Their feet were quickly and securely bound
With canvas ore sacks or with gunny-sacks,
A thing the miner's wardrobe seldom lacks.
VI. THE RESCUE
Forth to the rescue went the miners bold,
Regardless of the tempest wild and brisk,
Regardless of the driving snow and cold,
Regardless of the hazard and the risk;
Facing with stalwart resolution brave
The snowy fate of those they strove to save.