Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-07-10

More than half u century ago
ia the little village OF Easedale, IN
WestmoreIand. dwelt George and
Sarah Green, homely, hard
working peasant people, with q
numerous family Of young chill
dren.
It was winter time aud the
snow lay thick upon the ground.
ASIDE Of domestic furniture had
been announced to take place at
the house Of some proprietor in
Langdale, at the distance from
the cottage ofthe Greens OF about
f,p six miles. 1t was long
past shutdown when the auction
had concluded. and the time ar
rived for general separation
ii.
In the Greens cottage at Ease
dale, by the side OF peat FIRE,
crouched their six children. watt
for their return, Agnes, the cid
est Of the family, was nine years
old. They depended for bread
on the labor of their parents.
Let only DAY pass, ana tney
must evidently be brought to the
brink Of starvation
At length Agnes told ner orotn-
ers and sisters that they must 40
70 bed. They oDeyed' put 'ear-
fully.
After midnight the snow began
to fall. Next morning tne ground
was very thickly covered. Inc
poor children found themselves
completely prisoned. A stream
skirting the cottage garden was
too wide for them to leap Inc
wooden bridge across 1t was un.
safe. There was no sign OF
George and Sarah Green
Gradually, sense terrible
enough, II incomplete. OF the
awfuiness OF their SITUATION began
to awake in the minds OF these
poor little ones.
They huddied togetner tne
second evening OF their peing ieit
alone round their hearth fire OF
peat, and held o little family
council as to what was TO be done
toward sending help to their par
ents-for hope had occurred to
them that possibly some howell or
sheepfold upon the mountain
side might be sheltering the miss
ing ones. although they might be
snow-bound by the heavy fall OF
the morning and. In the next
place to make known their situa-
ton to the neighbors. IN case the
snow snouid contihue' y. shouiu
increase. For IN many days OF
conhnement to the Douse. IT was
too certain they would perish OF
starvation.
Meantime the eldest sister, Ag-
mes, though gravely alarmed, ex-
erted herself to take all the meas.
ures necessary Tor the welfare OF
the little community.
The little girl caused her broth
ers and sisters to kneel down and
say their prayers and then turned
to and accomplished every house,
hold tack that might DO Of service
TO them IN a long captivity: she
took and scaided al the mix she
could Ind IN the mouse, so as to
save 1t from turning sour. linen
she examined the meai-chsst.
made some OF me common oat-
meal porridge OF the country, and
put all the chiidrens except the
two youngest, upon o snort ailow-
An Ne ho,o~a n;,,h, ooua On -,
mora anow fall sbe went Out OF
donrs and with the helm Of two
voungar brothers ca, RED in from
the neat attack as much fuel az
MIGHT serve them for weeks
consumnt;op She then secured
from tba stock of potatoes, buried
IN v;,herad fern enouob 10 make
a single meal she was afraid to
taLa more under some idea that
;s,emoved thew wouId be spo;led
nv the beat Of the COTTAGE Then
abe m;lked the COW and succeed.
"a aftar Great axert,on n oatlino
down from The loft above The ont.
house enough foodfo The animal
for ona n;obf NJ any rate Tbese
tssss accom- nlished she re-enter-
Cd the warm bouse barred the
door urdresaed and mt 10 had The
smaller Children and then sumo
them 10 sleep