Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-01-04

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her path lay over rugged hill, througha
pstch q woods, ard across Toe neck of
miTy swamp, where | had made g safe
footpcth' by sinking some logs in the treach,
, crcus ground, and constructing r&de
| trid :e across the sluggish stream. But
should either she or the cows miss the
! bridge, aod get into the swamp, there was
/ danger OF tthcir being mired end scaoca ted:
/ ana therefore it was with IA good deal Of
aDEiety that myself and wife, lighted by
laatern, hurried over to the periIous spot,
hoping to meet Hattie on the way.
" A fine, misty rain w"s steadily falling,
and clouds hung n3out the earth like p
Ep@, SO that i: was impossible to see onlg
u few feet with the aid Of The light, and
not an inch without it. JuUGing from q
careful inspection that the cattle had not
crossed the bridge. we went over to !he
pasture in search Of tbeln, calling Hattie
loudly all the timc. We found mes. Of
the anim&,a It no great distance; bit Two
animals were missing, and the poog child
was not to be discovered. Then VIC be-
cam" alarmed in earnest. and commenced
q search for her, hHrrginr trom one point
to another, and shouting hcr Lame and
ha!looiGG continually. ] bis We did for Q
couple Of hours; and then ny poor vie
set down aad uruns her hands in doap
| despair. | suggested 10 her jh2t Eaft,.r
migat even ihen be at home alarmed at
car absence, and th;, inspired her mother
with sufficient s;rea1th and hope ID gcl
there, where she sank down under d new
disappointment. hel pless rs child.
"Ah, sir, that was o time OF terrible
trial 20 mc-r,y sweet child ost, ~ wife
utterly prostvatod, and not ano;her soul
near to give me ala and sympathy. /
co0la not stanl it long; at u"ce hurried
to the nearest neighOor The man imme.
diateIy Sc, off to rouse other ne. 1hbors,
and his family accompanied me hoMe. Ey
miln; 5ht qu,;e party had as embed at
the house here, hat it was decided not TO
begin the search fer Hattie unit! the fol-
lowing morning.
at day break seven or US went OF a.
quest of the POOR child, taking along &
couple of dinner horns and soma three Or
four rifles, in hope Of reaching her bv
sounds louder than our calls and shouts.
We took the regular coy path to the pag,
TIRE, and searched through the swamp
thoroughly in the vicinity Of the bridge
The pasture was billy and much covered
with trees and oushea, and we were several
hours gett;ug thraugh with that; ten we
spread off in diderout directions. aud &C.
cupiel the day without succccs Oh
what horrible night was that 20 ne
wh:2h followed.
For four days we secured the country
in every direction, withc4t getting tid.nrs
Of tie poor child; and thea al, even IT,
most sancuine in finding her. gave her a.
rs utterly lost; AID completely worn out
ard heart, broken, threw II sell G0"u.
wishing for death to relieve ne Of Any
misery.
at was on this evening thnt a younger
brother, who had been away on t Journey
up the country, returned With Ecu4o, ~h1
had been his sole travelling c0m1an:oo.--
The >'gh OF The log. whose sae&rlty had
long been the wonder Of all who knew
, him, excited faint hope il ny f~-r-t
that he might yet fad his young mistress,
either living or dead aud wjth tbs Iea
uppnrmosL in my mind, hall insoao as
wa3, talked 10 him on the sad affair iuss
as II re were hiess"j with the understand
ing Of human being. Heye. SHALL for
get the sorrowful but singular comprehen.
sive expression Of his brown eyes. as he
kept !hen Gxed upon mine al. the while
he was speaking to him; aud, when had
done, he turned aN ay with iow mourning
whine, and suddenly Disappeared
t4rly the aexs rnocninr ny brother
shouldered his rhe, and announce bis
! intention Of trying bis fortune in a fresh
search for the poor CT lid but all the men
/ had gouc home, and was too much brok
en- down with grief to accompany him;
and so, calling for the dog and not iinaing
! him, he set of alone.
" 1t was somewhere about the middle OF
the day, that | was sitting by the bed of
my nearly distracted wife, trying to soothe
| and console her az best could, when sud.
! denly Bruno, whom had entirely forgot
! ten in the melntime came bound NJ iuto
! the room, looking soi!ed and fatjgucd. as il
! from q Journey and AZ once began TO bark
| and whine in a strGnge, peculiar manner,
| running to aud fro between me and the
| door.
81 do believe the dog has fouad tie
childl' exclaimed I, starting to my feet
with new hope
"God grant it, cried my vic, wiring
ing her hands
TRY and be calm at least till ra:urn,"
said |, telling n now life in my veins.
:" | hurried out, the dog preceding me
ana barking ioyousy. He then struck off
in a direction different from any we had
taken in our search for the girl, barking
excisady, looking back every few steps,
aud thus seeming to urge me TO follow
him This did, as fast as the nature of
the ground would permit, running most Of
the way. Into and through deep, dense
wood. down along gloomy ho,og, and
up the steep sides Of wild, rocky noun
tain, the faithful dog led me a distance Of
three miles. Keeping Just so far in advance
and always timeing his gait by mine.
" At length we reached u spot more
wild, rocky and gloomy than had yet
seen and climbing to the top Of a sort
of cliff, Bruno gave vent to q series of /
strange sounds, something between bark,