The Alaska daily empire., 1916-05-04
NEVER
 GO THERE
 ANY MORE
Francis LaROchelle, Tossing on His Cot in Hospital Makes Childish Promise to Mother -Shrinlxs from Relating Ex- periences while Lost.

"Mamma, | VIII never go up there any more. want to get up, eanT IqS
 Tossing reetlessly on hIs little ooi at St. Ann hospital, Francis LaRo- ehelle, the fouryear.old lad who strolled away from home and wss loet for nearly % hours, refusee to Hep anything about his unexpected venture.
 Even Mrs. LaRocholle haa been unable to learn any Of the chiid's experiences during hla wandcrlngs- Both to hls mother and othero he slmpIy cave, when questioned: "l wlll never go up there any more.H
 Then hls llttle bright eyes take on a haunted look, his face shades, his little fiugers close oonvulsIveIy Into his palm, and he slIdes down be. heath tho ooverlets Of hls cot as if trying to blot out something.
 Either hls little mind fails to grasp the detalls Of hls experience or a dread of tho dark, Che creepy shad- ows of the night and tho awful sem cation of lonesomeness and abandon to senses Of being lost in a bewIlder- Ing tansle of wooded mas0, over whelms him and he wants to cast It of.
 Tho lad is recovering quickly. This afternoon the attending doctors per mitted him to leave hls cot for a short time and Miro. LaRochelle held hir close on her lap and rocked him Into foroetfullnesa of his llttle act of wandering, trying Go bring him back to the happy hours of chllddom.
 Travelled Mile and a Half.
 Francis left home at three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon and travelled over mile and half to the place where he was found. Most of the way was oyer the mountain on a very steep path, There are three dangerous places ID Che trail and the searchers turned back from them several times. believing that the lit- tie fellow could not possibly have gone past and must have wandered from the trail before that time.
 On Tuesday night before dark, the father of the lad went along the trail looking for him. At one place he found two little tracks in the mud and followed along the trai to a steep bank, almost perpendicular and about fifteen feet high, where lad der is used by the men in going along the trail
 Feeling positive that the little fel' low could not have climbed the lad derd he turned back and searched along the trail on the return. About that time reports of the lost lad be- gan to come from the other end Of the town and the search was aban- doned on the hill.
 Early Wednesday morning, at day light. large party started over the hin again. after the other parts of the city had been searched. but turned back when they came to deep gulch across the trail, spanned by a single log.
 Over Dangerous Places.
 Not one of the searchers dreamed that the youngster could cross the gulch without falling off. but he had Another place crossed by the lad was where a gulch was spanned by two small logs. arranged at footbridge' The little fellow, urged on by the knowledge that his father was at the other end of the trail, painfully climbed the ladder, reached from one round to the next, each of which taxed his strength to the utmost and when the bridges were reacb 1d fell to his hands and knees, crawling along the small logs inch by inch. until tho other side was reached in safety
 At about this time It must have become dark. but the little fellow afraid to go back and also afraid to continue to follow the trail, became lost and wandered off into the woods, towards the top of the mountain.
 Scrambling over and under fallen logs. which barred his path scratch ed by brush and devil clubs, fright ened out of his wits at every sound. the little lelIaw sped on as fast as his little legs would carry him. Call ing Daddy Daddy" at the top of his little lungs. Hopelessly lost in the pitch dark anu dense woods, the little man continued to run through the brush and woods
 Exhausted He Fails.
 At last, chilled to the bone from the cold, wet to the skin from the rain and water on the brush, and ex- hausted from hlS prodlgous efforts to find his "Dadayr little Francis fell to tho ground and with his last bit of strength crawled behind a large stump which gave the little fel- low a feeling Of semi-security, Here he fell asleep and lay the entire night through. Wakened several times by the freezing cold but too frightened to move and too exhausted to try the boy lay whimpering in his sleep and calling feebly for Daddy"
 At last his little constitution could not stand the strain ond he sank into semi-consciollsness and lay in that condition until found by John r,fof,,rFo ana tho 'otfo- .o,,.,t, ,....