passion in the minds of the people it is not at all strange that the day had scarcely opened until scores, and hundreds of people were seen coming from every part of the country to aid in the search. They came in groups and bands, and with one purpose in view they all hastened to the mountain. And while a few traveled over the same ground that had been explored the previous day, thinking that the children might have wandered back to these parts, others took a different direction so that the adjacent hills and vales were everywhere explored; every thicket, marsh, and cliff was searched till all the dells and craigs for miles resounded with the call of the hunters for the lost. But no response was returned. The day was fast passing away without a single sign or trace of the lost children. And as the dark night came upon the world the parents felt more disconsolate than ever. The past day's search had failed to discover even a foot-print of their lost and starving children.
Another long, lonely night to the heartbroken parents passed slowly away, and the bleak and dreary morning set in. But so persistent were the good people in their search that before ten o'clock not less than one thousand people had
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