The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-03-04
GUIDES AND LOST CHILDREN.

( IN tins forest. and VINO know every feature
4 Of the wilderness rs accurately as a voung
fellow the face Of his sweetheart. and who
exult IN II as does the lover One died the
other day, IN q minute, even as the deer
dies that Is o7crtaken by the true bullet
Z Asa Pufer, aged ninety FIVE. Rugged 1iIl
( the last. the machinery Just stopped and be
4 was gone. Mr. Fentou. the Oldest now
/ remaining, Is the Matte Bran Of Pathless.
4 Yen could not lose him anywhere in all the
+ region, any more than you could forget
your way from bed TO breakfast. And
Z these men are rs rieh IN border stories as
book of cid ballads; Of desperate battles
/ with panther and catanount OF perils bv
/ wolves 0f SHOWS heaped up ike the white
treasures e the tw0 Arctics Of human
bones and rusted rifles found SIDE by side
Born. as the writer Fas, in sight Of
John Brown, Tract, on the father aud
. esatern edge Of his memory, there are IN
cideuts Of strange excitement. One sum
mer afternoon the Rev. John Blo5-stt
was preaching his second sermon, when
man stepped quickly IN al the door and
sid, Two Children lost - TIE Elder
halted into the midst ola sentence. laid Of
his coat, and with Come. brethren. Il Is
everybodT's business 70 seek and to save
that which Is lost. down he came out Of
the pulpit, and the able bodied in the con
gre-ation followed him cut into the sun
shine, Ike sheep that know their SHEPHERD.
A few short words told the story. Two
little children, brother and sister. had gone
oUt OF Saturday morning 70 pick berries.
Night came, but not The children and
think that OF al nights IN the week Sa-
turday night without the gathered house
hold Is the most lonely and dismal 4 few
Of the nei-hbors had gone out with Ian
terms and horns and guns and the mother
had accompanied them, and had beaten m
The adjacent woods, and had worn ont the
weary night. and the Sabbath dawDed upon
eyes dry with nameless fear and hearts biz /
ter With anguish. Many time during
the dark hours some lanterns deceptive
~ had fa.,e1 upon . Iile Of leaves half
covering some lit q q broken limb. and :
shout Of found =, had 0alv rlurgea them .
into deeper sorrow. And 50 the Suu5av I
shoua d-azriIv out. until 2 message came TO (
the village and gave the general alarm.
The campaign. was soon organized. Mem (
y 29} men were enlisted, and the plan was .
70 attack q certain piece Of woods. march /
ing On = n IN extended line, At such dis (
taBca apart As 10 command the whole sr,gee +
between every two, and so fairly harvest (
the ground Of anything upon il Of human
interest. Guns we're distributed and the
order was thar DO cry should be raised, no
piece discharged but al move IN silence /
that should the child be found one Gun /
should be fred If dead tw-o # alive three .
in quick sucoassi5n But they were not
men only that Joined the maTciful brigade, /
but mothers and spr--atly girls, and they .
proved the 1aost obsaryaHt and vlgllant Of .
II, for nothing - gliekens woman vat /
- lOve and gIiG. Many times what would .
ba#Iiaer man seems 10 summon uy q W0-
aan 5 faculties 70 prompt and efficient ac-
ton And 50 they set forth. The boy OF
that aaT remembers the s-ene, rs If Il were
BOW before his eyes The village was out
q doors Groups Of the infrm, the wo-
msn and The children, spotted the picture 7
Ike 2 leopard s skin. The tsnes were sub
dued, there was a listening, longing look
Cd every face. Some Of them followed out
70 the ed-s Of the village, and stood and
listened. The settlement conld not have I
been stiller had Ii been . deserted grave
yard instead o. lhe abode OF tie iviD-.
The zhawdows were travelling eastward
iF. Tie san showed a golden nm OYER the 1
western hills and was gone, The STARS
came peacefully cut over the whole heaven
as If there were 10 such thing as grief in
the universe. Nine O'Clock. and no sigTlai
Eleven and NOT Z shoot. Midnight, but I
10 gun. Inc slJw clock ticked slower.
Stars wen. dOwu one after another, ard
those that larTied grew pale There was q f
suspicion Of dawn shove Tic woods And +
Then, far oH. FAINT and vet certain, there
was report The Iated foot was lei down J
softIv upon the EIlen leaves, LIST tbere !
should be q second sound and they should
miss Il. and SO BE- wrong Ia the count A
half nlinute. and another signal --F6Hnd I
and dead % far they read Vas thai
all Vas the story comp Tletaly tod 1t (
Is Al such times that VIZ lhink f4st The I
electric fash i a dull Traveller beside a swift
thought 4 few seconds, and tie third .
gun broke the Stiffness and cut the teaisa
cord of suspense. and let human na1ure
down, fearful, grateful, overcome Pound 7
and alive vas The story the riGes told +
and then arms tieked Ike clocks along the /
line, ard shDnis rang as If an army tad
won a Tietoly, and aosted ont into rlear-
ine, ana reached tie WaltiRE, watching, 4
slee4le.ss gilIage, and they t1ok the cheer +
ani men troke down N The midst Of It and /
women hi1 their faces and sobbea Then 4
back iiaey. cane tfls glz1 bTisar4e, IN the /
gray II Lis lao-ning, with their din Ian /
iErns AID their smoking torches ard their 4
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