The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-03-22

failed 10 obtain any useful information
nd the house, md when the father edape
to the fence whore the torches we're r.
newed a. cousin who was with me APP
preached him. M, Henderson,. he
said, keep mp Your courage. Your
child will be found, IL not tonight, then
surely very soon inter daylight What
Kind or shoes did she have on2
"A pair of LITTLE Duciskin mecca
SINS ! said the fatkeg.
That Is all | wanted to learn. said
my cousin. take courage. Mr. Hem
derson.'
NV cousin then went TO a man from
the village who had q bullseye lantern,
and borrowing II started on alone in
the direction OF the house. This cousin
Milton Moore by name-had recently
returned from the pineries OF Wiscon-
sin, where for three years he had been
numbering on the Chippewa river. He
was d great hunter and had been much
among the Chippewa and the Winneba-
20 Indians. ID. his hunting expeditions
among the Indians and with their young
braves he had become'a ian expert in the
art OF trailing. think few Indians
could have beaten him.
When he left with his lantern, | ask.
ed no questions. / knew he was cf on
business. I also knew that hs did moi
like questions. Although only "a years
of age, he had the gravity and stoicism
OF an Indian brave. "A few years more
among the red men would have fixed
him in their ways for life. Az 10 was,
he did not get the Indian out OF him fol
about three years. He would every
once in awhile take his gun and sliI
away TO join some rowing band OF In
dian hunters, presently returning I
painted brave and adorned in all th.
fnery OF q young red saan, every stitch
of his civilized dress snapped OF fol
fringed and beaded buckskin, and man,
dollars given to boot.
In about an hour my cousin cam'
back. a. large bonfire of fencerails hat
been made, near which / was standing
Seeing my cousin come into the edg'
of the circle of light thrown from tn
fire and make me d sign, / went out T.
, him, and we withdrew into the dark.
! well, what news?' Iasked.
bad, bad!" said he. THE child ha
3 gone into the hogpen."
q Great God! You don't meal to sa
that she has been deyoured by the hogss'
i. mo; / hope not. Icould ind NO frae
' ments Of her dress. But If she escape
the hogs I fear she is drowned. AT th
side of the lot In which the hogs Al
r penned 10 o slough well about 10 fet
q deep. / found the child's tracks in th
lane leading from the house ont to th
O prairie-fhe tracks turned and followe
the fence Of the field. Then she crawle
n through the fence and went toward II
we'll inside the hogpen, In q corner
the fence. There I lost the track. DON
"a let the father know. Take . lanter
- and half q dozen men, then quietly sli
away, rig some kindsof graphing hool
n and examine the well. If you don t fn
n the body in the WELL search every pa,
3 OF the LOT Cor scraps OF the child's dres
I shall 90 southwark along the line
the Geld, and 9she came out OF tn
I. pen alive + hope somewhere to aga
hnd the little ~n1occasins tracks"
A. Soundings showed the slough well
h contain only about four feet of water.
Il would wait for no graphing book
q Taking q rail from the fence for use
q o ladder, / slipped Oh my clothes a
= descended to the bottom OF the well.
was a very cold bath, but / examin'
= every inch or the wells bottom ~
- found nothing but q drowned pig. II
relieved our minds OF all thoughts of {
well. While Twas dressing, the m
with me took the lantern and beg
searching the corral, q lot OF bali
= acre containing about 60 half wild DO
8 of ON unrecognizable prairie bree
While looking for shreds of clothing, I
~ men were also to look for blood on I
jaws of ss1ch Of the hsgs a were win
n haired.
STOPPING and cropping up to my ne
8 in water had so chilled me that ] !
the examination Of the lot to the 9th.
and bent my conrse toward the bonfir
q quarter OF a milo away to the sout
a ward. Just before reaching the fire
- met my cousin. Said he: "AH loo
well again. The child came out of I
- hogpen all right. ] have found
prints of her moccasins in three pla'
IN In the dirt thrown out OF gopher hol
She 10 following the main line of fen
81 southwark among the cornields OF !
81 different farms, crawling back and FOL
through the fence. ! LEFT her track
the cornfieid Of her Uncle John Lew
"a What I want you TO dol TO call on
horsemen who are working southwa
over. the prairie. i want nobody to
s. In that direction to obliterate the II
II, am following. Make the father ,
!. derstand this. Tell him that, II left
myself, I will find his child. To O
vince him that I know what ! am abo
give him these threads which 4 fou
In places where his little girl hadcr
4 cd through the fence = and he gave
three Dr. four bright wooden three
from . fringed hood worn by the Chi
go i went toward the half dozen bond
IA blazing on the edge of tka prairie, WI
al my cousin hurried away to the son
ward II Wpaa now about 1 OseIUCk