When the news of an accident in the Bullion was circulated in the other mines, but one thought took form in the minds of the other four members of the Club. Brewster was working in the Bullion, and it might be that he was in peril. Within half an hour, and almost at the same moment, Carlin, Corrigan, Ashley and Harding appeared at the Bullion hoisting works. The superintendent stood at the shaft, and though perfectly self-contained, he was very pale and it needed but a glance at his face to know that he was either suffering physically or was greatly troubled. By this time, too, the wives of the miners at work in the Bullion had commenced to gather around the works. Mingled with the condensing vapors at the mouth of the shaft, there was the ominous odor of burning timbers. Just as the Club miners entered the Bullion works, the bell struck and the cage came rapidly to the surface. There was nothing on the cage, but tied to one of the iron braces was a slip of paper. This the superintendent seized and eagerly scanned. Turning to a miner who stood near, he said: "Sandy, go outside and tell those women to go home. Say to them that the accident involves only one man, and he has no family here. His name is Brewster, and we hope to save him yet." At this the four members of the Club sprang to the shaft and demanded to be let down. They were sternly ordered back by the superintendent. "But," said Carlin, fiercely, "this man whom you have named is like a brother to us; if he is in danger we must go to his rescue." The rest were quite as eager in their demands. Seeing how earnest they were, the superintendent said: "You are strangers to the mine. The whole working force from all the levels has been sent to the point of the accident. You would only be in the way." But they still insisted, vehemently. Said Ashley: "Your men are working for money, and will take no risks; it is different with us." "You do not know what you are doing in refusing us," said Harding; "that man's life is worth a thousand ordinary lives." "Suppose your brother were in danger and some man stood in the way forbidding you to go to him, what would you think?" asked Carlin. "Yees are superintindint and rule this mine," said Corrigan, "but you have no rule over min's lives, and this is a matter of the grandest life upon the lode, and yees have no right to refuse us." "Very well," said the superintendent; "if you men can be of any possible use you shall be sent down."