St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-07-21
flor the Children.
Lost Lucy.--A True Story.

please. grandpa, tell H. Il story about
when You were Il little boy.
80. if You Wnuldr' exclaimed the
other children.
"Well." SAID grandpa. '.l,t Hattie
climb up on my knee. and the rest of
You can sit down on the grI>> where
yuu can look towards the liNcl. and |
will tell yuu how my little sister Lucy
MAS lost when She was four Nr;lI> old.
just llattic'> age. and WAS the ~" of
Horace. here.
1t WAS hay in" time. and father and
his men we've very busy IN that mead
oW Won see down hN the IiNcI. John
Bangs. another hoy about my agr. and
NS,lf Mere helping, when Lucy came
to us and told us that mother said it
Was time L" 90 after the COWS. Lucy
liked to come down to the mcad"W q.
and a. il WAS III sight of the huu>r.
mother often used to ~cud her. and She
would 90 back with father when he left
his work.
Away up ON the mountain side. lcI">>
the river. father had chosen Il t;i\nIahlr
spot, and clcaIrd Il piece of land. Whi,'h
he had made into Il pasture. ll"Ir the
COWS were kept at this time "t the year.
and John and stated /" hIim@ them
horne. We had to cross the river ON Il
foot bridge. only the width al one
plank and then climb the mountain 10y
Il path through the woods. We had
gone some distance, when "" heard
something behind Us, and l""hIm" back
We SIM Lucy hurrNing along /" =" with
us. instead of stan ing with father ~ We
had supposed.
We stopped Il lutte while T." consider
what should hc done. 1t WAS mean \
ninht. and if We "cut back with lrI.
il might he too dark. 10y the time We
should return Ia the pasture to iInd the
cattle On the other hand. We dId not
dare to send her back alone. t"I t"aI >l"
would tall from the narrow bridge. al
though she must have crossed IT Mhrn
she. followed us - We concluded thc
better WAY would hc To take her with
us. notwithstanding she would hr quite
Il hindlancc This delay made it rather
late when We reached the pasture. and
then We discovered that the fence had
been broken and the COWS were not I.
he seen.
Here WAS Il new difficulty. and ",
wrr,. puzzled to know what To- do viii
Lucy. We finally left her sitting 10y {;
large tIec. and clargin" her not Ia >lil
till we came back. we took Il tuln
through the woods. John in one dircc-
ton and in another. hoping to find
the COWS before it grew too dark Ia So,
them We made our round and came
back to the starting place: hut Lucy
had disappeared We searched in rN
er> direction and called her name owen
came. and it WAS already To" dark IL
see much.
w. soon concluded that She must
have started towards home. and vt
took the path. searching ami calling a.
We hurried along. but We found no trace
OF the mi>>in" girl We reached HON,
and she WAS NOT there. Great WAS tn,
excitement when We told our story
and ~ soon IL possible all VIII" were iii
fnr the work started ont with lantcnI'
and torches To renew the search. Will,
some of the Younger children went t'
alarm the mcighbor>. All Through TIA,
ncighhoIhood the stony spread. and al
hearts were stirred. Before morning {;
hundred men were >carchin" the noun
tain foI the lost child.
Grandpa paused and sat fnr Il few
moments lost III Thought. while TIA" Chll
drtn waited hreathlr>>lN fnr the story
to be finished. At length R"bhc'> cu-
iioSitN could Ice restrained no lnugrl
and he l>l>e /. wi hat are You thiukin.
of, grandpa ?"
Il was thinking that many ct tI">,
men had children of then own whom
they loved better, hut they left them t,
seaIch for little Lucy, hecarIse their dca1
ones were safe at home. while this littl,
lamb WAS lost on the dark mountain
a thousand times have been remind
tlI of the shepherd VIII" lett the mmrt!
aud nine and Went out to seek the ON,
sheep that had gone a>traH. For The
son of Man Is come to seek and To say,
that which was lost. >.
Again he paused for Il moment an,