The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-09-16
Adventurous Children.

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Adventurous Children.
A correspondent OF The San Francis
20, Chronicle, who writes from Lower
Like, Lake County, CAL, tells the ad'
ventures of two Juveniles in that local
ity:
There is GOOD stuff in those young
sters of DR.. Bakers every one OF
them hut my yarn only concerns the
two younger of the lot Last Sunday
the little one, jenny, n girl Of six or
seven wears, made her appearance in
her mothers room, demanding permis-
sion to 60 out deer hunting with her
brother. Claude il twelve years old,
md killed n deer about the sizo Of
buck rabbit one day last week, pince
when he can't rest moment in the
daytime, and scarcely rests of night. 1t
was ten O'Clock when the children
started, taking dog with them. The
mother thought no more OF them until
dinner.time in the evening. Then she
became alarmed. Night approaching
she was half wild. All hands, consist
lug of some ten or twelve miners,
started ont, some on horseback and
some on foot. Night came darkness
settled down on the still valley with n
quiet that seemed like death. The
mother became frantic. She heard au
occasional gun fred off and knew that it
was the doctor aud men in pursuit OF
the lost children. She could not re-
main in the house another moment.
She took the direction OF the guns re
port AZ well as she could and started |
after the crowd 1t was midnight when |
she came up to them. There was
scarcely a half garment of any kind on
her body, She seemed to have passed |
through dozen deaths-Nl but the
dying. From the time she Joined her |
husband and the other men 81 g led the
crowd until, about three o'clock IN the
morning, they heard II dog bark, end in
another moment were with the chill |
dren, who were instantly wakened by
the nois. Then it was, Howd'e do
mamma ?" and "Howde do, papa p
and "Ain't this splendid tree to keep
house under >" We had to fight for it,
though" said Claude. "Sec here-w
had to kill the first settler, and sure
enough there lay California lion, one
OF the largest size, with Il bait through
his brain. Claude had shot him after
dark. They had been lost, but the boy
imagined he had struck the home trail
and kept running on until he met the
lion and shot him. Jenny says he was
crouched down like cat and not
further away than across the room
when they shot him. He spraDg right
into the air and tumblcd Mt their very
feet Before starting from the house
one Of the men had put some biscuits
in his pocket thinking the children
would be hungry, and these he offered
to them. "No, thank you," said
Jenny, "we had quail for supper"
They had taken matches and Claude
had shot the quails these they had
roasted on stick, and of course they
we're not hungry. 1t was an elder sister
If these two plucky Youngsters who
vas ont on horseback in very wild
jract of country. She was about twelve
years old at that time, and had been
hunting stock. All ut once she saw a
lair Of bright eyes looking at her from
tuft of tall grass. /" I'm going to see {
what you are nyhow," she said, She
got down from her horse, and soon
'ouud that the eyes belonged to the
little darling she ever saw.
There were moro of them, but she only
captured one specimen and climbed
back to her saddle. She had not gone
half mile before she heard something
Looping behind her. She turned around
and saw lion. She put her horse to
his best speed, aud almost flew, she
says, but the horrid thing gained on
her. "Of course knew what she
wanted" said the chld. "but | didn't
intend TO humor her selliseness. |
didn't take but one, and lef6 her two,
and that's as generous Ms anyone need
be. Bnt she couldn't seem to see l..
Anyhow, she Just flew after III and old
Phil-talk about his being n fast horse
L wanted TO break his neck. The
ion gained on MS at every step, till at
ast | took hor baby and threw it at
Ter. Now take it and leave, you /
tingy old thing, said and she did
he Just grabbed him mp in her mouth c
md put of, and | came home. Tue
mother says that nothing would give
Ter more comfort than to know that her
children were all afraid of their own
shadows, But not one Of them har
ever shown n particle Of cowardico in
heir lives, nor their father before