Show LOST AND FOUND A three year old child wanders eight bight miles on the prairie rabe Itaw lins wyoming journal of saturday april contains the following incident at an early hour thursday evening it was rumored that mr ff V balls little daughter bernice only three years old was lost at 8 the fire whistle sounded a general alarm to which nearly three jaundree io Ja undred people responded every lantern sand and torch procurable were pressed into service avice soon a line ot of light from town stretched back to the hills the flats galleys and hills were thoroughly searched with no sign of the lost child some one then suggested that the damp piles sherb she was last seen be cir cled and her trail if possible be discovered the suggestion was imme acted upon and fifty men and boys began a close search for the little wanderers trail which in ia a half hours time was discovered leading from the dumps damps across the country through THE BIG SAGE BRUSH toward mr kirks milk ranch A clue was now BOW found which was closely followed for over eight miles through sage brush brash and ra ravines L e ov over e r g rassy grassy slopes and stony ivi hills 11 in with all th the turns the little one had d taken aken until she e eit at last wag found near tiie the red buttes about five miles northeast of town the trail showed she had run nearly all the way for the first two miles for the next two she had run a great deal without evidently stopping from this on the little feet were getting pretty tired as you could see where she ahe had stopped and stood stilla still and where her steps were shorter about a mile from where she was found she had lain down the first time anen this was discovered it greatly increased the zeal zealot of the searchers who knew she must be somewhere near and mr hogans bis big newfoundland dog jumbo was now sent out and the trail pursued with all possible rap edity in a short tims time HER LITTLE CAP I 1 or was found the tracks of the da doe mingling with those of tte ahll child showed that the dog had found folind hery this place being near a sage brush gully the crowd spread out somewhat on an each side of the trail just in the edge of the sage brush jas jag granger stepped upon the child or so close to her ber that she screamed he immediately grabbed her and shouted here she is the searchers at once set up a yell and several pistols were tired fired off nearly frightening the child to death her father being near soon came up and took her the first words she said after being quieted were papa I 1 thought you was indians it seems she had bad been in the habit lot lof going away from home to play and her father told her if she did not stay at af home the indians would get her and carry her off being down on the dump pile when the lander stage came in at ataee about five with wit a couple of other children they told her chefe ther e were indians in the coach which perhaps frightened her into wander hig away she was very sprightly the next nest morning and apparently none the worse for the long tramp |