Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-22
LATE SAGE, the LOST GIRL OF GRAYsoN.

nv Judge D. w. Bolen, IN HillsYilIe
Advocate)
lanes Sage was "a soldier In the wal
Of the Revolution. He belonged 10 'he
h.ioade Of General Enoch Poore, and ala
,or,,ica under the eye of Washington III
Monmouth, Brandywine. Valley forse'
and yorktown. In 1850 he married
lady I'm Fredericktown, Md, ana ai'el
tho surrender OF Lord CORVALLIS. he ana
,,s voune wife moved West, and settled
on Crinnle creek in what Is now Wythe
county. Va, and remained there aoou'
ten wears. He then moved to Elk Creek
&, Gravson county, Va, and there spent
.ba. remainder of his life, leaving 10 ms
,rooanv some of the fine lands OF that
section. Soon after he settled on Elk
crock his horses were stolen. lie anu
neigbbor named Delp, and another named
Cornett followed in hot pursuit, ana III
two or three days recovered the horses'
lint the thief escaped man Dy the
nonoa of Talbart had been PROVING
about through the neighborhood, ana sus-
nicion rested on him as the horse-'nleI'
ON the 9th or 10th of April, Ill., "hicii
-, coon after the stolen horses had
neen recovered, Talbart was again sem
I'm the Elk-creek neighDorhoou cio9e W
the house of James Sage, but the peoPlS
Of that vicinity never saw MN as"
The 18th of April, 1892, was prlght aLu
balmy day. Early that morning JailieS
Sage went to his clearing 10 pIepais
his ground for crop. Inc day ope"oN
so bright and clear that MIS-. sdse uo
cided to go and do her week "asH,',e
She left her four children III the e"Oi.'
a,d started TO a little stream near by 10
ia Arc 10 heat water 10 wash with
hs she was leaving the door she saw 81
nurnber of butterflies wandering ABOUT
among the shrubbery in the garden anu
sha called her little 5-year-old daughter
80 10 come and look at the puttet-
Nies The child came and went OH INV
tha Garden to enjoy a better sight Oh inc
gauzy-winged creatures, wnile 'ho
,,otber returned to get the clothes she
Intended to wash, but Katy was Hlssi"e'
Mrs Sage thought the child had wan
| dered off after the butterflies, lot INC
10, words she had heard Katy utter was
| her childish language, talking 10 'he
nrettv butterflies. She went In search .,
| Katv hut could not find her. She caiieo
har husband. and they looked for hAty
OH dav long and all night long, put they
| did not find her. e.,
| The next morning the nelshDoIs iOi
miles and miles around began 10 sathel
/ i'm and for several long weeks nv
! searched in every direction tor haty' uu
- lin After all had been done TO mt
the child that human ingenuity o
Jastso tho neighbors and friends gaV'
10 their homes. But James sage pesa
,ha search anew. Starting at his caDii
| door he examined every square loot
| S,,.o,,rd Tor miles and miles around, hoplh
% end some rag OF clothing or som
nsrk however dim, that might indicat
49, Rim the fate of his lost child. but n
| ,.,,or found one trace. At last, In III
| Iosnair he heard of an old woman u
North Carolina, known by the name
..cranrv Noses" who was said 10 posses
,ha newer TO reveal mysteries and 100
80 and foretell all human events
lanes Sage made journey across III
,,tatns into the "Old North State
~ 500 "Granny Moses" He found hei
"a IN hts own way laid before her IN
hole story of his lost child. The oil
woman consulted her occult Seiene'
,a,hsred No her faculties, and told MI
ssss his Katy was still alive and wei
hut she added Katy Is where you W,
never see her, nor hear OF her again
his world, but your wife tMrs' sag
w,II outliye you. and In her very oiu as
aha wiu hear OF Katy, but VIII never %
sn with broken spirits and sick
49,, the man who had followed Wasi
,na,on through his greatest campaign
a.rrnad home and resumed work In u
go, around his cabin. Other chiidre
s,,h bright faces and joyous pratt
oan,s 20 toin the three that remained
No. bearthstone. Other events and oth'
,ransaetions came into the lives OF u
narents. and TO all outward appearance
"a the years glided along, the memory