The Evansville journal., 1847-03-25

young pretty red-cheeked girl, the pride of the
party who strolled out 'alone one day to gather
wild flowers in the ehapparel. Her ramblings
carried her father than she INTENDED and when
she turned to retrace her steps she found she
was lost, poor thing-bewildered and pe.plexed
in tangled maze. In vain she strove 10 recol-
lect the position and Earrings Of the camp she
had lelt. all sojoyous, a short hour before-rea-
son had fled Its ihrone. In an agony of doubt
she ran to and fro in the chapparel every step ta-
ken her farther from her friends and the dark
ness at length found her completely exhausted
and erazed with thoughts OF Indian peril and of
starvation. Her sutferings during that dreadful
night, continued Bill, you must fancy for your
seIves-I shall not attempt depict them.
With the early morning light she was again
on her feet. She gazed in ever direction, she
ran in ever direction; but no sight of her friends
gfeddened he longing vision While :hus en-
gagged she was discovered by a Mexican girl
whose father had small rancho some FIVE miles
from the Point; and now when suecor was az
hand the lost one fed at its approach. The
Mexican girl called upon her in soothing terms
but she needed her not. The former then went
to her father hard by. and told him that some
poor straggler from the camp of the stranger
was in the bushes, and 10 all appearance lost
and berelt of reason. The old man mounted
his horse, went outin search and soon came up
with herr but she fed at his approach Jas from
one OF the wild denizens of the prairie. The
old man in the Kindness of his heart, with soft
accents attempted to arrest her flight: she
understood, she needed him not He knew that
she must belong to the German camp, that she
was lost that she was crazy and he determined
10 rescue her. Coing the lariat or leather
rope witch hung TO his saddle, in his hand, he
set off at tuli speed after the be Sildered and
| frightened fugative, threw it gently over
her, head, and thus checked her fight
| To call his daughter thinking that she might
be tier assist in soothing the poor girl was his
first impulse together to proceed with her to
the camp of her friends and deliver her safely TO
those who must be but TOO anxious for her was
his second. yT sa asf see
Great was the Joy OF her relatives. gladdened
were the hearts OF all who new her, as she was
brough. into the camp; but soon these emotions
were changed 10 bitter sorrow. as one by
one they discovered that the fairest flower
among the emegrants was crazed. The sweet
caresses OF her mother aud sisters she answered
only with vacaut stare; the kind officers OF
those no crowded around were uncared for un-
regarded. Her haIf-fraEsic lover, as be uttered
comfort and endearment, answered with
look that told plainly she recognised him not
that he was forgotten. Restoratiyes of every des
cription restored TO, hut without effect.
A favori,e l,tle dog as he wagcd his tail in
Joy and indeavored to lick the hands of his mis-
tress in token OF gladness at hei return was
spurned as a stranger. Songs that she had
loved in childhood fell in soft cadence
upon her ear; yet she needed them not
Presents from her lover-gifls that she had
treasure lin her heart Of hearts-were passed
over as idle toys. Her once bright eye so full 6
intelligence aud life, glazed, vacant
and ustreless-her round fali face once 80 radi.
ant iIh intellect was now meaningless blank
and her friends gazed upon her they rung
their hands in sorrow, and with sad misgivings
that the reason Of the poor girl was lost forey-
er.
AT length continued Bill, an elderly mairon
left the melancholy group and started off as f
intent on making one more effort at restoring
the crazed one to her senses. Presently she re.
turned with large plate Of no; smoking sour
i crout in her hand, elbowing her way in among
the sOrrowing crowd she presented the dish to
the girl, and
Sand with what effect!'' calculated RAM
ger who had been listening all the while, and
who now dashed away tear which had gather
ed in his eye. "With what effect!"
As-.onish-ing'slowiy calculated the wagon
at brought her right to just like sIIot and the
was she skived into that 'crout showed that
twenty-four hours hard exercise in the chap
parel was great help to the appetite"'
/ took at least 90 minutes to collect the scat
tered horses that broke the ropes when the
laugh that succeeded This termination to sad
story first burst upon them.
TRIBUTE TO GEN. HARRISON.