Labyrinth which surrounded
her, she sat down under a large tree, covered her face with her
apron, said the Lord's Prayer - the only one she knew - and hoped that
God would send her father back to find her the moment he discovered
that she was lost.
"When night came down upon the dark forest (and oh how dark night is
in the woods!), the poor girl said, that she felt horribly afraid of
being eaten by the wolves which abound in those dreary swamps. But
she did not cry, for fear they should hear her. Simple girl! she did
not know that the scent of a wolf is far keener that his ear, but
that was her notion, and she lay down close to the ground and never
once raised her head, for fear of seeing something dreadful standing
beside her, until overcome by terror and fatigue she fell fast
asleep, and did not awake until roused by the shrill braying of the
horns and the shouts of the party who were seeking her."
"What a dreadful situation! I am sure that I should not have had the
courage of this poor girl, but should have died with fear."
"We don't know how much we can bear, Mrs. M - -, until we are tried.
This girl was more fortunate than a boy of the same age, who was
lost in the same township, just as the winter set in.
