The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-08-05
RABIES IN THE WOOD.
Finding the Lost Bcianger Children.
IErom the Montreal Globe. :

said Mr.. Bertrand. ave had been
looking all over for them during three
days. This morning 1 went into Mr..
Ethier's and asked him if he was going
over to the woods to continue the
search. He said Yes and we started
over together. There was very large
crowd engaged in the search, but Either
went alone with the boy who saw the
children on Sunday afternoon. 1 asked
him to show us just where they were
when he saw them, and we started
from that place into the woods. We
and then returned and started Off in
another. The others thought it was no
use 20 go there, hut we continued on.
The woods are very thick there, and
some said. the children could not
have gone through them. About 3
in the after noon 1 heard faint voice,
and at once pressed over in that direc-
ton, but we could find nothing. l told
Mr.. Ethier,bu he said there were many
noises in the woods. Several times 1
heard, or thought heard, that voice,
a childish voice, but, hurrying in the
direction from whence it came, l could
discover nothing in the dense brush
We listened again, and in few mo-
ments we heard several words spoken
by childish voice in tones of distress.
The words were l am thirsty. We
passed through the bushes, and there
on little open space we bcheld the
poor little things.
The little boy, only three and a half
years old, was lying beside the fallen
branch of a tree, with his little head
resting on q stone. The little girl, who
is five years old, was kneeling beside
him, with a little strawberry saucer in
her hand. She started up when she
saw us and her face frightened. The
little boy, when he heard my voice,
ra ised himself up, but, throught weak
ness, fell forward on his hands, with
his face hidden among the leaves of
the branch. We took them up in our
arms, the little girl whispering that
they were lost. She pointed to her
little dress and said: "Ah, my Sunday
dress is all soiled.' This was about
three and n half or four miles in the
woods from Belanger's house. Poor
children, they were pale and exhausted.
asked the little girl ifshe had eaten
and she said they had eaten
far away. They had on
light dresses, and must have been cold
ut nights. 1t is wonderful. / was pre-
pared to find them dead, but never to
find them alive. 1t was God only who
took care of the poor lost children. The
little bodies were thin and worn, the
faces piucl,ed until it seemed as though
the bones would cut through the skin
if they were moved, while the sunken !
eyes and parched lips told of the suffer
ing endured during the four days fast !
from food and water"
border of the northern wilderness,
possesses q significance which those !
alone can understand who have been
these dense woods. Bears and
other animals arc often seen, and are
very bold. How the children escaped
them is really strange, as they make
their way to clearings at harvest time
in such numbers that men arc often
afraid to venture into the fields after
dark, when they hear them crashing
among tho grain. But the children |
had survived, were found alive, and
soon the news was noised throughout
the region. AS the searchels desisted |
from the search they congregated at
house, and cheer upon cheer
greeted the finders OF the now astonish-
ed and lionized children. This was the
tale told by Mr.. Bertrand.
WHY EUROPE CAN'T FEED HERSELF.
The European journals, continental
as we'll as British, are directing atten-
ton to the fact that Europe is no Ion
ger able to feed her people. The lar
gest deficiency is in Great Britain.
Last wear the deficiency was 10000