Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-10-06
Two Brave Children.

y letter from Lake County. Cal, to The
san Fransi>co ChrOnirlc, dated AunllSt 4th
describes couple of fearless young folks
US follows:
There is COOL stuff in those Youngsters
of DIR. Is ers-evrrv one of them; but
my varn only concerns The two younger of
the lot. Last Sunday the little one, Jcn-
ny. girl of six Dr seven Years. made her
appearance in her mothers room. and de
manded permission to 90 out deer hunting
with her brother. Claude is twelve wears
old. and killed a dear about the size of :,
buck rabbit one dav last week, since
when he can [ rest 4 moment in the dtv-
time, and scarcely sleeps ut night. II
was ten o'clock when the children started.
taking a 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. consisting of some ten or twelve
miners, started out. some on horseback
and some on foot. Night came; darkness
settled down on the still valley with 4 qui-
ct that seemed like death The IN ,ther
became frantic. She heard an occasional
gun fired off AMI knew it WAS the doctor
and men in pursuit Of the lost children.
She could not remain in the house another
moment. She took the direction of the
guns report. rs we'll as she could. and
started after the crowd. 1t was midnight
when she came up with them. There WAS
scarcely a half garment of any kind on her
body. She seemed to have passed through
Il half dozen deaths-all bu. the diving
From the time she joined her husband
and the other men, She led the crowd un-
til about three D clock in the morning. when
they heard u dog bark, ani in another mo-
mcnt Were with their children. who were
Instantly awakened by the noise. Then it
was. " How'd do. mamma? and &" How
de do. papa? and Amt this a splendid
tree to keep house UNDER" - We had to
fight for it. though" said Claude 4" See
here. we had to Kill the first settler: and
sure enough. there lay California lion,
one of the largest size, with a ball 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 saws he was crouchiny down
like a cat. and not further away than
across the room when they shot him, He
sprang right into the air and tumbled at
their Very feet.
Before starting from the house one %
the men put some biscuits in his pocket.
thinking the child: en- would be hungry
and these We're Offered u them. :. No.
thank Won" said jenny. " we had quail>
for supper" They hal taken matches
and Claude hal shot the guiilS these they
had roasted on a tick and of course they
were not hungry.
l. WAS IN elder sister of these two
plucky youngsters who WAS ont on horse
back in very wild tract of country. She
was about twelve years old at that time,
ami had been hunting stock All at once
she saw a pair Of blue eyes looking at her
from Il turf of tall grass. = I'm going 10
see what You are. anyhow" she said. She.
got down from her horse, and soon found
that tine eyes belonged to :. the prettie>t
li'tle darling she ever saw"
There were more of them bat she only
captured one specimen and climbed back
To her saddle. She had not gone half
mile before She helrd something galloping
behind her She turIIed around and SAW
:, lion. She Dut her horse 10 his best speed
and almost flew. She says. but the horrid
thing gained on her. "Of course knew
what she wanted. said the child. : but
,lidn t intend to humor her srlti>hneSs-
didn't take but one and left her two. AMI
that's as generous ~ any one need be
But >he coulln seem 10 see il Anyhow.
She Just flew after u>; and old Phil talk
about his being Il fast hor>e-I wanted 10
break his neck.
- The lion gained on us At every step.
till ut last took the baby out and threw ii
1T her. Now take It and leave. you >tin-
CIV old thinr. | said and she did she lust
grabbed him up in her mouth and put off.
and came home" The mother SAWS
nothing would give more comfort than 10
know that the children were all afraid of
their shadows; but they have never shown
a particle of cowtr,ice in their lives. nor
their father before them.