Show GIRLS DARING NIGHT RIDE Eloping Sioux Maiden and Her Lover Braved Death to Wed An Indian romance which almost rivals that of Pochahontas and Captain John Smith comes from Pine Ridge agency Last week William Jacobson young fellow in charge of one of the classes at Carlisle eloped with Jealla Beallard an intelligent quarterbred Sioux The couple rode from Pine Ridge to Chadron Neb on their ponies during the night pursued by the girls relatives all the wqy They arrived in Chadron in the gray dawn of the morning thoroughly exhausted and at once proceeded to secure a license Then in the presence of friends of the bride they were made man and I we I The couple met about two years ago at Carlisle where the young woman I was attending a private Seminary i and became enamored of each other They I became engaged when the girl received a letter ordering her home to Pine FUdge The young couple kept up a I correspondence fearing that their attachment at-tachment would become known to the parents of the girl who were very much opposed to her forming an alliance alli-ance with other than a thoroughbred Sioux A letter to the girl was finally intercepted by a young Sioux admirer and laid before the mother Thereafter not a letter was permitted Becoming alarmed at not receiving an answer Jacobson decided to go to Nebraska and investigate Upon assiving at the i agency he contrived secret interview j with the girl and arranged an elopement elope-ment One dark night the girl stole forth and procuring a saddle horse from the ccrral slipped a halter over his head and led him to the outskirts of the Indian I In-dian village where she was met by her lover in a lonely canyon near the historic I his-toric battleground of Wounded Knee Mounting their ponies they started on their journey to Chadron The echoes of the hoofbsats awakened the village and a 30mile chase was begun over the roughest country this side of the Rock ies The journey was exceedingly dangerous I dan-gerous and hazardous The road at times winds around precipices and rugged cliffs and through rough canyons can-yons where a misstep might plunge the riders into eternity For four hour they rode on their ponies expecting at every moment to hear the cry of their pursuers When the light of Chadron appeared in view the pursuing party increased their pace hoping to overtake over-take the fleeing couple before they entered en-tered the city They failed in this attempt at-tempt however and the lovers man aged to elude them |