Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-08

on business I also knew that ho did
not like question:. Although only
twenty-four years of n3c, he had the
gravity and stoicism OF M Indian
brave. A few years more among the
red men would have fixed him in their
ways for life. AS it was, he did not
get tho Indian ont of him for about
three years; he would every once in
while take his gun and slip AWAY to
join some rowing band of Indian hun.
tiers, presently returning q painted
brave and adorned in oil the finery of
n young red man, every stitch of his
civilized dress snapped of for fringed
and beaded bucksllin, and many dol
lars given to boot
In about an hour my consin came
back. A large fire of fence rails had
been made, near which 1 was stand
ing. Seeing my cousin come iuto the
edge of the circle of light thrown
from the fire and make me sign, ]
went out to him md we withdrew into
the dark.
"Well, what ncws?" asked.
"Bad, bad ~ said he. "rhe child
has gone into the hog pen"
"Greut God! You don't mean to
say that she has been devourcd by the
hogs?"
'No; hope not. could find no
fragments of her dress But il she
escaped the hogs, fcnr she is drowned
At the eide of the lot in which the hogs
are penned is II slough-well about ten
feet deep. [ found the child's tracks
in the lane leading from the house out
to the prairie; the tracks turned and
followed the fence of the field. Then
she crnwled through the fence and
went toward the well inside the hog
pen, i'll corner of the fence. There
| lost the track. Don't let the fnther
know. Take lantern und half IL
dozen men; then quietly slip away,
rig some kind of graphing hooks and
examine tho well. If you don't find
the body in the well, SEARCH every pnrt
OF the lot for scraps of the child's
dress ] shall go southwark along the
line of the field, and if she came out
of that pen nlive, hope somewhere to
again find the little moccasin tricks. "
Soundings showed the slough well to
contain only about four feet of water
| would wait for no graphing hooks
Taking rail from the fence for use rs
a ladder, l slipped of my clothes, and
descended to the bottom of the we'll.
1t was very cold bath, but exam
incd every inch OF the wells bot
tom, aud found nothing hut II
drowned pig. This relieved our minds
of all thoughts of the we'll. While |
was dressing the men with me took the
lantern and began searching the cor.
raj, lot of halt M acre containing
nbont sixty half-wild hogs of some mn
recognizable breed. While looking
for shreds of clothing, the men were
also to look for blood on the jnws of
such Of the hogs rs were white hnircd.
STOPPING and grouping up to nv
neck i'll water had SO chilled me that /
left the examination of the lot 10 the
Others and bent my course toward
the boniires, quarter of mile AWAY
to the southward. just before reach
ing the fires met my cousin. Snid
he; "All looks well again. The child
came out of the hog peu all night. /
have found the prints of her moe
casins in three places in the dirt
thrown out of gophcr-holes. She
Is following the main line
OF fence southwark among
tue cornticlds of the different farms,
crawling back and forth through the
fence. | left her track in the corn
field of her Uncle John Lewis. What
want You To do is to call of the horse
men who are working southwark over
the prnirie. l want nobody to go in
that direction to oblitcratc tho trinl
am following. Nuke The fnihcr under
stand this. Tell him that, if left to
myself, ! will find his child. To con-
vince him TINT know what nm about
give him these threads which found
in places where his little girl Ind
crnwled through the fence" and he
gave me three or rour bright woollcn
threads from II fringed hood worn by
the child.
/ went toward the half dozen hon
Tires blazing ON tho edge of the prairie
while my cousin hurried away to the
southwark. 1t WAS now about one
o'clock i'll the morning and SO cold
that groups of men were hndlled about
all the fires. The horsemen soon came
in when | announced the news of the
trucks of the child having been found
fur to the southwark of the hog-pcn.
The hog-r J" cried the father.
He had been kept i'll ignorance of the
child having been trailed into the
corral. When fully informed of what
has been related above, the father cried
out. "Thank God TINT she passed
there i'll safety" Soon, however, he
said but are you sure her tricks
have been found beyond tile hog-lot?"
Eyes. sir" said /. Here are
threads from the child's hood found in
places where she crawled through
cracks i'll the fence
The father clutched the threads and
kissing them placed them in his vest
pocket. IL am convinced" said he.
Being informed of my cousins wishes,
MIR. Henderson then asked all TO dis
continue the search until further