The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-23
A STORY
OF FACT
BY RUTH GRAHAM

Don't leave the porch, children
Mamma won't be gone long"
These words were spoken by moth
er TO her two children--a boy and d
girl aged respectively seven and fouI
years and the story which follows is
| true.
| The adage Truth is stranger than fic-
ton" arises from the fact that in the
latter the author must introduce GER
tain plausibility or he will be accused
of lack of the inventive faculty. Such
incidents as this one are seldom taken
for motifs for stories because they are
too improbable.
The mother had not been gone long
before man came along, threw a sack
over the girls head and ran away
with her. When the mother returned
she found her daughter gone and her
boy crying.
The neighborhood was searched high
and low. the police were notified. and a
posse was organized TO hunt for the
missing child Weeks, months, years
passed. but the little girl remained I'M
heard OF by her parents. Her mother
never saw her again.
Evelyn-such was the childs name
was carried to unknown parts by the
man who kidnapped her, but why he
had taken her must remain a mystery.
for she was too young to understand
his object After a time he gave her
20 a family who treated her we'll but
she was finally taken TO a Mild region
In Kansas and sold to persons there.
They kept a tavern beside road along
which travellers passed at intervals,
though in such a country guests were
few and far between.
One night traveller stopped AT the
house, ate his supper and was shown
10 his room. That night Evelyn was
awakened by shrieks which grew faint
er and fainter, as IL coming from some
one who was being overpowered. The
terror stricken child lay awake the
rest OF the night In the morning she
was told that the travellers had gone
on. After that for awhile the family
purse seemed 10 have been replenished.
Eyel.a BY this time was old enough
to know what was going on about her
and gradually came 90 realize that she
was living in a den u robbers and
murderer II was not always news
AIRY % XIII their victims. but when il
was they did not hesitate 90 do 80.
One day the child was Standing ~
De door crying. Three wcodch0ppers
anne along and asked Der what was
ler trouble. She Eave them her con
ideuce. telling them how she had been
aiken from her home, and had finally
allen into hands u those whose deeds
made her shUdder. They took her
way with them, and on the Informs
Bon she had given a posse was orrsh-
ID and the lair % the murlerers was
aided SEINE n them escaFed. 80
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