The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-09-15
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30 they set out on their journey, eat
ing the big, ripe huckleberries from
the bushes as they walked, filling their
pals in case they should come to places
where there were no berries, and
quenching their thirst at the creeks and
small streams which they CHANGED upon
at intervals, This day, too, wore slow
! " away, and once more they made a
rude bed at the spot whore darkness
overlook them, and slept as best they
could, Sunday came and passed The
| little ones, walking hand-in- hand
through the dense undcrbrush, could
find no clue to guide them out of the
Wilderness, Yet all day they kept NOV
ing on. But that night-the third which
they had passed in the woods-they
heard another sound far away in the
distance.
"O-ho O-ho-o O.ho-o-o
Theodore recognized his brother's
voice and shouted loudly in answer
Arminda joining. They called again
and again. But tho wind was against
them. The sound they had heard grew
fainter their brother was evidently
moving away, At last only poor little
echo answered their cry, and then the
great woods seemed more silent than
ever.
The next day, while they were walk.
ing along, Theodore thought he heard
call and they stopped to listen,
+" Twas over youder, said the boy,
You wait here q minute and Iii 20
and see If can Get q sight OF EN-.
He rushed through the brake few rods
shouting and calling, and atIast thought
he saw u man among the trees in the
dim distance. But the figure soon fad
ed from sight
In the early dawn Of the next morn
ing, Theodore Ieaped suddenly from
the bed of leaves where he was lying.
aud looked wildly about him in every
direction. He heard it again, that far
of O-ho-o O-Ao-o-o -, " Aud what
WAS that, now up, now down, dancing
in and out among the dark trees ?
Could it DO a light Gould il he the
light Of his fathers lantern Yes, it
was . As the daylight grew he could
distinctly see his father with o lantern
in the distance. But all his frantic
shouts failed to reach the searcher's
ear, and in his terror at losing his sister
Theodore resolved that nothing should
tempt him to leave her.
In the evening Of the next day came
the storm. Armnda sobbed and trem-
bled but Theodore comforted Der by |
telling her not to be frightened, for be !
was there with her.
q" What's going TO hurt us here -
he shouted proudly, amid the tumult Of |
sound. like to be out in the rain.
81 like to get wet too, Arminda
answered weakly 10 MAKES my
skeeter bites feel good.
Morning came at last but still the
tempest ragged. Theodore looked rue
fully about him when he arose. and re-
sorted Immediately for comfort to the
pail Of berries he had wisely sheltered
50 I'm getting sick OF this, he remarked
10 Armiuda. We mus, get home to,
lay
but aIas lOG suc1 hopes The whole /
lay was spent in patient but fruttless
p.oddlng over the wet leaves, with tue
rain still falling, aud that night they
had to seek their rest upon o huge,
sloping stone under the projecting ,
boughs OF thics-eayed tree the
dricst bed they could lind.
On the next day however, they came
upon o brook and began TO follow it a,
Theodore had planned, and made what
they could. They kept along
he bank Of the brook, until, In the
afternoon Of Friday, they reached as
We have seen, the edge Of a larger
tream.