The Red Cloud chief., 1883-11-16

MnL LsussF Reysolds and Miss
Jesnnette RI bpson. Il Ibis city, ~
Gently had . tksiliing sdventure In the
woods of The Island of Grand Nsosn. .
large island Ia the Bay 1t fundy. which
has Of late become quite . rcsod ios
artists and others who are fond of the
| sublime In nature. These fwo ladies.
accompanied BY Nn- Reynolds fso
children. being nj Passport. Me-. on.
| ciuded to make . flying visit TO Grand
| Manan. and set out for Fiagg's Cove
| After spending . day NJ this place they
started. accompanied BY Mr. Louis Bag
ger. Of Washington. on the morning VI
September q. 70 visit Dark Hasbor. The
most picturesque locality on the island
| and on the mountainous west shore
| About three miles Of b distances from
rlaey's Cove TO Dark Harbor the roads
| are good. and there was no difficulty IN
| driving to Mr.. S~choeheld's house.
where the party expected % find sguide
In conduct them 10 Dark Hsrtor. Ar
irving at this place. however. II Was
found that all the men. including the
| guide. had left for Northern Head. and
no one could he found except an elder
iy woman who advised the party not To
proceed n further in the absence OF
a guide. rs the roads were both difficult
and dangerous. Having come 80 far.
however. and fully made up their minds
10 see Dark Harbor before leaving. it
was determined 10 push on through the
woods without q guide. and trust io .
small pocket-compass and Mr.. Baggers
instincts to find the way to Dark Harbor
and back. Dark Harbor was soon
reached. amid the JOYOUS shouts OF the
whole party.
About half-past four o'clock the party
started on their return To Schoefields-
Having marked the path leading from
the mountain down 10 the cove by tying
pocket-haDdkerchiefs and pieces OF
paper TO the trees and bushes, there Was
at first no difficulty in finding the trail.
and the mountain was reached and
passed without any accident. Here.
however. the marks OF the footprints
were lost. Renewed efforts were made
to find the trail BY which they had
come, but in vain. II was agreed tina,
the children should be kept in ignorance
Of the fact that the party was lost. and
barring that they were a little tired.
having walked for more than seven
miles. with only a few hours rest, they
did as well as the grown people. The
darker il grew the more evident II be-
came that Il would be utterly useless 10
attempt To find n trail in the dense
woods amid the mountains and ravines
in that part Of the island. II was re-
solved as the best and only safe ours
TO pursue under the circumstances, 10
camp e night.
The grass wa too wet 10 permit Of
the starting Of "A fire. and. even iii had
not been 30, not n single match could be
found. The children Nj fell asleep.
II wa so cold that tie breath frOzc OF
the ocket-haIdkervh;efs which had
been spread I'VE their faces. The spot
which had been selected for the camp,
and which was the only available place,
was so close TO the rayine. and the night
was so dark, that il would have teen
dangerous To tramp around more than
five wards in either direction.
All night long. ut regular intervals,
Miss Kempton and Mr.. Dagger would cry
ont the w~ell-known Alpine hail used
by the guides in the Alps, and which can
be heard for miles in the clear air of
Switzerland; but no replies came, and
their voices o o gave out.
At last. shortly after dawn, Miss
Kempton fancied that she heard the
faint report Of a gun; this was followed
by another and another. Again the
Alpine call was sounded, this time by
the cntr re party, and was answered by
the Il slant barking Of u dog and the
firing of more guns. Nearer and near
err came the guns. and it was evident
that the relief party. aided by the dogs.
were on the trail. At times, however.
the reports seemed TO be further of.
AMI the suspense was terrible until the
reports. coming again nearer, il was
evident they were again on the right
track. But an hour elapsed before they
came 50 ncar that their voices could BE-
heard. although they were halloing as
hard rs they could.
Ii was nearly five o'clock when the
relief party. consisting of twelve sturdy
fisherman from Northern Head. reached
the camp. armed with lanterns. blankets |
and a jug Of brandy. by this time the res
cued one had become well nigh ex-
haustcd. nom of them being able to
On their feet. but after a taste of
contents Of the jug and rubbing
with blankets. the party was so
far restored that they could be carried
back to tho starting point at Schoe-
held 5. Ii was then ascertaincd that |
the place where the party had spent the
night was ia the most deserted and
dangerous part Of the island. seven miles
from the nearest habitaiion, and that,
had it not been for the fortunate circum-
stance that p The s-..ch party had
n dog, by which the trail. which had
been lost during the night was redis-
covered. the chances were ten TO m
the party would never have been
until relief in any shape or form
would have been too late. -ihiiddeiphid
Press.