The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-10-04

vas 90 prs Onward in 1t.
Al a. once, ss I rode on, a cry startled
me. ssinf. iiling sound like the cry
u cfn'd Refining up, sat still and
listeryd lad | been mistaken No
there Z wss again. But in what direc.
sioa cia.t not tell. couldn't see d
thiug II vas. as have said, as dark as
pitch. Getting off my horse, | felt about
but c%aid end nothing. And while wa:
seekisg che cry came again-the fain,
moan II a child in pain. Then l began
. wolldef | am not superstitious, but
sskeJ myself how il was possible that
calls cogll ne out on the prairie at such
IA hgar and IN such night. No; real
chiid e could not be.
Upa that came another thought-one
lcss ge.ceme Was it trap to hinder me
On mt sAF az ensnare mel There might
D. mtinightrobbers who would easily hear
u mF almosi certain ride home that
sight taa u The money l should have
ahou, NJ
&snt think. sir, am more timid than
other pcopie, not 30 much so, perhaps,
81 scne bat confess the idea made me
uneagy Nv best plan was to ride on as
fast A. I could. and get out of the mys-
terry leo safe quarters. Just here was
ah5u- the darkest bit of road in all the
route Mounting my horse l was about
% upr lin On. when the cry came again.
II iin souni like a child's; the plaintive
rau af child nearly exhausted
- ID guide me q" | said, undecided what
.n if All A. | sat another moment lis
ttnigg ouce more heard the cry, fainter
and ofe faint / threw myself off my
tc-ss nith an exc Amation.
lie 10 ghost or be it robber, An
thonn Hunt i not one TO abandon child
O. d.e eiihout trying to save it"
Rpt 80 was 10 save itl-how find It'll
TIE roTe | searched about the less
coaln ms hsais light on anything, save
tn snpy eAr,h. The voice had quite
ccsss a los. - had no guide from that.
While ! STOOD trying TO peer into the
dAk irss. az nv ears sler.,a flood OF sheet
Hrhtsiog suddenly illumined the plain.
Ats ,'e distance. lust behind kind of
ridge q gsai.e hill. | caught glimpse
~ screth ~ white. II was dark again
iaa r ment. 20; made my way with
nnerf O. in.sinct. Sure enough, there
IavAp,rr .it.e child Whether boy Or
sifi = -rl 4 uot tell. Ii seemed TO be
trres rt-ts insensib.e now, as l took il
co. fr.ppag With wet from the SLOPPY
eATtt
~WT p,of ,it,e thing" said. as l
au.Aei % % ne. we. 60 and ind mann
NJ fe- are safe now"
A. 1 l1swef, the child jus. put out
i's ts e la-i. moanei once. and nestled
cos. 81 me.
tEfl o. child hushed 70 nv breast l
f.it r - perfect silence soon showed
ne .si % sept And. sir. thanked God
tlat Is hai .e; ne save il, and | thought
30 grateful some poor mother would oe F.
d. 4 Eas FOL- Of worder for all that.
sof ier = What extraordinary fate had
.akt1 sly y0uag child % tia, solitary
spaf
Gsf..ag il sighteof home, saw all the
sia i1Es alight. Deborah had done il for
me ! thought, to guide me home in
"a through the darkness. But pres
~. 7 knew that something must be the
msffe-. ,or the very few neighbors We
aaa Vese gathered there My heart stood
stln w n fear. | thought of some ca
an fg 90 one or other of the children. l
la' ed ike one from perishing, but
l %; not have happened to my own.
6. -1.g daring TO lift the latch while
ri tired horse stood still and mute
1.. 81 7 Weat slowly in, the child in my
~ tsFeFei with the flap of my long
cs NJ lie was weeping bitterly.
Ahsfs amiss | asked in faint voice.
AS f seemed that a whole chorus of
~ ei sasEered NE
.tt 90 .ass.'
usar ut Just for a moment my
letf f.rlei SICK Then some instinct,
ass q fss 81 light And hope, seized upon
nV f.laag tae coat Of the face OF the
e. "a "a. lifted the little sleeping
"A a -a tls ght and az Dolly!
Ges. s.r. The chi.d had saved was
ut afaeT thsa my own-my little Dolly.
A. I SECS tat Gods good angels had
q lei ns 81 ave her. add that the first
arn ri t4e sgmmer lightning had shone
Ifs AZ Csc xat moment 20 show me where
- ay j. as Der white sun bonnet that
lsi osa.af NJ ere. My darling 4 was,
tsl aone other. TIA, bad picked up on
'..s dreaehed raj
lio. y. Anxious &c her doll, had wan
f~ei uuf aaseen g. meet me in the after
aaoa pr some hours she was not missed
li caaucei that my tao elder girls had
! sae over - cur nearest neighbours, and
. y wife. missiag the child just sfterward
/ los IL fT grated she Was with them
tae tf.e sae bsd come on and on, until
2 a. sa1 fhe storm overlook her, when
usf fs do~n frightened and utterly ex.