Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-03-10

Eally Oh last "Wednesday morning,
Mrs Kruger. who. with her husband aud
two chi ureil, lives near the summit ol
Mount Day, The highest peak which lies
20 the north OF Mount Hamilton, LETT
hei home III search Ut her COWS, which
we've hut a short distance away. Twas
u cnld. ire, ziug day, raining and snow
my alternately. The woman WAS slight
ly near sighted, and the st"Imy weather
assisted IN confusing her and she be-
cant. bewiliere,i, and instrad Ut going
home. as sne thought, she took the op-
pusitr diredtluI, and soon was hopeless
Nv last. About noon her husband be-
came alarmed At her prolonged absence
aud vent ia search OF her, aud at night,
not getting an. trace Ut her, aroused
the ncluhhUrs, and soon dozen slurd.
noun,sineers were SEARCHING the rough
mountain sides aud deep gorges VI
M."i"t Day.
Camp tires were built all alm,s the
mountain sides. and the lurid glare shot
up toward heaven, lighting up the deep
yurgrs IL guide the wAnderrr home. AT
ia, hight the tollowing m"rnlns a s!s-
t-,nalic plan Of search MAS arranged,
aud .ncn party t",k Ito course, with the
umd,rsi andirg that three signal guns
should be fired Ia case she was found.
Like al persons who are lost, she CROSS
.i aud iecI Ussed her tracks 81 that II
Was almost impossible ~ get "h"t'
trail, owing To The rough nature OF the
ground. The party searched faithfully
I'LL late in the AFTERNOON, when une after
another dropprd off and returned home,
worn ont with hunger aud fatigue, to
recnperate before renewing the search.
No person. thought it posslGle for the
woman to live through the night, as she
Was ihinly clad and barrheaded.
But there was one man in that crowd,
an old miuuutainrer, who determined not
IL quit the search while y ray Ut hope
rem lined of inilng her alive, aud, most
wonderful to relate, he ~as successful.
About ) z. NJ. "t the second day Of
search three signal guns were heard
booming up the deep g"rge through
which Smith Greek runs, proclaiming
the glad liiings that the lost was found
| don't know whether there WAS '.j,y in
Heaven" or not, bat | do know there
was joy in this neig hborh"od, and many
al eye glisleued with tears Of gladn-ss.
The man OF whom SPEAK il J. X Kin.
caid, ar bob k'ucaid, as he is known
all over the mountains, poor III this
worlds goods, but with heart rs big
as Mount Hamilton; whuse latch string
always hangs out, y bait torevery tramp,
dead beat aud spunge Ut the m"uutsins,
who never iulss iuesl aud never pay a
cent.
With the instinct Ut an old hunter, he
OWNED her course aud followed it 10 u
successful eud. lie followed her for
tive miles from her home, through the
deep aud almost impossible gorge below
the Junction of Smith Greek with the
San Isabella. Many piacrs she had
slipped and rolled twenty or thirty feet.
and one place SOC. Yet, strange To re-
late, hot bone in her DO ~ was broken.
When found she was just sinking into
au insensible sleep, which would have
known no waking. Kincsid took of
his shoee and covered her naked tett,
aud his clothes and wrapped her in them,
built FIRE aud warmed and rubbed her
into semi-consciousness, and, with the
assistance which the signal guns had
brought, he carried her To her home,
which she reached at 10 o'clock P. H.,
just lhirty.six hours from the time she
lett il, in an ins-nsible con,liti"n, but in
fair way for reoovery.-Sm Jose Mer-
curry.