Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-05-03
A California; story.
A correspondentoft the San Fran
cisco gChronicle, eho writes from

stuff in those youngsters of DR..
Bakers-every one of them bu:
my yarn only concerns the two
younger ones Of the lot. Last Sun
day the little one, Jenny, a girl Of
six or seven years, made her ap-
pearance in her mothers room and
demanded permission 10 go out
deer-hunting with her brother.
Claude Is twelve years old, and Kill
ed a deer about the size Of a buck
rabbit one day last week, since then
be can't rest 4 minute in the day
time, and scarcely sleeps at night.
L; was 10 o'clock when the child
ren started, taking a dog with
them The mother thought no
more OF them Until dinner time in
tie evening. Then she became
alarmed. Night approaching she
was half wild. AL hands, consist
ing Of scre ten OF twelve miners,
started ont, some Oh horseback and
some OF foot. Night came dark
ness settled down on tie still val
ley with a quiet that seemed ike
death. The mother became fran
tic. She heard n occasional gun
fred CT and knew that it was the
doctor ard men in Purs1i; Of the
lost children. She could not re-
main IL the house another minute.
SIZE took the direction Of tie guns
repor; IS vel as she could, ard
stated t5r The crowd. Il Eas mid
nigh! VIXEN SIZE came up 70 them.
Tas-e was scarcely a half garment
Ctauy kind on her body. She seem
e 70 have passed through 8 dozen
6ez.hs-al but the dying. From
the time she Joined her husband
and the other men she led the crowd
until. about 3 o'clock in the morn
iug.she heard 8 dog bark, and in
another moment was with the chill
d-ea, who we're instantly Weakened
~ Ire noise.
Ten !. vas, "Howd'e do mama =
sul -HoEd'e do papa = and "Ain',
tits splendid tree TO keep house
nnderF
I'VE Lad 70 fgh, for II, though"
s-ii Claude. See here-we had
- Kill :he first settler and sure
enough there lay : California lion, ,
cne 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 Lad struck the home
trail ana kept running on until he
met the ion and shot him. Jenny
says he was crouched down like a
cat, AID not further away than
across the room when they shot
him. lie spraDg right iuto the air
I'D tumbled at their very feet. Be
'ore starting from the house Jne Of
he men lad put some biscuits in
Us pockets, thinking the children
would be hungry and these he Of
Iered them.
No thank you" said Jenny, eve
lad quails for supper
They had taken matches and
Laude had shot the quails these
hey had roasted on stick, and Of
course they were not hungry. 1t
vas an elder sister Of these two
piucly youngsters who was out on
horseback in very Wild tract Of
country. She was about twelve
years CID at that Sine, and had been
lun,ing stock. AL at once she saw
! pair Of bright eyes looking at her
RON a bunch Of tail grass.
"I'm going TO see what You are,
.nyLow,- she said. She got down :
ron her horse, and soon found that
be eyes belonged 10 "the prettiest .
tile darling she ever saw" There
-ere more Of them, but she only
one specimen and climbed
.ack 70 her saddle. She had not :
rome q half a mile before she heard
loping behind her. She
~ her horse 10 his best speed and !.
lmost few, she says, but the hor- !.
j thing gained on her.
"Of course / knew what she want
d. said the child, ''but / didn't in :.
end 10 humor her selfshness. /
.idn't take bot one, and / left her :,
NO, and that's rs generous as any !:
ne need be. But she couldn't
sem TO see il. Anyhow, she Just |,
ew az as; and old Phil-talk about :
IS been q fast horse. / wanted to :,
relk his neck. The lion gained ..
0 rs at every step, till at last :
,ok her baby and threw il at her. :
VOW take it and leave, you stingy :,