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

trailing at once, FOR until after sunrise
the light wonid b dim among the tall
corn.
Clark Lew,s halted 1t the cross fence
while I wens on and joined my cousin
where he was literally and very COM
fortably .camped On the TRAIL He
was glad to see the lantern, being tired
a9 doing nothing. Besides be bud again
heard the voice of the child for d mo-
ment. ut has about had It's sleep out
and Ii beginning 10 fret because or the
cold, = said he.a
wanted 10 rush ahead with the LAM
tern and prosecute the aearchs regard
less OF the trail. NO" said my coua-
IN, flor ! am not sure az either distance
on direction, except that the faint wall
ing cries came from tie eastward. Slow
and sure aa the plan. n
The old fashioned tin lantern wa
found q poor thing for our nse. It was
only by opening the door Of 1t that .
sufficiently broad light for trailing
could be obtained, and then u fell far
short Of the bullseye.
Betweeh the rows Of, corn tho ground
wal covered with pumpkin vines, fox
tail grass and weeds Of various kinds.
I could see nothing. My cousin, how
ever, saw everything. When shown, !
could zee where . pumpkin vine had
been dragged ont OF place BY the tired
feet OF the little one, bnt ] could not
see the moccasin prints and failed to
note bent and crushed weeds. As the
ground was. thickly covered and hidden
in most places, IL was practically By
what he saw among the weeds and
plants that my cousin followed the trail.
1t was slow work, but by flashing
the light ahead to where 0 vine had
been dragged OF o corn blade broken
OF we occasionally went forward 10
feet at q bound. The trail, too, xig-
Lzagged abo1t-didn not go straight ahead
between any two corn rows.
'.She cannot be far away" said my
cousin. t'She has here been wandering
In the dark. Darkness came upon her
about the time she turned away from
the fence. All looked alike to her, OF
she would have held TO the mark which
had guided her 30 far-the fence"
Daylight found as still puxzling over
the windings OF the trail. In eccen-
tricity it reminded me OF the trails Of
the opossums I had followed In boy
hood. Not q sound had we heard FROM
the child. This worried me. o ! feared
she had chilled to death.
Nothing OF the kind, = said my cous-
in. .sShe has heard MS and ID lying low.
She is in q condition to be afraid OF eve
cry noise she hears
Sunrise came, and we made better
progress. The trail had turned and
was leading back toward the fence. NY
cousin, who was about 10 feet In ad-
vance. suddenly turned and motioned
me to move 1Orward. When I came
mp 10 him, he pointed in silence 20 .
spot about three steps beyond where we
stood. There In the midst oE q mass Of
pumpkin vines I saw the lower part OF
the child's red dress, but her head and
the upper part Of her body were hidden
under some large vine leaves.
The sight gave nj o great shock.
sMy Godi'' cried ], ''she ID deadi The
poor child hes psTiehed."
AT the sound OF my voice up came
the child's head. For q moment she
stared ut ms with wild eyes; then on all
i fours she began TO scuttle away, keep
ing her little body close 10 the ground,
like ii cat when In pursuit OF game. IL
a moment my cousin had her in hi
arms. She ctawed and fought him like
a little wildcat, but not q word or SOUND
/. escaped her lips.
She had got back TO within 80 yard
{ Of the fence. AS we carried her ont o.
the Geld, we tried to soothe her, but shs
would mot speak and was CONSTANT!
struggling to escape. When we hal
carried her 10 her Uncle Clark, VIII
o was waiting nc the cross fence, and h
had told her he would take her to he
. papa. the wildness went ont of her Tao
at once, and she cried, my papa, N,
papain She was her father pct, an,
&c was afterward found that il was. Il
search OF him that she had bundled d
and sailed forth, knowing that he ha'
gone to q neighbours neal the village.
ID When half wayfbacx to the camp. W
came to the father, who, seated upo
his horse, was waiting TO hear from III
Iu6 Cn1lN uMu N1uucu ktn AhS0 uSAAAk
its uncle's bosom, and seeing 10 carrie
: in that way the poor man thought
was dead. Dead, deadfp cried Ia
MY poor little Lizzie Ii deadi Oh,
feared IT'LL
a. HDeadi,s cried the uncle. mo, sh
i Id ss much alive 10 d little Wildcat"
IN b moment Lizzie was In her Il
Is theirs arms and almost smothered wit
Is kisses. Still she looked rather vii
D eyed and would not speak further tha
. to occasionally murmur tondly, Par
% my papa
Wild were the cheers that rent tl
!" cir when we arrived at the camp-chet
II upon cheer. Then q half q dozen youn
men rushed for their horses, and fhel
II was a wild race across the prairie
ia carry the news to the mother and tho
10 who had all night bean waiting at q
10 house. Whoopipg Ike wild Indian
they Numbered along, squirting wit
re their heels and smiting the TANKS
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