Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-11-25

broken down upon the road, and she had
had to carry him in her arms till she could
scarcely stand. Suppose she left them
here outside the cottage to run about and
play till Mrs. Pope should come back and
take them in? Size thought the question
oyer in her grave, little, mind for
two or three minutes, and then at last
she resolved that she nomd leave them
here. The poor child was so anxious to
get the doctor for her father that at the
moment that seemed to her more impor.
Gut than any other thing Her father
was 30 i'll ifshe could only get the doctor
quickly s N"r irt p
i"Lizzy," she said to her little sister, "if
l leave you and DaviC here to play till
come back, will you be sure to keep inside
the garden, and not 60 anywhere out Of
sight," 'Ht' 4i3
90 yes" answered Lizzy, readily.
"I'll come back as fast as ever cam"
poor Barbara promised land mind,
shall be so angry if you don't do what
tell you. Now you understand ?" M
90 yes!" said Lizzy again
"And you're to take care of Davie, you
know, and not let him stir step beyond
the gate or get into any mischief. l shall
be back very soon sham be more than
an hour away" said the elder sister. And
then, half uneasy, and yet not knowing
what else she could do, she closed the
little garden gate upon the Children, and
hurried away. "
She ran halt way to the doctors house,
and half way back again. She was tired
and breathless when she got once more to
Mrs. Pope's cottage The garden door
was standing open, and the children were
not in the garden; but she said to herself,
90, Mrs. Pope has come back that is all
right" and went quickly up to the house
door and knocked. But no one answered
her knock. With the color leaving her
face, she went round to the window and
looked in. No one was there; the fire
had not been touched the house was
empty
She stood still for minute and in her
sudden fear burst into tears. She was too
startled at first to do anything else.i But
when that first minute had passed, she be-
gan to get back her courage. 90, they
shouldn't have gone away when told
them not' she said to herself "They
must have gone into the wood and Lizzy
promised me that she wouldn't" she said,
reproachfully, as she ran back again to
the garden gate to begin her search for
them. lE
She was not very much frightened now,
for she and her brother and sister had
often played in this part of the forest that
was close to Mrs Pope's house. and she
thought that very likely the children had
only gone very little way in, and that
she should find them before many min
utes. SO she went in amongst the trees,
and began to call, "Lizzy, Lizzyr' and
then Davie! Davie don't you hear meg"
thinking every moment that their voices
would come back to answer her.
But no answer came, though she went
on calling till she was tired. Then she
began to get frightened again, and went
backwards and forwards searching for
them everywhere, and began to pierce into
parts of the forest where she had never
been before, so eager to find them that she
quite forgot that she was losing her own
way, and that the trees were closing in all
around her a lHf .iUu
She had been looking for them for
long time-or at least for what, to her
seemed long time-when at last she
heard little sound that she thought was
Davies voice. 1t was faint sound of cry
ing far away She had been standing
still listening, not knowing in her terror
what to do next, wondering whether it
would be best for her to go home and see
if they might have got there before her,
and yet feeling as if her heart would
break if she should get home and find
they weren't there-when this feeble little
voice reached her, and made her heart
leap to her lips with joy. tl
80 Daviel yes, hear you" she cried
out, and then she ran to where the voice
seemed to come from, and ~ she ran she
heard it again and again, till at last she
caught sight of the two little ones stand
ing sobbing with their arms stretched out
to her
90 Lizzy, how could you break your
promise2' Barbara said, and burst out
crying again as she caught little Davie up.
ct was a hare amongst the trees, sister,
David said, as soon as he could speak. 81
saw it, and | was tired of staying 10 the
garden, and ran after it, and Lizzy ran
too-and we lost our way ... ,a.s.
II couldn't help it. Davie would come;
| couldt stop him. Lizzy said, half SOD
bing.
Barbara did not scold the children; she
was too glad to have found them again to
do that, She stood holding their hands,
one ir each of hers feeling for the mo-
ment quite happy agar They were all
tired, and she was quite breathless, and for
q few minutes she leant against the trunk
of one of the big trees to rest. Then pres
emily she said
"Mother will think we are never com
ing back We must get home now as fast
as ever we can"
An still holding little Davies hand, she
took step or two forward. till all at once
she thought with great start, (which is
the way homer and then stood suddenly
still. Was it this way through the tall III
treesy or down there where there seemed
to be kind of pathway through the
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