The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-15

liz innitrGftfut fssrf ss.a hAH hhiih
ra.ls las oai,in for his miinsd wife, sil.
a. lbs daughter Of a srll-is-sio tssni'an'
had l.orn asrd 10 all the laeaF'ss ~ m'r
rsslaniai iinns,
Harry in il.r autumn nf, Irsls ~
iuTnrd Ia biz odd honsr i.r his VIC
After hnsrtinsls hiidins iassrii 70
sash fnid ssrnr af their ehiihiisssi aisn
,aaih, ihry pn-paryd iaF lhrif Joari.s.
aa haF.sl,aek through ihr se-is, Ii'r
aiis ,e.k With hrF ihr easleinaf, h,sss'
hald ulrnsils and alsa her jewels ehifh
NJ that iinr srm considered N.t. Nala,
aldo, a, Asnc II ihrin had srn linPor,ssi
fn,m Paris. Even in this mn~irFn as.r'
ehrn ilirr az ~ many maW Valuable
ons., thr,r ar prisrsl hy her descendants
Mhrn tl,ry arrived al ihriF nrN honir,
,iry went al,oul making themselves a.
comfortable ~ pessihlr With The '''ss,i'.
,snirnnrs aud hard,hlps of the iinT ana
nlacr. Surrounded an all sides 10y
Indians and Mild hcasis, with mllrs OF
unhr,l.rn florists SEPARATING ihr1n ifoin
ihrlr nrar-si nrighhors, tbs, passed u~
winter With ihrir ~" children, oi'r
l.ay IT ihrrr year, and lhc yeanerf
hah, glrl srarnrly a year old. Nho later
lncanr ny gnrat grandmother
Sprinu ramr and with Il nes hopr,
Ihr Young snrguon had little call for
hls profession, although a,s's''n ""''
IL making friends with the snPersiiii"us
Indians, uha called him "Frrai healer,
l'ai Mother iaf'h VA so"u :" u', w ~. ~.
gave forth ahnhaah'. W nun" wv Wv
toll at The Young pioneer IN i.
NJ went ~rl ahn haPPg hJ
the autumn 81 l." nh'h u'e "us""'"
was drafted into The Nmrf'.ah arn'! ~
surgeon and TIE Young VIC vas nv
alone With The uiiinrh VT ,N"'s :"
ranged with DO! OF 10 YEAR !" '.ma,"
with his wife during 'he winter /" ~
crrands and 10 he with mr. ihe "'h'e,
passed slowly Ia the lonely WIG az"
she for one was thankful when spring
came and with u news that her huspaha
was alive and well. Al times inc nome
sick and lonely woman would walk along
the banks Of the river after her dhii.
tasks were done. thinking with longing
of her old home on the banks OF the
same river far 10 the south. lhen
thoughts of her husbands safety anu
comfort would awaken In her mind
One night when the boy went after
the cows, he failed Ia Tina one whi.h
had evidently streyed 700 Jar i''o az
woods and lain down Tor inc hgh',
After searching until dusk I've re,urne"
home with the others. That night M,s'
Lewis prayed for the safety OF ths
animal before retiring, fact when
seems almost childish Ia n now, but ~
the solitary wilds even an animal Is heiu
almost as a companion and human being
In the night she was awakened by
strange sounds when shc III -"
minutes recognized as the cries OF COW
in distress. She called the boy ana
hastily dressing they prepared weapons
for with the quick instinct of the pioneer
they knew the cause.
The brave woman placed her niue
son in the cradle of his little sister, tel
ing him 10 mind her for a little whiie'
Then, snatching up shovel of live Goals
from the open fireplace, sue hurrn'u '",u'
with The boy into the dark forest to the
assistance OF the COW. whose cries were
noy Mainly heard growing more dis
crossed and horrible each moment. In a
.
small clearing where tribe Of Indians
had probably built their campfire, hunted
and fishcd. then passed on as silently as
they came. they came upon wclru an"
hnrr;ble Sigh, MANY man would have
, turned and fed. but the spirit of the
,,.a,,,an rcyo,,cd M the cruelty done her
net Rushing heedlcssly forward she
dashed The red hot Goals full into the
brutal faces of at least dozen wolves
who had pulled the COW down and
III, her badly The frightened animals
ged far into The woods as If pursued
nv demon.
Tho rcscuers were lust in time TO
,reyent the feast and knowing that the
hungry beasts would not give up such
treai without an attempt at recapture,
nov got The COW ON her feet and hurried
an .,~lt .boeo tuo rpecuerS