Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-12-31

ifom the hot rays of the sun. sleeping cain
ly. With her head pil!oved upon the dog
lie did not disturb her. but crept cautiousl,
To where she was sleeping and spread 1
blanket over her. About O'Clock +. NJ.
she returned 10 the camp, followed b, the
dog bringing the blanket in has mouth. She
was very ANXIOUS to leave for home. The,
promised She should start on tie morrow
They had large birch canoe a, ihe pond,
and had 1t so arranged that she could ut OF
he down IN the centre Of the canoe. I.eiok
was IN the stern. Jocco.e in the bow. They
came down The pond about ,igh, miles. and
stopped one mile from the outlet on the
south SIDE. Having refreshed Themselves.
they started through the fofes, following a
spotted line 10 tow-path leading fiom
Buck'Por' 10 the settlement The maiden
thoushi 'he could walk but wa, so lame
sae soon gave out The Indian, then took
turns "a carving her un'i, the, arrived at
thc setiemen; as above stated.
IHF MNBEN'> STORY
The day ,he i,i: home va, dark aud
c''udy- hen about hall way to tie place
where she intended TO Co. She lcl; the path.
and vas bHsii! engaged packing ra-p5errie,
""en her basket vas 'iiied' She started 10
return TO 'he path. After waking some
distance and cot finding The path. but sup
posing She had crossed it. she turned back.
u1' 0odid not md The path. and changed
h'F course several times. She now fully
Iea'%tG me haG lost her way; still she
pushed hriskiy on hardly looking To the
I'-Hi or .eI' The more Sac became bewil-
"ered' the faster She hurried along. She
no" o'cAme aware the shades OF night were
SA'Iei''g' and D soon became dark. Still
She continued TO make her WAY through the
forest hoping She might come ou, SOME
ehefe Soc frequently became SO weary.
and efiang,ed n the bushes, She would
'i"p anu rest short time, bat did not have
:, r,sy Least !esst inclination 10 sleep. The owls
CONTAIN, haoo, and she !tli Iess rr4r-. '~-'.s
beast, when The owl, we're footing the loud
est, The gray Of morning found her near
large pond where she found upon the bank
pleu,y of huckleberrles. She still had lie
basket. but had iost all the ra>pberries She
was yer, hungry. and picked and ale TIE
berries as She followed along the bank Of the
pond. The .hone very bright, the day
was warm and she sal down in the shade Of
.ome trees to res,. when Size heard rust
Ing IN the bushes, and saw some anima!
coming toward. her. She arose and IN i
nomen, the dog came To her She va. 50
glad TO see him. thai She sat down and put
her arms around his neck. She supposed
some of her friends must be near and re
mained near tie place till night spread It's
mantle OF darkness around her when -he Sent
a short distance from the pond and under the
large boughs Of tEre. gathered some leaves
for bed. p..llwed her head upon the dog.
$, a. to be .ure he was wi,h her. ard slept
saunay When She aWohe daylight WAS
lmmering through the forest, and feeling
yer, hungr, and thirsty. she followed along
the bank # the pond. found huckleberrie,
very Plentiful. which she picked and ate
The dog also ale them ggeed.ly. She founc
e a l,tle rll Of pure water where She dranE
several times. ard bathed her face anl
, hands. then left the pond and wandered
4 through dense forest Of large trees. Nigh
. overlook her on the margin Of meadow
where she fonnd several kinds Of berrie
n and small plums. She slept this nigh
q under the boughs of some trees, as she di
;. the past night. She left the meadow an
i wandered On through the forest till late i
= ths day. when she came to the pond at tn
n Mace where she left the dav before, and rec
,e orn.zed the place as the spot where sh
silent the second night after She was los
and found the basket She had lett ther,
At She lodged in the same place the fourt
?. nipht For the next two DAYS she folowe
;s along the hank of the pond. and sler
10 wherever night overlook her. The fifth da
~ If her wanderings she was badly frightene,
m while picking berries; the dog commence
~ barking. when bear arose from among ii
10 huckleberry bushes very near her, an
, seemed as much surprised as she was frigh
n. ened bruin looked round for moment
ao see who had disturbed his feast. then sprar
,, into the woods. followed by the dog barkir
AS furiouslv. She could hear him for son
-. time bounding through the woods II
lv dog soon returned and seemed much pleas
with his success in driving the bear ava
H. L., .
nd Inc SKIN I'd! S"e was So '''Ae anu
ny hausted, she gave up all hope, thinking S
ha mnst die: and while living on the groun
I'D ,ho rsno,t of a gnn and saw
'h' '"e ''e a-' II,
ay, some distance across 'o,e' '"'a'' "''a