Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-01

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EEyMskIk2SzSa ing from my cham
lW1I, ifSyYsy2StS Der window, early
one morning | observed an unusual
commotion in the village-men, wom-
en-, and children collected in groups at
different points, and all seeming great
ly excited, hurried out to learn the
cause. and was informed that little
girl OF five years, the daughter 0f a
widow living some two miles from the
place, had been missing since abGut
four O'Clock OF theprevious afternoon,
and it was supposed she had wandered
of into an extensive wood, not far
from tho dwelling and had got lost.
The nearly distracted mother, with
some of her nearest neiShbors, had
searched ion. hel. the day preceding as
long as they could see, and during the
nieht Il messenger had arrived at the
village with I'm appeal to the citizens
TO turn out en- nlasse, and eudeavor to
recover the missing one, which many
were preparing to do | Immediately
resolved to make one of the number,
and in less than half an hour was on
my way to the wood with a party OF
trends, and where were soon collected
not less than hundred persons Of
both sexes, and some OF them quite
venerable.
Alter general consultation, we
| divided into small parties, each take
ing certain portion OF the wood, and
| agreeing TO meet upon the summit OF
a hill which was visible from Our
place Of starting; but in case the child
should be found before reaching the
| hill, u messenger was to be instantly
| despatched to the village, and have
Il six-pounder discharged as signal
that success had crowned their efforts.
As tue different parties We're about
to commence their search, each under
the guidance of = ueighbor livin1in the
vicinity my attention Was called to
Il woman ruI,ling across the fields
and gestioulating wildly, and some
ONE remarked that it was the almost
frantic muther herself We waited
till she came up TO us. and do not
| think ! ever saw more terrible grief
depicted on human countenunce than
was expressed i'm her palid face She
was in reality only thirty years OF
age. and naturally rather handsome;
but the deep lines OF grief and anxiety,
now drawn on her EpreSsiyeieatures,
gave her the look Of sixty Her eyes,
red from weeping, were wild and TIN
settled; her lips We're aSly and CULVER
i'm; her hair was disheveilpd. aud her
dress was badly torn in different
places, as If from rushing among
bushes and brambles, with clasped
hands and wild hurried Chances from
one to another, she ran up to where
was standing, eXclaiming in the most
plteoHs, heart-touching tones: "Oh,
Tor heavens sake, lind my child My
darlingi-my sweet little Innocent
III possible, madam, wesurely will, =
|, answered.
"Oh, find her, sir, or shalIgo mad!''
''Doubtiess we shall find her before
the day is Overt rejoined but you
must try and be calm, for this wild ex.
/ cltenent will 10 you an injury"
Calm, She cried. with look that
was almost fierce: who talks to me 81
beingcalm when mylittleAdais wander
, Ing IN unknown wilds, and dying of star
vation? oh, heayensi will no one FIND
her and restore her to her mother.
arms? Bus | will seek her myself.
will have her. She shall not be LOST
Saying this, she started and ran in
to a thcket near at hand, regardless o
tearing her clothes and decorating hei
flesh with the brambles. Fearing sht
/ might lose her reason, and either dc
: herself an injury, or wander of and ge
lost also, two gentlemen and mysel
} Immediately started after her. W,
t had some difficulty in catching her, fo
J she plunged through the bushes like (
will beast. | took hold Of her, usinl
considerable force, and told her, in
stern. determined tone, that we should
not permit her to act in such ~
! unreasonable manner; ana that i
7 she wanted us to search for anC
7 find her child. she mnst be quiet, anC
5 permit herself to be wholly under tn
guidance OF the ladies present. A
/ first she was disposed to- treat on
advice with contempt, ana declared
9 with n strange wild look, she would
} do as she pleased; but when she fount
, we would not let her go unless sh
| promised compliance with our re
quest, she became more reasonable
and declared she would do anythinI
,. if we would only set forward and fnc
her darling child.
We now began our search in earnest
spreading ont our party in line
some ten or fifteen feet apart, AM
beating the bushes in our direc
course. In some places the wood
were very close and thick with under
y bush. and here our progress was al
. ways slow and tedious-fOr though "
; made n good deal OF noise, and callet
the name of Ada ut least once a min
ute. yet it was not certain the wan
derer would answer. even should sh
hear us, being perhaps so bewilderet
and frightened as to shrink from he
friends-and So to make orr worl