Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-03-29

again on this earth The signs don't
fail me- !"
/ remember that set up a dreadful
howl, in which l was joined by my
brothers and sisters. Father and our
friends began an immediate and
thorough search for Danny, but no
trace of him could be found. Grand
mother encouraged us by saying, from
time to time, between her broken sobs:
/" It's no use to hunt for him. He's
gone. He'll never be seen again on
this earth.
Mother broke down entirely after
short time, and lay crying on q lounge,
with one of my aunts bathing her tenn
Piles and talking soothingly to her.
We looked everywhere places
that the little feet could never have
strayed into.
" In the highest and the lowest and the loneli-
est spot
They eagerly sought, but they found him
not
"It looks to me like case of kid
naping," said one of my visiting UNI
cles to father.
$50 it does said father; "and yet
it DOM seem possible that y"
ut amt possible. David" inter-
rupted grandmother. "l'm satisfied
that hadn't been asleep ten minutes
when you folks came home; and l
knoW that no one was near the house
before you came. No, no, David, hu.
man hands never touched our Danny.
l didn't dream of white colts with four
wings apiece for nothing"
"What on earth would colts of any
kind want with Dannyp" asked one OF
my aunts.
An hour and more passed, and Dan
ny was not found. We hurried to the
nearest neighbors. They had not seen
any suspicious characters in the neigh
borhood, and knew nothing about
Danny's disappearance. They came
to our house in great numbers, full OF
sympathy and narrowing "reminiscences
of similar disappearances in which the
missing children were either found
dead or were never found at all.
The evening drew on. The sun went
down. Mother had said over and over
again that we must find her baby be-
fore night came on. She could not en-.
dure the thought of having him away
when the darkness came. Father be-
gan to grow pale and his voice trem.
bled when he spoke. Parties of men
and boys were searching the neigh
boring woods and planning to drag
the streams. 1t was nearly dark, and
we were sitting, fearful and anxious,
in mothers room, when we heard q
loud commotion outside. In mo-
ment the door was thrown open and
there stood our big, jolly Uncle Darius
Bertram, and, high on his shoulder
laughing and making desperate eff
fort to talk. sat--Danny!
"Well. such a time and nobody tC
itr' said Uncle Darius, as he put Danny
into mothers outstretched arms.
80 Darius! where did you find himp
cried mother
81 found him lying in his bed abou
, half. past three this afternoon. My
| wife and were driving into town ant
called here to see you. but found NJ
t one at home but grandmother and thu
baby. Grand mother was asleep an(
baby seemed to be having a lonely sor
of time of it kicking up his heels il
4 his cradle So wife and / thought wei
4 take him out for an airing, the day e
: ing so fine. wrote little note on
9 leaf of my pocket-dairy, telling yo'
we had him. Didn'tyou find itp "
4 "No," said father; "where did you
4 put itP"
: "Why, ! pinned it to baby's pillow
S didn't lp know wife said for me to
But I'm such forgetful fellow that
d don't know really where did put tina
: note. 1t was written on a small lea
/ like this" He drew out his poke
/ diary as he spoke, opened it, and sa
n down looking very foolish.
V swell, Iswan!n he said, "ef l didn'
: clean forget to tear the note out afte
y I'd written it. / must be gettin
c loonyn'
/ 1--WE were detained in the villag
}, much longer than we expected" sal
: Aunt Harriet, Uncle Darius wife, "an
It ! was afraid you would worry abor
e baby; but he has been just as good a
l. he could be, and he seemed to cnjo
the ride so very much. couldn' fin
d his cloak to put on him, but | had
d light shawl with me, and / found hi
little everyday sun-bonnet out in tn
: yard. 1t was good enough TO weal
IS To think of the anxiety the little chap
n ride has cost you'll
l. Grandmother was down on he
If knees crying over Danny, and of cours
not one of us said word to her abot
It those unfulfilled omens. 1t was month
Y, before the words "signs" an
d "omens" passed her lips. Then 81
d spoke of them as though they wei
d things beneath her notice.
d They certainly had no power ov,
h Danny, for have often heard him tel
a ing this story to his own children. )"
If J. L. Harbour, in YOUTHS Companion
,e Broken Rails in Winter.