVII. THE DOG FIGHT, 166
XVIII. STOKEBRIDGE FEAST, 173
XIX. THE GREAT RIOT, 183
XX. THE ARM OF THE LAW, 193
XXI. A KNOTTY QUESTION, 201
XXII. THE SOLUTION, 209
XXIII. THE EXPLOSION AT THE VAUGHAN, 222
XXIV. IN DEADLY PERIL, 235
XXV. THE IMPRISONED MINERS, 239
XXVI. A CRITICAL MOMENT, 253
XXVII. RESCUED, 259
XXVIII. CHANGES, 274
XXIX. THE NEW MANAGER, 283
XXX. RISEN, 289
XXXI. CONCLUSION, 298

ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE
BULLDOG FINDS A FRIEND, _Frontispiece_.
IN THE OLD SHAFT--CAN HE BE SAVED? 58
NELLY'S FIRST LESSON, 70
A LIFE OR DEATH STRUGGLE, 113
JACK IS VICTORIOUS, 170
THE NEW SCHOOLMISTRESS, 217
AFTER THE FIRST EXPLOSION--THE SEARCH PARTY, 237
SAVED! 270

FACING DEATH:

OR, HOW STOKEBRIDGE WAS CIVILIZED.