Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-02-14
From the At.antc Monthly.
LOST.


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Wilderness. Ii must have been the sound
Of the ilaii. Ihud, thud' thud, came the
beat OF the dull, thumping strokes through
the thick. Opaque, gray log Nille was
hardly four years old and when once he
was few rods away from the barn, Oh on
the plain OF monotonouS, yellow stnbDie, ne
could not tell where he was, ana could not
detect the deceptive nature ot the sound and
its echo. lie could see nothing whenever
way he looked. wherever he walked. there
were the same IeNernera'lon~ anu lhe same
narrow dome oil Watery gray was every where
shutting close Gown af"Inu MN A> ne
followed the mulied SOUND IN ms Efforts To
get back 10 the uarh' IL seemed 10 retreat
from him, ana he ran la~ter to oYertake 1t.
lie ran on ana on ana 50 was lost
lAat niSnt ana Inc next Jay le" neiSl-
b'IS, gtlnered rom the adJoIhlhS iarinS,
searched lor lllie- lhey wandered about
the ieids and the margin OF the woods but
found no trace oi the lost child 1t became
apparent 'hat a general search must he made,
Inc log had cleared away on the second
hnnt-nI ,or,ea ,,, ,',.,r'r , ~, i,nnters
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-. - H.. III A,-l.l..,- IN.
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grand organization into line, preparatory
20 sweeping the woods and finding Willie
During all the hours of the two previous
nights, the lanterns and torches had been
flashing IN and out behind the logs and brush
of the tali1ws and the patches Of snow, that
fingered IN spite of the April rains, gave evi-
dence that every foot of the adjacent clear
ing had been trlmpied over in the search
But the men were not vet satisfied that the
search about the farm had been thorough.
Standing by the house, they could see the
field of the night, work the level stubble
of the graiu-lot, and the broad Irregular hol-
low used As pasture and filled with >tumps
and logs and brush Here and there could
De seen men sun puSy PoAinS SUCKS under
inc io-s ana "orAll- aFouui nog-hoie' IN
the ID" sro4nd' on see ll STANDS 10 rea-
son sail Jlm' addressing a group by the
mousse thal Al'e chap les than lour
years Old could not get ont oi TINS clearing
INTO The woods
a white-hairel patriarch remarked with
grsat confidence and -olemuity. The boy Is
within half mile Of the house. and if | can
have command of ~iX men | VIII find him. -
The patriarch continued 10 press his Sugges-
tion until he secured his company and started
off, feeling that he carried great weight Of
responsibility. lie Joined the log-pokers
and b9E-expl0rer,. but nothing came Of his
search
The mmn'ng was wearing away: themen,
gathered from "A great distance. were i'm
81 d III Al.
Willie had been out nearly fortv-eight
hours could it be that be- had passed be
yond the -tubbe-te.d into the forest. nearly
half mile from the house, If he had man
aged 10 cross the brook at the edge If the
woods, be had the vast Adirondack Wilder
ness before him. lt wa, time o. search
thoroughly and upon a large scale. if the
boa was 10 he found alive
But q reason for DELAY vyo- vbispare3
around.-the frrane-wo1au ,ya. coming
soon rough arln-waron came ui tbe r,ad
and through the yarl-gate and stoned in
front of the Ia,r. the t,u.-L,u-e 'Tbera
was hush af voices and q reverenr look
up,n the uart nf some of tb+ mon and ,
-1i.l,er and ,lir.-iu, ,,f tbeir ei,Il,.r.'- ,;l.
uuon the mart of other. MS , I9rrs ..,,r.o-
f.,rrrel ,t.,.,, ,,...s b.i,..l ..,. -.
D., tl.. dri,.r Mn. ..,i,
i .,'''' vas ,''' i''N''"' "I'uie-" oman
.i5 "N '.' 'l-' "i tne
"''''I '""n lne cassie
% ''.' ~. nome I,'.'i''i' 'l ancient tiihsN' Tor
,S ,'''''' '" ''' l'i'''o"-
'Ie perfume" /" oman went into the h,a~e
"'.'Ie '''' l'2lier Oh " Ihie ''it' crying lhe
-A'4A NANNtAfA Alif lNfIlu anu W IilA| lM- anu
-''' "' 'N' il'" l''AeI '''eilii, some
'.-l1..;.iI.. 'u>i "a All'.'neu
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After brief Ssaite with the teacup in the
house, the iortune-woman, urged by the men.
went "out Of doors and walked up along
the hollow with her teacup. experimenting
Co find the child. About half Of the men
struggled after her. Jim declared to the
group who fingered at the house that he
would sell out ami leave. II the entire crowd
diSsraced the town by following after that
"old she-devil.
Toa stranger coming upon the field at
this time the scene was curious and
picturesque. and some OF 1t unaecountabe
In the background was vast descending
PLAIN OF evergreen forest, siopng away from
the Adirondack highlands TO the dim dis
tance Of the st. Lawrence Valley. where
could be seen the Whit, thread-like line OF
the great rl'er. and still beyond the Canada
woods melting away to a meaSureless dis