Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-09

did Confederate overcast and carried a
ancient musket. which he had probably
n,cked mn on some battlefield. He had
n na@. s IA Ia rearehed conscientiouslY
every stump. fence-corner. and bush
which came In his way. But In ousny
!. .o,,r,, M snIefi partridge sitting on
lo~ -. - 1.hss Temptation was too
"a low tW1s. Z! -, - : : -
great; ne raised NY ~ -. : $3.50:
AS the bird few up unha 1l1i % eats so'oS
man next him called:
N..yvhat dat? nh hyah?.'
Co., a.,r,s,at,.
~. Az 5, p Sa.. s AZ
..S SiI p ud9a .oched outen he feddersr'
ialkcA IN u g e = ~ - :.
Again. In a gloomy hollow full OF fallen
mines which were CHASTITY and white.
when everybody was bracing himself to
stand the shock Of finding the faded
Calico dress and yellow curls OF the child
among the trunks. the darktes studlous-
Iys avoided all mention Of the OBJECT o.
the search and talked about trivial mat
ters IN awestruck whispers, - Wnen one
wound saw:
s..Whah time hit Sam?
s.sIlanno. ain. seen white 1e.nraans tek
,,,,AyS 3a,.sN, tcr,es Wit but sun look lika
Ia ,hout 10: hours high"
:. Or when another said:
..Whar YOU git dem gloves? Buyed dam
A.Nnh- Martha she made UNI
And agafr. towards twilight one darkey
missed the man next him and got ner.
vons e.
"vThar voi, Is. sam 2.
8 ..EIeah me. bar mo- to de let. and KEEP
wHen the three-nfIe stretch OF wood
,, s,S east Of the .Joyner house, and then
Tnr1, 90 81 snother 1ons line and marched
north to the Norfolk and Western rail.
way track It was now Ia.e .. ~ a,s,,,,a-
ternoon. ana t ne hnu ~ fine child had
diately around tne nome OF - III. lad ali
done splendid work. for mos. OF men eneta
had tramped all Gay .osss s,srar NJ
ground without s'opp!ns i ol whr
Brooks, overseer OF the poorn1u So. ME ME
Is 81 years old. gave an unusual. e&ts
of pluck. as he kept up Win ,tue ~ W. w
the whole day long. ana q. .ne vn,,npass
was Shouting as cneeIny .f hs iii, iIS ihs o,ner
man there, 70 keep N tou t NIsI 49, ~ ,,as,.
searchers when going through e . se'
heavy thickets. ~.
The crowd was called tosetneT On t az.
the same horn that started them. aao
it was then agreed to give up lie nupe,
certainly for the present. as many OF tna
men had home duties r nwa and fw en danr.
tiers waiting at home for me: Win na
one to protect them and al the neisa'
bors a long way of.
Another had not fed his stock that day,
and SO on. These were not idle excuses
For those men showed by their days
work that they were sincerely DESTROYS
of showing Their sympathy with neigh
6or in trouble, in the most practical way
nossible-
The purpose Of the hunt was accom-
plished. for after this thorough search,
Mrs. Joyner is Convinced that her child
is not dead In the woods, but is alive. and
", be returned to her home some day.
Sn.nccted of Kfunapp1ng.
Church Road. Va. January a--Mahy
Road believe that little Luna Joyner
did not stray away from her nome. out
was kidnapped. Some think tnat she
was taken by a party VINO intenoea az
forwards to get q reward TOT ner Is.urn,
but VINO was SO 1risnteneo ov tie siusen ~
anger which ner disappearance caus ., ~
the community tnat ne was aLralu 70
attend any attempt on MS part 10 HdAo