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ONTATT AND LITTLE DERRICK.

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the'Tieiglibourliood of the town of Wawat-
sing, a town in New York state, lived a

^ person named Le Fevre. He way tlie grandson

of a Frenchman who, at the repeal of the Edict

of Nantes, had with many others been com­

pelled to leave his native country- He possessed
an estate or plantation near the Blue Mountains,

a range which crosses part of the state of New

York, and which abounds in deer and various

Varieties of wild animals.
One day the youngest of Le Fevre’a children—

a hoy about four years, of age—disappeared early

in the morning, no one in the family being able

to discover what had become of him. After

searching everywhere without success recourse
was had to the neighbours for counsel and

assistance, A number of them met together, and