The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-01-07
A Child Taken OFF by on EaElc ana
Carried two Mlless

The Nashville Press, OF the tst inst, con.
tains the following: A gentleman named
Bowers, from Meigsville. Jackson county,
now in town, infsrms us that, on Christmas
Eve. about three o'clock In the afternoon.
the farm Of Mr.. Whiteside, about Eve
miles from MeiRsvills, was the scene Of
most exciting and nearly fatal event. 1t 10
briefly this: Mr.. Whitesids was In the town
doing some business; bis wife was away at
q neighbors. where sick child was strug.
Cling with cholera infantun: and the only
indoor servant they had was out in the barn
looking after some cattle, when their child
. bright little boy just learning to teddls
around on HE little feet and prattle the
name or ''pa'- tumbled or crawled ont Of
Iis cradle, where bo was left asleep by the
servant few minutes before, and managed
somehow 10 get to the door. which was nn-
fortunately open at the time, although the
girl left 10 charge Of the place ayers that
she closed II on going out. The child tum-
blsd into tho front yard, It 10 supposed. and
WAS crying and spraw!ing around, when .
great gray eagle, seen by The girl as sh .
was leaving the barn, came swOOping down.
and. fastening its immense and cruel talons
In the clothing Of the little boy, rose up,ap.
parsntly with much difficulty, a. high a. It
could, which was not very high. and sailed
of across the adjacent woods, just skimmiug
the tops Of the trees.
When the servant saw the eagle coming
down, % sLe wss leaving the barn,
she had :prssentiment Of the strsngest
kind, and said she felt that the child was
ont doors, and that the fierce bird Of prey
wss pouncing down upon IT,; but when, 10
Q moment after. she behcld the great tyrant
ofths cir rise above the house top with the
little child 10 ito claws, she grew dizzy aud
fell to the ground. Her weakness, however.
did not continue long; the cold air blowing
across her face revived her quickly, and
jumping on ber feet and gazing round wild.
y. she saw the eagle disappearing over the
woods In the direction Of the Cumberland
river. She Was al'sd with one impulsc--to
rescue the little boy. She became ss one
for the eS:ld. She rushed forward. bounded
over the fence a. II she were endowed with
the lightness and agility Of deer; dashed
into the wood. dark and tangled 40 10 was.
not taking timo to hunt out foot.paths or
cow tracks. She inztinctively felt that the
thieving bird would keep IN q straight line.
and she kept 10 q straight line also. With
tho strength and unthinking courage Of a
strong man who has become suddenly de-
ranged. she dashed tie underground aside,
crossed ravines - II she were on tho. level
plain, spurned the fallen trees and Jagged
rocks as IL they were the smoOthrst aud soft.
: q moss
The patch of wood was fully mile and a
half through, lmtihc girl made the run TO
the other edge of it without feeling in the
least fatigued Beyond the wood, and BE-
tween it and the river, lay patch of clear.
ed ground. partly marshy and partly corn.
field. full of old stnrnps. When she lef: the
wood, and had a clear vicw, she saw the
eagle - II he were inclined to aiigbt with
his b, I'd n somewhere In the neishhorhOOd
of the river. This gave her new courage
and fresh hope. ana she ran forward with
increased speed. II luckily happened NJ
that time that there was man bunting 10
tho neiqhborlng marshes, and just at the
particular moment, when the rigie reach ID
the ground with his tur!cn. !. .;..J. wtHt oil
50 dangerously and flsrminqly near him
lf0r the hunter was behind q clump Uf bush
es, about twenty yards off, and had his hack
toward the SPOT where tho eagle and tho
child werc). that he mounted into the air
again. but this time without his burden. -
The pursuing girl was Gllpl with joy, when
she beheld the bird rise without the child
But fearing he would return. as be seemed
inclined to do, she sat up vigorous shout.
Ing as she ran. which attracted the hunters
attention in that direction. who, seeing the
eagle quite near him, and lady rushing
down the slope with streaming hair and gor.
menis. and wildly shouting. concluded at
once that there was something strange and,
perhaps, dreadful In his immediate vicinity.
and be also get up q vigorous halloOing, and
fn ,uif oh
cipitation, forgetting TO 60 after the game
which he had just shot.
The eagle sOOn became aware of tho for.
midable opposition hc would meet II he at.
tempted 70 rccaptmre his prey. and thinking
better Of Il, he wherlcd round and swung
himself In one grand sweep across the river
and disappeared behind the shelving rock
which forms the opposite bank ut that point
io speed it, flight to his bold heart. When
the girl came down To the hunter. she fell
stiff, and was not able even to indicate
what was tho matter. While the rough gal
liant was endeavoring to restore her In con-
scio,isnpss he heard the scream OF u child
and leaving ths slowly recovering girl. ht
went toward the spot where the screaming
came from. and b~hela fine. healthy. rOs,
hoy. with torn clothes. bat otherwise unin
inred, enleavOring to rise up0n his littl'
| feet lie took the hahy In his arms ani
carried It t6 the girl who was now sufficient
ly recovered to comprehend that her hriCvpt
charge WAS safe. In the meantime the moth
er and father Of the child had returned HON,
and finding II empty with no sign to irdi
cat" where The inmates had gone. save ,
bucket OF spilled milk near the barn. wherI
tho girl had dropped II in her flight. the,