I GERONIMOS GERONIMO'S DAUGHTER TO WE WED A PALEFACE I PALEFACE A daughter of old old Geronimo the most bloodthirsty and relentless foe that has been raised up In Sn the the path of the all all- al- al conquering white man In In the settlement settem settle settle- sette- sette m ment rt of ot the West is to marry one o othe of ol the palefaces against whom her father battled batted so long She won the love and lifelong devotion of her future husband by the manner in which she fearlessly offered her own life to to save his Lla Lola the Red Rose of he the Forest as her her people call cal her will wi marry H Houston uston A. A Ward Yard one of the we wealthiest and most accomplished young youn men in southern Texas And this happy culmination grows out of a singularly beautiful romance one scene of ot which is bloodcurdling bloodcurdling blood blood- curdling and exciting enough to form the nucleus of ot a highly successful melodrama It I was while flying for life from a prairie fire fre and a herd of stampeded steers that the love t of the young couple was first revealed and in such dangerous surroundings was wa their troth plighted I. I Houston A A. Ward who is certainly eager to become the son law of one of the most notorious Indian chiefs that ever shed blood on th borders bordera of Arizona Ari Arizona Ari An- zone zona zona is the son of ot old Shanghai V Ward rd a famous mustang king of the Rio Grande country The old man died a afew afew afew few years ago leaving his only son a splendid fortune in lands m mustangs and cattle catte Young Wards Ward's boyhood was divided between between- Texas and Illi Il- Il Illi- Illi nois He le usually spent the summers summers' summerson on his fathers father's ranch and the winters in the north where he attended school school As A a result of this this simple career he possesses a fine education and he is rather proud of certain cerain trophies won on the playgrounds and a diploma won in I he classrooms o 0 of the college at Champaign Ill I. I J t t j La Last t summer th the grass Tass rass was wa scarce in the Rio Ro Grande valley talley valley and ard Houston Ward shipped some or tOO head of cattle catte to the Indian Territory FindIng Finding Finding Find Find- ing abundant pasture lands the young man remained for time in the vicinity of Fort Sill Si where he made the acquaintance of f the pretty Indian girl who will soon become his wife The gallant galant Texan frequently sought the company of the d dusky skY belle bele of f the border often dancing and riding with her but hut now amy he saya say that he did not ot know that he loved until one ne evening evening even even- eyen- eyen ing he found her fingers in his Ma hair and opening his yes yes' in flame fame and smoke he felt the earth trembling beneath beneath beneath be be- neath his feet while his ears were filled fled with the noise of ot a ti cyclone Houston Ward Yard had ben been riding about over the pr prairie looking at his big catte cattle and becoming tired tred he ho dismounted and lay down on the he grass gras in the shade of ofa ofa ofa a tree tre leaving his pony to graze at will wi He so soon n fell fel asleep and his pony wandered off to mingle with a large herd of cattle catte and a big drove of horses that were not far away The grass gras was wa very tall tl and most of it was dead and dry ry Either some careless creless cowboy dropped a a. match or a spark from a hunters hunters hunter's gun set the prairie praire on fr fire A strong breeze was blowing lowing from the north and as usual in such cases it looked as a if I the flames fames I increased the commotion In the air all until until un un- un- un til t a windstorm was driving the rapidly spreading fire tre before it i. i The great herd of t Texas steers stampeded the In Instant instant In- In stant they scented danger and started south bellowing with wih terror The horses caught the contagion and mingled mingled min mitt with wih the flying steers snorting as asIf asif a if i a a pack of panthers were at their heels There were about 50 grown full grown ful-grown Texas steers in the herd and seventy- seventy five or eighty head of ot horses This moving mass mas of ot frightened animals started stared straight toward the tree under which the sleeping Texan was lying unconscious of danger Old Geronimos Geronimo's daughter mounted on a magnificent horse borse was wa riding across the the- prairie when the fire fre broke out cut and she saw the animals stampede stampede No one knew why she happened to be there or how she knew the handsome young Texan was lying under the lone lonetree lonetree lonetree tree asleep She saw the m maddened herd driven by a sea of ot flame fame rushing furiously onward toward the place where young Ward was lying asleep and knowing that his horse had strayed away and that no earthly power could turn the living wave of terror aside aide she struck her horse with wih her whip and rode straight toward the rapidly approaching approach approach- in ing herd When she reached the tree the front rank of ot the mad steers was not twenty steps away The f flames mes were leaping In the air over the backs of the animals animals ani ani- mals in the rear and the te wind was wa blowing a cloud of ot smoke and dust above them Horns were cracking an and ang horses were neighing Ward was Just beginning to move len the Indian girl bent over the side of her quivering horse and seized his hairUp hairUp hairUp hair Up quick she shrieked The world is on fire tre He sprang to his feet and comprehending comprehending compre compre- hending the at a a. glance he first thought of ot as ascending the tree but doubting whether he could perform the feat he yielded to the girls girls girl's hand arid and quickly sprang upon the horse behind her S 'S As the noble animal turned the h horns of ot the steers crushed against the tree and several of the big brutes fell fel headlong headlong head head- long rolling over the very spot where the rescued man had been lying Their carcasses were trampled to jelly jelY by the sharp hoofs hoots of of the flying herd The sure footed sure horse fing bore the In Indian Indian Indian In- In dian girl and the Texan away at the top of his speed but more ore than 00 head of furious b beasts w vane re close to his heels and ty it I was four miles mie to cose a place of ot safe safe- Ride straight to the river shouted Ward Wani Var as soon as lie rie was able to command command command com com- mand his voice Yole I know knott kno i 1 know know replied the girl girl Maybe we can cn tu turn n out of ot the way pretty soon she added The earth seemed to tremble as a if I convulsed by an earthquake and the theair theair theair air Was vaa filled more apI ap ap- ap- ap va with ib a a lo oar I palling than than the noise noise of of ot a cyclone Ward Yard turned his head and was wa surprised surprised sur sur- to see SEe the the red eyes of ot the mad brutes and their white horns hors almost at atthe atthe atthe the horses horse's tail tai Striking the foaming flank fank of the horse with wih his hat he ho shouted On on on Lola or we are lost She turned her head and looked into his eyes Let me Ole slip off of she whispered The horse could save you I 1 am tm too man many The Texan comprehended her meanIng meaning meaning mean mean- ing and In that moment of peril peri he realized realised that the Indian girl lov d him Fearing that she he might execute her suggestion and sacrifice herself hersel to so save ve him hint he instantly grasped her In his arms and it was in that moment of peril peri that their troth was plighted The horse came upon smooth smooth ground and in a short time he began to get farther away from the te herd Right there says the Texan I Imade Imade Imade made up my mind to love that little Indian girl forever and I resolved that if I we escaped the danger that pursued us I would do everything in my power during life to make her happy The noble horse continued to Increase the distance between his heels and the sharp horns of his pursuers until he again encountered rough ground Ward at this moment for the first time though of his pistol and hurriedly hurried hurried- ly IF drawing the weapon he poured a stream of lead Into the faces of ot the catte tattle cattle Ward turned his head and with a ashout ashout ashout shout of exultation eulaton he threw his hat into the faces of the leaders of the stampeded herd as the horse plunged into the water that the flames fames could n not cross The Texan knew that tat the hot steers would stop to cool col their parched tongues and when the horse had crossed the river he pressed a kiss on the Indian girls girl's cheek and whispered to her 5 You have saved my life and it belongs belongs belongs be be- longs to you And he will keep his word Chicago Chicago Chronicle