Smyrna times., 1858-07-09
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Singular Adventure by a Clild.

a l'll!r GIRL only three years old, daughter
Of John Schatier who resides at the corner Of
st. Paul aud Alwatcr streets, had IA snnul I
adventure on Sunday last, when would scare e.
Iy be credited if not so we'll authent ca ed Is TO
leave no room for doubt. Mr.. and Mrs Schaf.
fer went to church in the morning at the usual
hour, and left the child at home with boy OF
ainc years. About eleven o'clock she told her
brother she was going to see Charlotte, refer
ring TO sister five years old, who died two
years ago: and soon after she escaped from the
house, unobscrved by her brother. When the
parents returned from church the little glrl was
nowhere to be found. 4 search was made OF
the nelghbOrh0od; and finally the usual method
OF ringing u bell and crying for a lost child was
resorted 10. Towards evening intelligence was
received that child had been seen at Mount
Hope answering the description of the one
missing. Mr. Schaffer could hardly suppose
that his CHI ID had wandered so far from home.
but he set out for the cemetery. At the canal
bridge he met Mrs. Il. SIOelzcr with his child
on the way home. Mrs. S. had found it at Il
house in Mount Hope. where it had been taken
care OF, having been found in the cemetery.
This little girl, only three wears old, had
walked from near the Falls Field to Mount
Hope, and to the extreme southern part of the
grounds, where her father has lot, and where
her little sister was buried The distance is
nearly three miles, and she had not been there
often enough to make her at all familiar with
the streets leading thither. Aud after reaching
the cemetery, it is surprising that she should
have found her way along the winding paths
leading TO the upper part Of the grounds. She
must have done all without assistance, and ac
tualy found the place where her sister Char
ela Ilnt, ICnrr oh,
spot is not known, nor is it known how long she
there. 1t is presumed that she was
much fatgucd when she arrived, for she laid
down upon the grass by the grave and slept
When she awoke she started homeward, and
came down to one of the ponds in the cemetery
to quench her thirst, and there she was noticed
by a man who took charge of her, and detained
her until Mrs. SlOetzel came along and recog-
nlzed her.
The little wanderer was restored to her
anxious parents about six o'clock, having been
absent from home about seven hours, and most
of that time was alone and mistress of her oWn
actions. Few children of twice her years could
be trusted to accomplish such journey alone.
There is something OF subImity-of poetry-in
the adventure of this little child, which appeals
to the finer sentiments of the soul. That one
so young and so tender should be inspired with
a passion to visit sisters grave, and should
resoIutely accomplish the mission against such
Obstacles, s strange indeed. That same Al
mighty Power which controls the smallest
events as well as those of ma gnitude, and which
implanted in this infant bosom desire to COM
mune alone with the pure spirit of sister.
guided her safely to that sisters grave, and re-
turned her unframed to parental care.
This incident, simple, perhaps, in ITSELF to
the rejecting mind, is suggestive of many
thoughts. If the spirits OF tie. dead hover
about and are cognzant of the movements of
the living, Cob how happy are they who firmly
believe it, with what extatic delight the spirit
of Charlotte must have beheld her little sister
sleeping sweetIy upon the grave containing her
ashes Wnat fond parents would not find the
death pang more easy and the King of terrors
de,hroned in the hour of dissolution, if he could
be assured :hat his darling children and thuse
he held most dear on earth would singly wan
der TO the silent cemetery and sleep upon his
grave! Such thought would strip the tomb
of its oblVi0us character, and make il rather a