gone away in search of the children. Far and near, all over the face of the mountain, for miles around were scattered hundreds of searchers. From the deep recesses of the rocky glens, to the far up ragged peaks of the Alleghenies were seen the busy hunters, searching every retreat, examining every nook, and exploring every defile, with the anxious expectation of finding the children. But all exertions seemed in vain. Another day closed with cold and stormy weather, and with less hope of finding the children alive than before. The night passed. Another day came with the weather still inclement. And, what was remarkable in the case, as the prospects of finding the children grew less hopeful every day they were lost, the efforts and exertions of the people to find them increased each day until perhaps there were two thousand people on the mountain. And still they came in multitudes from every part of the country and the number was still increasing. Now, as every effort to find them up to this time had failed to bring one word of comfort to the sorrowing parents, it did seem to the sympathizing thousands who had kept up the unsuccessful search so long, that the parents cup of misery must be full
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