Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-14
An Exciting Chase and Marrow
Escape.
A CHILD TAKEN orr BY AN EAGLE
AND CARRIED Two NILES.

! NulloNnl@p IANNi' opbNt puiNN NlVN'
in the afternoon, The farm Of Mr.
Whiteside, about five miles from
Meigsville,, was the scene Of mos
exciting and nearly fatal event. i
is briefly this;
Mr. Whiteside was in the little
town, doing some business hii
wife was at a-neighbor's, where 4
sick child was struggling with chO'
lera infantum and'the only indoor
servant they had was out in the
yard lookink after some cattle, when
their Child--a bright little boy, just
learning to toddle around on its
little feet and prattle the name SI
"pa '--tumbled or crawled out OF
its cradle, in which it was left asleep
by the servant a few moments be-
fore, and managed somehow to get
to the door, which was unfortu-
nately open at the time, although
the girl left in charge Of the place
AYERS that she closed it on going
out. The Chila tumbled into the
front yard, it Is supposed, and was
crying and sprawling around, when
a great grey eagle, seen by the girl
as she was leaving the barn, came
swooping down, and, fastening its
immense and cruel talOns in the clo-
thing Of the little boy, rose up, ap-
parently with much difficulty, as
high as it could, which was not We
ry high, and sailed off across the
adjacent woods, just skimmlng, as
the servant says, the tops of the
trees. When the servant saw the
eagle coming down, as she was lea
wing the barn, she had PRESENT.
ment of the strangest kind, and says
that she felt the child was out doors,
and that the fierce bird ofprey was
pouncing down upon it; but when,
in moment after, she beheld the
great tyrant of the air rise above
the house topWith the little child in
its claws, she grew dizzy and fell to
the ground. Her weakness, how
ever, did not continue long; the
cold air blowing across her face re.
vived her quickly, and jumping on
her feet and gazing around wildly,
she saw the eagle disappearing over
the woods in the direction of the
Cumberland river She was filled
with but one impulse--to rescue
tho little boy. She became as one
for she had q remarkable
affection for the child. She rushed
bounded over the fence
as if she were endowed with the
lightness and agility Of deer
dashed into the wood, dark and
tangled as it was, not taking time
to hunt out foot-paths, or COW
tracks. She instinctively felt that
the thleving bird would keep in a
straight line, and she kept in a
straight line also With the strength
and unthinking courage of a strong
nan who had become suddenly de,
'anged, she dashed the under.
growth aside, crossed the raYines as
f she we're ON the level plain, and
Ipurned the fallen trees and Jagged
ocks as if they we're the smoothest
md softest moss. The patch of
wood was fully mile and a half
through but the girl made the run
% che other edge Of it without in
he least feeling fatigued. Beyond
he wood, and between it and the
liver, lay patch Of cleared ground,
,artly marshy and partly corn. field,
lull of old stumps. When she left
he wood, and had clear view, she
aw the eagle as If inclined to alight
With its burden in the eneighborhood
# the river. This gave her new
and fresh hope, and she
an forward with increased speed.
t luckily happened at that time
hat there was q man hunting
n the neighboring marshes, and
ast at the particular moment when
he eagle reached the ground with
is burden ashot went off danger
uSly and alarmingly near him, for
he hunter was behind Clump of
ushes about twenty yards off,
nd had his back toward the spot
there the eagle and the child were),
hat he mounted into the air again,
ut this time without his burden.
he pursuing girl was filed with
oy when she beheld the bird rise
-ithout the child. But fearing he
Iould return, as he seemed inclined
D do, she set up vigorous shout
lg as she ran, which attracted the
unter's attention in that direction,
tho, seeing the eagle quite near
i'm, and a lady rushing down the
Iope with streaming hair and gar
rents, and wildly shouting, con
luded at once that there was some !
ling strange and perhaps dreadful
! his immediate vicinity, and he I
lso set up a vigorous hallooing,
nd proceeded to reload his gun
ith much precipitation, forgetting
, 60 after the game which he had {
Ist shot. The eagle soon became
ware of the formidable opposition !
hich he would meet il he attempt.
to recapture his prey, and think.
& better Of it, he wheeled around 4
"a swung himself in one grand 9
yoop across the river behind the o
lelying rock which forms the op. :
,site bank at that point, before a
Tot from the hunters gun was
ady to speed its fight to his heart, a
hen the girl came down to the 3
inter, she felt stiff, and was not
lie even to indicate what was the 4
after. While the rough gallant u