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Jerry was lost
THAT girl! That dreadful grill" Mrs.
| Frorner noaned, as she realized that her
baby was gone. "But, then, would have
heard her if she had come about"
Desperate and heart broken. she continued
| her fr1litiess search, growing more and more
excited with every minute. When Mr.. Fro
mer came home he found his wife SO nearly
frantic that he could hardly learn from her
what had happened.
1t was terrible thing when he did learn
and realize it There was no knowing how
| long she child had been gone, but with dark
ness coming swiftly on he woId have time
before he could be found to get hopelessly
lost in the forest that was not so very far
away. He might be wandering there even
low; and it was no safe place for a little
child to wander. To say nothing OF the dam
gers of starvation or exhaustion, wild beasts
were not unknown there. More than once or
twice mountain lions had been seen or beard
not very far from the little scattered settle
ment.
Very quickly Mr.. Fromer satisfied himself
that his child was indeed gone, and he was
about starting away to summon the neigh
bors to help him in the search, when Pete
Pelter appeared. There was trouble in his
face and anxiety in his voice.
"Was Rilly here ag'in after left yea" he
asked OF Mrs Fromer.
'No"
''Sne amt to hum, an amt been able fur
to find her, an I'm Uneasy bout her, it must
be lowed"
.'Have you lost your child, too?" Afr. Fro
mer exclaimed in establishment. II was just
coming to ask you to help find ours. Hes
gone, God knows wherei"
He stopped speaking with that break in
his voice which it is always so hard to listen
to- Even in his own grief and trouble Peter
Pelter felt keen sympathy with this other
bereaved man and was about to say so, but
an exclamation from Mrs. Fron,er checked
him.
THAT grill" Jerry's mother cried out And
it was easy to know from her tone what she
was thinking of.
Her husband laid his hand on her shoulder
and stopped her from saying more. Mr..
Pelter heard the words and noted the move
mont, but he only said:
"IIl help We to hunt fur yer child. / kin
hunt fur mine later. Or mebbe we'll find 'em
together. reckon that's most likely"
All night long those two men, with the
help of all the other men in the settlement,
searched the forest with torches for their
lost children and found no trace of either
OF them. One little bit of information was
given by man who came to join the search
ing party.
In the afternoon, while on a shoulder of
the mountain near the settlement, he had
stopped TO look down at the houses and the
road. He saw little child going along the
road toward the forest. He thought that
was not safe, SO he started down the slope
to capture the little rover. He was good
while getting to the road, and when he got
there he saw only Rliy Pelter and her dog
He asked her about the child he had seen,
but she only looked at him and started of
toward her fathers house. Thinking he had
been frightened without reason, the man had
gone his way without giving any alarm.
"What time might that ha' been?' asked
Peter Pelter.
''Bout 3 o'clock, I reckon"
81 war home jest afOre that. Left right
afterwards"
All the next day the search was kept up,
and without success. At night the men were
exhausted and had to rest. But the second
day the search was renewed with more vigor
than ever.
The two fathers kept together through
kind of sympathetic understanding. They
were widely separated from tho other search
eTS when they came upon the tracks made by
little feet.
A moment later they found Larger foot
prints and those of dog close to them. The
men looked at each other with tears of joy
running down their faces and neither was
ashamed Of his weahness. Thoy dashed for
ward over the SOFT, moist ground OF the little
hollow they We're in. not losing sight of
single track. Suddenly Pelter stopped, with
a smothered cry OF alarm.
'-Oh, Lord! Oh, Lord! Look at that!' he
groaned, pointing TO the ground, where the
tracks Of another animal mingled with those
of the dog. ''Do ye know what them iss
Them's the footprints of mountain lionw
1t was true There was no mistaking the
nature of those later tracks
'Yol and me know what them marks
mean for both ov U.S. said Peter, putting his
hand on Mr.. Frol1er's shoulder. ''Tl,er
haint no hurry now, fur we're too late. So
afore We go on to look fur our children's
bones l want you to apolergise to nv Rilly.
Right here. Right now! Ye thought in
yer heart as she'd led your little feller off.
knew she didn't. Shes give her life irwin
to save him fur We How do knowg Cause
that's natural to Rlly, fur one thing Neither
thing, them little tracks was made afore the
bigger ones I'D the dogs Mother thing
the baby was alone when Bill Brown seen
him, nd Ei!ly was alone when he seen her
nd tod her bout it. An more n all that,
while | was out O the cabin after Bill Brown
seen Ter, she was there nd carried OF grub
enough 10 last her nd the babY-if sfe found
him alive--tiu she could git him hasn. An
now, Jake Fromer, if you don't apolergiss
fur that insult We thought, I'll kill ye,"
Without speaking Mr. Froner looked into
the other mans eyes and held out his hand
The look and the gesture meant more than
the words he could not control himself to
speak, and the 6pology was made and ac-
cepted. The two ciasped hands, and then
went forward in fear and trembling
Presently they stopped. having almost
stumbled over the dead body Of n mountain
hon. At the same moment faint, weak
whine Of recognition sounded cloSe by, and
then there was a happy but very feeble cry
ot wsicome, and the two fathers knelt beside
their living children.
Il knowed ye'd find us, dad!n said Rilly.
My legs broke nd we had to wait. He
broke it," pointing TO the dead beast: ''but
me ,nd Ranter KEEP him Of the kid nd Ran
ter killed him. The bahy's al right Didn't
find him all last night. An wasus he
hungry"
with great rejoicing the lost children-and
poor, torn RanIer as weu-were carried TO
the Froner cabin. As Mrs Froner was
lavishinG her tenderness and gratitude upon
Rlliy, Pete Petei' came and stood beside her
With a triumph IN his face tha. was good to
see.
/ knowed we'd find them two kids to-
ge;her," ne said. AN | knowed ye'd
cminge Yer pint o view bout nv gall
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