I ran out o' the house, and away into the fair, and drunk, and fought, and swore like a mad one.
"I was in one of the dancing booths, half drunk, and a young fellow came to me, and said, 'Where has thee been?
Do thee know thy brother has foughten Jim Perry, and beaten him ?' "I felt like crying, to think my brother had fought, and I not there to set him up.

But I swore, and said, 'I wish Jim Perry had killed un;' and then I sneaked off home to bed, and cried like a lass.
"And next morning I was up before him, and down the pit.

He worked a good piece from me, so I did not see him, and it came on nigh nine o'clock before I began to wonder why the viewer had not been round, for I had heard say there was a foul place cut into by some of them, and at such times the viewer generally looks into every corner.
"Well, about nine, the viewer and underviewer came up with the overman, and stood talking alongside of me, when there came a something sudden and sharp, as tho' one had boxed your ears, and then a 'whiz, whiz,' and the viewer stumbled a one side, and cried out, 'God save us!' "I hardly knew what had happened till I heard him singing out clear and firm, 'Come here to me, you lads; come here.

Keep steady, and we'll be all right yet.' Then I knew it was a fire, and a sharp one, and began crying out for Jack.
"I heard him calling for me, and then he ran up and got hold of me; and so ended the only quarrel we ever had, and that was a one-sided one.
"'Are you all here ?' said the viewer.

'Now follow me, and if we meet the afterdamp hold your breath and run.