Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-11
The Child Uuder a snow Drift.


not easily go home at noon. SO each
day she ate dinner with her mothers
sister, who lived in the village, near
the school house, and at evening she
usually returned to her own home. -
Often, when the weather was very bad,
instead of going home at evening, she
remained over night with her suat.
One day in midwinter, this little girl
went to school, and when evening came
she was very anxious to return home to
her parents but the snow came so
thick and fast that her aunt was not
willing she should go Nevertheless,
she started on her homeward way.
Faster and faster the great snow flakes
came down; and she had not gone far
before herpathway was entirely hidden
from view Soon the shadows of night
began to gather around her; and being
able to see only few steps ahead, she
lost her way, and wandered afar oil
over the wide moor.
As the little girl did not come home,
the mother gave herself no uneasiness,
saying, "My sister will not let the
child go out in such a snow-storm. "
! When the father came from his work
at evening, he said, "My little girl
must be safe and warm in her aunt's
house.
The next day was Sunday, and the
mother went TO the village where the
school was kept, to carry her child a
Sunday frock. But how great was her
dismay to learn that the child was not
there
She ran from house to house, and
everywhere sought for her in vain. The
father and the neighbors also came to
look for the missing little one; but
they did not find her either IN tho fields
or in the village.
Towards noon, when all others had
wearied of the search, the father with
one of his neighbors, went still farther
over the wild moorland, while the
mother stood at distance, thrusting
about in the deep snow with a stick.
| At length she saw some cloth stirred
by the wind and just then the neigh
Dor saw BRIGHT red spot close by a
newly made SOW heap. He was great
| ly shocked, for he thought what he be-
/ held was the bloody head of the little
girl, who, he supposed, had been torn
! to pieces by the ravenous animals which
roamed through those regions. The
man was so horror-stricken that be
could scarcely move towards the spot,
The father saw it also but he master
ed his forebodings, and approached
the place. He then saw that the red
spot was not blood, but the piece of
red cloth which the mother had bound
about her child's head the day before
When he raised the cloth, the little girl
looked up and sweetly smiled.
The snow had fallen 50 deep around
her that only her face and the top of
/ her head could be seen. The father
/ quickly removed her from the snow,
and greatly to his Joy and surprise,
! found that she was warm and uninlur-
! ed for the snow had become so deep
about the place where she had remained
during the night that neither wind nor
frost could reach her. The father at
once carried her home, where she was
put to bed and had some warn broth.
When she told how it Jared with her
through the long night and the follow
ing morning, her parents shed mingled
tars of pity and Joy,
She said, "When / left my aunt,
yesterday, | soon came into the great
field, and could not find my way But
| went on farther and farther through
the deep snow; for | thought | could
soon see man or house. Many
times | stood still and cried, and then
my eyes would freeze shut; but every
time | would rub them open again. At
L., 1 !
our house, Then | felt very glad, and
went towards it but | saw that it was
only large rock | was tired, and sat
down; and when it was dark I began
to cry, aud then I fell asleep. In the
night | dreamed that a very old man
came and covered me with warm
clothes. l slept till morning, when,
hearing noise about my head l
awoke, and saw a black dog, who
scratched away the snow and pulled
the cloth from my head. >
The mother asked her why she did
not then get up and come home, and
if she was not nearly frozen.
The child said, II cosld not get up.
because was so fast in the snow Fl
did not feel cold for the sun shone so
warm.
Then mother asked again, what
did you think when You had been in
the snow SO long2 Did YOU not cry ~
The girl said, Il did not cry, for
thought father would come pretty soon.
Everybody wondered much at what
the child said, and the parents thanked
God that snow had covered their little
girl with warm clothes, so that the cold
could not harm her. -neJTy'S Museum .
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