The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-03-19

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found upon the mountain, not a long
way back.
"sI tell you what, says land did
it more to quiet her, for she was taking
on orful, and it was like hunting for a
needle in a haystack anyway-'1tell you
what, Miss GOrdon-weM take a hunt
for her we'll bring her back alive Or
dead 1 was just going to say but L
| stopped myself in time, and got out OF
the house.
oval, it didn't tax long to III them,
and off we started, twelve of us double
listed men, with our carbines on our
shoulders, and our fiaring pine-knot
torches-for the night was dark as pitch.
My dog went, too. He's getting oldlsh
now, and had rather sleep in the sun, or
by the kitchen fire, than climb the rocks !;
but then, his eyes were as sharp as a
ox's, and he was ready for any frolic.
Heaven forgive me, though, for calling
that a frolic.
"Wal, as I said, We started twelve
strong, and Boz went with lis, and the
people stood at their doors, and bid us
sGodspeed,' and watched us, as they
said afterwards, for miles and miles, by
means of the light from u torches.
We waded brooks, and climbed over
trees and Jagged points of stone ; we
hollered till we We're hOarse, and we
crawled on our hands and knees into
caves, with our guns between ON teeth,
thinking they might be bears dens, but
we didn't find n trace of little Susan.
"Our hearts sank at the thought Of
Eer we could not go back so, and we
kept on. At last, our torches vent out,
and we could do nothing more, for we
had got among the rocks, by the ice
caverns, and a step might send Us to our
deaths. The wind rose, too, all Of Il
sudden, and cut against us sharp like n
knife. We huddled closer together, and
sat benumbed and discouraged, waiting
for the morning.
"Some of us thought it would never
come. / know | prayed for mother and
| the girls, for when it blew colder and
colder, and I began to be drowsy, / was
afraid I should never see them again. L
tried to keep awake, but could not. L
guess that was the case with the rest, for
nobody stirred, and the wind went down,
and it grew deathly still. [ tried to
speak, but my tongue Glove to the roof
of my mouth ] tried TO turn, to move,
but I was like a log. Then at last l
didn't care to try any longer, and the
silence was deader than ever.
"By-and-by I heard music-faint, lar
off, as it were. It seemed very pleasant,
lying there, listening to it. L thought
it might be angels singing. But all at
once, the sweet solemn chant rose into a
wild Methodist hymn.
Given Boz knew it. He sprang away
with a quick short bark, and We, stand
ing up, all our drowsiness gone like
magic, gave a shout that rang through
the wilderness, and awoke Il thousand
| echoes. We were sure now that the
child was found, for it was her ~fayorlte
song we had just heard-one that she
had sun to us hundreds of times before.
".Susan Gordon-Susan Gordon, we
cried, where are you|
"Then we held our brea hs to listen
FOR an answer !; and it came, so clear and
steady that We caught every syllable.
"'Here-in an ice-cave! Ihave fallen
through can't get up
owe each shook each others hands,
and Rugged each other about the neck,
us great men but we couldn't help it,
and We shouted again:
care you hurt? Can you stay there
a little longer, till the day breaks|
"H.All right was the answer, rs steady
rs before. I can wait
"Thcn we watched eagerly for The
dawn, keeping pretty still again; but this
tiGc, because we were so thankful-oh,
SO thankful 1t Was not very long,
though, it seemed to rs, before the air
grew gray. But every little while we
would q II to Susan, and she would call
back and Boz, who had gone straight
to the cave where she was, through the
darkness, would bark, and so We cheered
ourselves q little. But when at last it
was Light enough for us to venture