The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-31
LOST EULALIE.

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The words reached my ears as I sat
Fishing ON the banks of Silver lake, and
agaRu they came, in the high, sweet
tones OF q girlish voice, with a. little
thrill of terror in it. 9A
'Euzalie, Eulalie! Where are you
hNiing2 Eu-la-ie-e-e!" s1
1t was some time before the Column
fzan year, and the Infanta of Spain
had not yet become the guest Of Yam
aAeeiand, So that no wild idea that that
fair lady had lost herself in the Silver
Woods disturbed my mind. But the
soft, sweet, foreign name struck me
PLEASANTLY, and the voice that uttered
Fae Cell upon my ear like birds song,
ind forgot the fish nibbling at my
.hack in listening to it, as it came
ed at my very ear.
nazsshty- Oh, no, you are not, it's
u E1lans Oh, what shall I ever do what
sl7H L ever do? Oh Eulalie!' r
And beautiful girl, bea. tiful albeit
kex FACE was stained with tears, hid
trees near the margin of the lake, and
gave herself up to 4 wild paroxysm of
ssahbing, embracing the brown trunk
with her round arms as though she
had found her best friend and cast her
seIS into his arms for comfort. "
A4 the moment I could not help wish
ing myself an elm tree, and at all
events L had no intention Of allowing
aklet Patriarch Of the forest to cut me
as1E entirely. sag. e."
Therefore I arose, and, leaving my
:2fne to its fate, advanced, hat in hand,
'aasNam the distressed fair one, utter
ding 0aeSe words: "%:
II beg pardon, can I be of any as
,3izIance?"
As spoke the girl turned, pushed
YfEggz her soft, brown hair with both
; her bands, and with no more shame
ct her tears than if she had been q
"chEad, replied:
1h, yes, please, you can help mo
Ezxn& for her. She has been lost for an
.Eassr; I've been calling and calling ev-
eaxywhere. I'm afraid she has drowned
i heEself in the lake. But you've been
5zE:Se some time, haven't you? You'd
f1sxVe noticed if she had, though you
wexe fishing. Eu-la-lie! Oh, it's only u
tHtzRc deg -~,.-
TT is my little dog" said, as Frisky
came bouncing towards us. Il assure
.,yrau Ehat s,-ould have noticed such
szIs Aucident, and I trust, prevented IL.
IL Gsg pardon, but from what you say
IL aln led to believe that the lady is u
lIffIe out of her mind?
TE@ girl opened her eyes.
oh, it is not a lady, it is the seno-
ra-s baby, just little tot, so high.
SHs.h 4 pretty, black-eyed thing. The
:,stHnGTa asked me to take care of her
'mYsa4e she went to ride. We are both
boarding at the little hotel there, and
~she senora's maid left yesterday be-
se.zzse she slapped her in the face, and
tine Gkild is perfectly dreadful. I gave
tic n whole grape leaf full of wild straw
uerYies and sat down to read. I had
ESA idea it could get away, but when !
finished the book and looked up, the
aHsa1g was gone. all but one shoe
card she showed me pink kid boot
that might have been made for doll.
-~Is1la-ie! Oh, it's no use," and she
began to weep again.
My dear young lady," I cried,
don't distress yourself, We'll find the
child Where were you when you
missed. herr"
I'm the hotel grounds, not twenty
steps from the house. But she's not
there, nor in the house I rushed to
rfss&. scnora's rooms at once and, as
said, the child always makes for the
lake"
Meanwhile, we rushed about, beating
fEae bushes, calling, whistling, meeting
each other, losing each other, pausine
rts listen to noises that sounded like 4
Stxshy,s cry, discovering it to be the
.aweak of the wind mill or the cry of 8
peacock that wandered about the
:gnanNtls, going back to the hotel to see
Te s1e child had been brought in, going
gut again to renew the search
by this time the landlord and hi:
snnther, four walters, two chamber
ayEaIGs and two or three Of the boarderE
~were aaso searching for Miss Eulalie
AND Frisky scampered at our heels a.
III he understood all about it.
AT first I had had no doubt that TIL
East one would very speedily be discov
erred, but as time sped on I grew" Sc
.sSssEsly alarmed.
The young lady, whom I heard nov
the people at the hotel call Miss Ches
ter, was ready to drop with fatigue
hWh insisted on running wildly abou,
hsscanse, as she asserted she SHOULD
die If she were not doing something.
At about IL o'clock we were in tn
CRATIC, where, amongst stalactite an
sc0ach shells. dubbed a fountain wit
Il basin about six inches deep, and
ssnsne seat, with REST, Weary Tray
@s.ser, Rest carved upon it. A plac
wRaere kitten could not have hid, bu
~phich we dutifully searched, never
1IYG4esS. u +. #f
Wbeta Miss Chester turned faint an
YEAS obliged to sit down, naturally
sat down beside her, for she needle
support ~
Her little hand lay for the briefes
space in mine, her head, for a mOmen
dropped on my shoulder. 1 gave he
IL cup of water, bathed her temple
amz soon she felt better.
was kneeling at her feet, thinkin
tsa& never was SO sweet a creatur
szERa that my heart as well as Bat
Esa1aEe would certainly be lost tn;
r i,Jct Io ~.