The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-03-22

nected and we felt that 1T was all too con
vineing There was only just this one lit
tie iucopgruitv in her tale, and that was
that the clothes were seen lying under q
different window, though one close at hane
TO that from which the " oman said she saw
him throw them out. 81 g
Night was advancing by this time, and
getting rid of the numerous sympathlsn9
intruders upon our privacy, | shut the door
upon all the world and, closeted with my
wife. whom succeeded in somewhat qul-
citing, we gave ourselves up to our grief;
aud various were our conjcctures as to the
probable or possible fate of our poor little
Ludwig. Some of my friends had informed
the police, and elnissaries had been sent
in every di ection to endeavor to procure
tidings of the child's body, whose disappear.
ance seemed to he so perfectly unaccounta
Die At length | persuaded my wife to lie
down; the bigger children some kind neigh
bors had taken charge of to tighten oul
cares la our distress; the baby, Therefore
alone remained | had carried the little
creature to my wife, aud hal laid it IN heI
arms to comfort her. and ls she WAS gaz
ing on its calm face rs II slept her team
| began to How which was what i...waulr,t
! l knew that nature would in tins way re
| Iiave itself for feared IS , said h-fbrn. tul
her reason NY, ma,t,lne suci, things
have driven people mad before now !; dnv
it is to the wonder of all that she retains
her senses after all she has gone through
sst~ TIL t my wife was real quiet, and tan.
cyius that shv had dropped Into kind OF d
sleep. slipped out of the room, aid calling
the servant to bring a light | determnet
once more to search the pace thoroughly
'.istc and out although tins tad been done
| ht ire " e visited the cellar and every
n)Dk and corner that could be Thought of
/ hut all to purpose: no, ii tiu real! J
appear as if this extraordinary affair wouo
never be cleared up No news came FROM
the town, from any Of the many nesscn
gers employed in the inquiry, aud it was
with heavy despairing heart that re
! turned to my wife. AS soon as | had en-
tered her room size put up her finger
Whispering Listen; stand here 10y the
bed Doing as she desired me, looked al
her ia wonder at her meaning, and fearfu
that her mind was wandering.
DO you hear anything, Wilhelm? SAID
she. sa.
Yes, wife, do hear something, and il
sounds very like human voice---a Child's
voice crying i'll distress.
1T seemed to come from somewhere out
side the walls.
Yes said my wife, as soon as you were
gone, and all was quiet, | tancied | heard it
first al aas
| .The sound was faint. as if distant and
| as OF child waiiing and crying for help.
We opened the window, and could hear it
more distinctly. 1t did not seem to pro
coed from either over or uiI5IcI ,lur window.
but from somewhere at the side of the
walls. We took our light and went into
the childreu's room, the window IF which
we opened; but though we could hear more
! distinctly, still we could see nothing and
following what We fancied must be the di
rection of the cries. we went on into a room
near tnis one, aud only divided by small
passage Tins little room was used for
lumber and for drying clothes, and was
usually locked up, but the servant had been
there sorting clothes for the wash that
morning, and had evidently left 1t open af-
ter her. We mad over and over again
searched in this, as we'll as in every part of
the dwelling. The sounds now became
much more intelligi BILE, and going to the
window, which was opeD--it was often left
open to enable the clothes to dry-we could
clearly distinguish childs voice crying
out, Mamma, Sophie, the name of our
servant. sEe
Our hearts leap d for joy; it was our dar
ling voice. His cries, heart. reuding as
they WERE and hoarse with long screaming,
were like the music of the spheres to US
They appeared to ascend from somewhere
underneath the window; we threw the light
of our candle down upon--what Upon
something dark below-some large object
| against the wall, about six feet from the
window sill When our eyes had become
accustomed to the uncertain light we be-
held our child sitting ill our large water
tub. We did not you may be sure, linger
| long over our EXPLANATIONS of wonder and
of joy, but quickly pulled up the bucket
with it's precious burden. You are, doubt
less madam, anxious to know how it came
that the bucket happened to be hanging
out III that way-also how it was that the
woman who had seen the enid fall aid not
remark it will explain both. found
that our boys hearing there was a CRANE
wash in prospect for the day after, hac
taken the bucket from the place where il
was usually kept, and had suspended il
from some large iron slaves, which were
aised for hanging off the double windows
we we're obliged to use III the winter This
they did, Knowing that there was no suf
water III the large ralE water butt in tin
yard--the season having been remarkabI,
dry-for the purpose OF collecting the rain
which had threatened to descend that morn
ing. The woman's window opposite onl,
commanded partial view, as told yol
before, of the tower: aud upon visiting he
room, which did afterwards to see, | wa
aware of the impossiblity of her seeing til
: bucket for another roof came between an,
only the window and about four feet be
f meath it of wall was discernable from he
window. Nor was the bucket to be see
: from the lane, for the window from whic
| it hung was at the side OF the tower Th
wind must have blown the hat and peliss
aside as they were falling, and they ha
s alighted under the window in the children
E room, from whence my wife had discovcre
| them lying in the lane The west win
0 had been blowing hard all the day |
y these sudden emergencies people seldoI
o reason logically, if they reason at all. bl
;, of course little quiet survey of the bea
an earlier de1a0uement of this mystery. Ti
. little boy bad been playing with some toy
at the lumber-room window, aud had drol
!, ped his little horse and cart into the buckle
: 10 endeavorng to recover which he mu
: have fallen-for we found the toy layiil
: under him v hen we took him out I'll
= clothes which he had thrown out were,
y appears, those which the servant had la
upon chair IN the nursery, ready to pi
} on the child, and which he must have ca
= ried over into the lumber room with hi
These are the three frights and the accidel
. which are the cause of our Discriminate
. to leave our home in the tower madame
!, aud, now you have have heard about ther
:, think you cannot wonder at our decisio
:, The Waterman, before | left him, ga
! me manuscript, containing his mother
/. story, which, though interesting, is too lor
- to give here. | hurried away from t