A camp fire story

      As the sky darkens, the sound of anxious children fills the night air. Everyone, gather around the camp fire! Old man Perkins has told the scariest stories since I was a kid, and he hasn't lost his touch. Old man Perkins starts with "the weatherman announces clear and warm is the forecast for tonight”.  Henry Skinner the foreman at the sandstone mine decided he would finish up the last of the rail track leading out of the mine, and as always he preferred to work alone.
      Henry knew those mines like the back of his hand, and made his way into the deepest parts to begin working. As he always did, Henry walked the track to check for any raised rail spikes, or loose ties. Unbeknownst to Henry, the underground river had eroded away a section of ground under the tracks, just in front of where he was walking. Before Henry knew it, his body was submerged with only his head showing just above the track. Henry tried and tried to get himself free, only to be wedged in tighter.
    With his headlamp dimming Henry begins to yell at the top of his lungs help!  But being so far into the mine no one could hear Henry’s scream.  As the ground trembles from the settling of the mine, a rail cart further up the track starts to roll towards Henry. Henry feels the vibration of the track as the rail cart builds up momentum Screaming for help over and over the rail cart approaches Henry, and then silence. At this time old man Perkins stopped, and didn't say a word for what seemed to be a lifetime.
    Old man Perkins old man Perkins the kids repeated, what happened to Henry Skinner? As old man Perkins looked with the most intense stare, we noticed that old man Perkins must have scared himself to death. We never did find out what happened to Henry Skinner, and every year we sit around the camp fire wondering……