The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1898-09-02
LOST GIRL RETURNED.
After Two Weeks of wandering
Annie Weide Returned
Home Icsler-
day.

day.
AS we are about going to press
word is brought to towl
that the little girl, Annie Weide
has been found. On Sunday las
the services of Mr.. Bert Stevens
of Mazeppa township, were Sc
cuoed to continue the search with
his big Newfoundland dog with
results as follows:
Until Monday nothing was
seen to indicate that the little
girl had been in the vicinity ia
which they We're searching, but
at noon on Monday the actions of
the dog seemed to indicate that
some one had recently been Ia d
shanty about five miles north
west of the Weide farm, where
the girl had been in the habit of
playing while herding cattle.
From the shanty Mr.. Stevens,
who was accompanied in the
search by Mr.. Weide, worked
back to the creek and on Tues
day thorough search was made
along the creek for four or five
miles each side of the home.
Mr.. Stevens took the passenger
Wednesday to Appleton to make
inquiries regarding child that
was seen at that place answering
the description of little Annie,
and who seemed to be held un-
der rather peculiar circumstan
ces, but he found the girl in
question had been recovered by
her father, SO Mr.. S. returned
toBig Stoneon the afternoon train
where he was met by Mr.. Weide,
when the search was again con
tinued up the creek, leading
home. After travelling about
four miles the dog found a foot
print and followed it about forty
rods when he was stopped BY
Mr.. Stevens who went to the
dog and found a track of a bare
footed child. Mr.. Weide was
called to look at the track and
he was quite sure it was Annie S.
The dog was sent forward and
led the men to a bunch Of brush
on the bank of the creek but it
was too dark to distinguished
further tracks and as a shrunken
carcass of a horse lay close by
they decided it was another false
alarm and returned home.
On Thursday morning a start
was made for the lake, retracing
for mile or SO the road travelled
the evening before, and as the
creek was crossed the dog stop
ped and sit down. Mr.. stevens
called to him and he went on but
unWillingly, which leads to
the belief that the girl was near
the spot at that time as it is now
known that she was in the vici
nifty. About two o'clock the dog
found other tracks by a creek
emptying into the lake, which
were again proven to be those Of
child. They seemed to have
been there for some time and it
was quite evident that the lost
child had be there. From this
place the men retul ned home ar
irving about twilight. AS usual
the first question asked was
"have you found Annie?' Little
Hulda, aged five years, said to
her sister Lena Il see Annie :"
When questioned by Mr.. Weide
the little one led him to the house
and into the pantry. This led to
a thorough investigation and
from what the little one said
she had seen the small garret
over a bedroom was searched
and there is where the lost girl
was found, in a most pitiable con-
dition of body and mind. For
some time not a word would she
speak, but finally she told in a
broken way how she had left
home on the day of her disap-
pearance, going to the creek and
in some way she became turned
around and did not know which
way to go. She followed the
creek nearly to Big Stone. It is
thought, judging from the actions
Of the dog on Wedne e S 4 a y
night, she must have been in
tha, bunch Of bushes where the
track was found and seeing the
direction taken by the team, fol
lowed as we'll as she olld, until
she came to the bridge crossing
the creek by the house and from
what she says, went into the corn
field and watching the house saw
her sister, Lena, go to the
field with lunch for field hands,
she slipped into the house, secur
ed something to eat and went te
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