New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-13
4 TALE or HORROR.
From u, Memrhn lTennl .Appeal.
10 'hls place.

From The Memphis CTennl APPEAL
Abou. 'liry Year, agr, Mr. Joseph 81. Clair built a
cabin IL Akansas far up io~aIi the head waters OF
White l,Iver II wac then all wihl-cn-ss C 'niry
fI u.ni ' ni'es around aod game WAS very abundant.
There was 10 lsck II be,r, catanUunts, wolves ani
rnltb,fs. In isci thai country va, - tItt date,
let, e pa'ad,e for ib- pr1clce'i huuier. .
NJ 81, Clair had % family other IN ~ young wife
Al ole infant he wac f,pi of huntins, Dat he
cultivst.0 a lev in corn aid vegetables. Al
fir, il wac fully us Ia his nenre't hr nh ~, btt
duri,g TIA. ensuing Spring man named W'litns
mad. n settlement "a Dalf mie :" y. Clair- and
IN. tn a. inu bee Lc- hburs znl quite i"tiupe
Nj. Williams mtn IL humble circumstances
srd bad d la,ge family, mos'ly of grown daughters,
a,n 90 su,sI children One day Ia tle "iottb Vf JQly
1879 che fr- Surrmcr thai Mr.. 81 CLAIR lived th-rrl
H., w,f. ass 1T b, me with the chld and NJ 81 Clair
Was. q With biz gut. About 10 oc' k IN the in'ro-
il -l- lett hrr bay asleep ~ he craie, nn' went -
II field {" ih,T be ais i'r dnn-r On her return tue
.lnld WINS gnur She hiseT-r frt alt'in, beraiise
lie d hat h,r ,Iand lad nome during
Ter at,- &c sid J al hi'-D -"n-where nb u. the
i..u,e with the child merely f"r n h'le ii"; :" she
bu,d herself it, prtpa iug dirnsr 10 an hour nr two
,r IL, baf rrtufu-,I from The wU'"l- bearing DIS gan
ord a Jung der that Pee had killed, HLd On inquiry
O., clHrtd III, II ht kn. " nO'tirg "i The enid.
They now sui posed TIM one of Mf. Nilllanss
dang liers ha0 come it, ~hie Mrs.. ST. Clair wa ont
=, II enduc the baby Of which she very tDul, sie
cnrried II hunt. This theory vas to them quite salts
fact. ~ tor there were no other nr'shboT- AMI me
chi'd could tot 20 away, Unless carried. How else
could i lave happrurd
Dmlrr being over NJ 1t. Clair walked over /" the
neg hhor ia trirg back hi Treasure of baby thar
Miss Lucy had tnnuw.d that morning. Mss Lucy
snd that sle hati t"rriwrd the baby at not
,,rn il that da,. Mr. 81. Clair har'i 10 be con-
WINGED that no one If The iahiy hed taken the chId,
bit all a..uI,d hn that they knew u'thins uf Il.
II eas row tine 10 b- alarmed. hat nts become
of tie poor rhild T. Lis exclamation, and he ran
bach home in ", at agony The mother, III Ike maui
Itr. wss aln"st fahti, Th-y could uOL conceive
who bad rsk-n away their child.
Mr.. Williams foHil, joined IN the grief, but eoai
afford &c did no con, lob. They could invent no
tie,ry Tor devl.e any plan by winch tue cild bad,
viii, ely d,gree e probability, dl-app"ared. VINO
was To- take it AVA, Why would aGy one wish 30
have il They utterly at II h's-.
Fn-ly It was I-u.E,beTed that occas 'nally there
were psrit, If Cherukee hunting tLroush that coon
Try. IL was iw -umi.ed that tuey bad hnpprnei "a
g, NE 20 tie house while Mr. ST. Z. Was ia the h-d,
an he'd .fol-u The child ami carrie itaway. Inls
was at 81 ce rec wed plausible -ud quite pfoblbe.
Early neat inornins Mr. S. Clair ADD W. Williams
se cut to .e-L for tie ludian camp aud Mrs. IT. =.
was !. # aoIe bVu,c. She wa suing III -iienc-,
pihe iear- Of brter anguish, surh "a none but
mi,Is ever shci, ard wondering IN her heart what
had become of Der darling babe. IL was nn~ about
the hour OF the day which she, the LAY preVions,
hs0 gone on. Ere she aware, large pan ner
with sleaiy tread cane TO the door aud l0"kei IN
toward The cradle. Mrs. y. Clair screamed aud he
ran away. The iearfsl Truth now apparent and
no ne light has ever been east upon the subject.