Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-12-16
BABES THE WOoD.

The following touching story is told by the
Melbourne (Australia) correspondent of the
London Times:
Some weeks back, at Horsham, two bows and
girl, aged respectively the eldest boy nine the
girl seven and the youngest boy FIVE wandered
into the bush and were lost. They had been
sent out by their mother to gather broom. The
father, assisted by friends and neighbors in large
numbers, secured the country in every direction
for nights and days in vain. At length in des-
pair, the assistance of some aboriginal blacks
was obtained these people possessing almost
bloodhound instinct in following up the yery
faintest tracks. The blacks soon came upon
the trace of the little wanderers, expatiating. as
the traekers always do, at every bent twig, or
iattened tuft of grass, the apparent actings Of
the objects of their search. Here, little one
tired; sit down. Big one kneel down. carry
him along. Here travel all night; dark: not
see that bush; her fall on him. Further on.
and more observations. Here little one tired
again; big one kneel down; no able to rise, fall
fiat on his face. The accuracy of these read
IDgs OF the blacks was afterwards curiously cor
roborated by the children themselves.
On the eighth day after they were lost, and
long after the extinction of the faintest hope of
their ever being again seen alive, the searching
party came ON them. They are described as
having been found lying all of row on clump
OF broom among some trees the Youngest in
the middle carefully wrapped in his sisters frock
They appeared to be IN deep and not unpleas-
ant sleep. On being awoke the eldest tried to
sit up. but fell back. His face was SO emsciated
that his lips would not cover his teeth. and he
could only just feebly groan Father" The
youngest who had suffered least, woke up as
from dream, ehildlike demanding aFatber
why didn't you come for us sooner? we were
cooeyIng for you" The sister who was almost
quite gone, when lifted up could only murmur
"Oold, cold. No wonder, as the little creature
has stripped herself of her frock, as the elder
boy said, "tO cover Frank, for he was CRYING
with cold"
The children have all since done well. and are
rapidly recovering. They were without food.
and by their own account had only one drink
OF water during the whole time they were ont
and this was from Friday of one week until the
Saturday OF the next week, in all, nine daysa and
eight nights. ''''0
We cut another touching tale of lost child
from an exchange paper:
On Friday, 25th of November, little girl two
years and hall old, wandered from the house
OF her parents near Queensville, Canada West
and although sixty persons searched diIlipentIy
ior her through the day and night, she was nct
found, and the weather being cold they conclnd-
ed that the child must have perished Anotbor
days search was also unsuccessful. but on tho
third day the child was found by three bovs
who went into the woods to gather beach nnfs
and hearing child cry, went to it, and to their
astonishment it was the lost child, and II held
out its hands to them and said stake me. ~ The
child lay in the thick leaves, partly protected
from the cold; but it is matter of wonder and
to all how it was possible for the
child to live through two very cold nights and
nearly two days, through wet and cold. and bav.
ing nothing to eat but leaves, which it was eat
ing when found - = " ''' cav