| Show A TEXAS an enterer interesting ting story of r early life afe on the Pron frontier tier how w a brave cowboys good alm aim won for him n a alfe A friend 1 in need who rho became bearne a I 1 friend indeed A tory story is told by tho the new orleans tunes times democrat of a raid of the co manches in texas the first of june many years ago when the blackberries were ripe there was a small settlement in the far western counties as they were then called but now novara novar are 6 the theories ones most thickly settled the girls of the settlement three in number had wandered far out on the prairie to a little strip of woods to gather a few berries as there were many and of the finest kind they had become so excited over their find and were picking berries so last fast that they did nottage not take in the situation they were far from the settlement as they had bad started early in the morning and d had not found any berries until the ran middle id of the afternoon the oldest was a girl of about twenty the other two were from nine to twelve ablat all at once there was a bavage yell and six Co manches came in sight on a little knoll on the prairie almost a quarter of a mile from them almost simultaneously a cowboy rode up to them lie ile was armed with a good rifle and a brace of revolvers lie he was a stranger to the girl and they were apprehensive P of his presence when he told them not to scream that he was their friend and would protect them from the indians who were advancing having baying espied the girls the indians evidently had not noticed the man on his pony who was partly hidden behind a thicket As soon as the indians were near enough one shot an arrow from his bow at the girls and all raised a yell the oldest girl fen fell wounded the arrow having passed through her shoulder she was losing blood which fac tand fright caused her to faint the other girls ran to her answering the indians yell was the report of the cowboys rifle and the foremost indian fell the other I 1 indians n continued to advance when another shot was heard and another indian fell the indians stopped and par keyed and then advanced still nearer r another shot abathe and the third indian fell the remaining three conti continued n u ed to advance until within a short distance of the girls when another shot from the thicket thicket prostrated the fourth indian to rise rise no more the other two made a rush for the thicket as they had discovered where the cowboy had concealed himself As they came near he be again fired and one of the two fell and the other drew his gun but the cowboy knocked it out I 1 of his bis hand and knocked the indian I 1 down with hisgun his gun the gun flew out of the cowboys hand the indian leaped to his feet and they clinched it was some sometime time before either had the best of the other but the comanche could not get his gun as it was too far away and the cowboy did not like to like to let go his hold on zhe the indian for fear he would get the advantage 9 of I 1 him choosing a favorable opportunity tunit Y ah ecy V ur as dve d VE ged one hand ban 41 ilat I 1 in akl the indian 4 juso drav t f noa y came forward put tate wounded girl on his pony pon yand and told the others to follow him ile he tried to pull the arrow from the wound of the other girl but co could not riot without giving her very great pain they took the trail for the settlement which was reached about eight at night the arrow was soon extracted by the doctor of the settlement and the wounded girl was soon out again the young man bade the young ladies father good night and left the father gave him a pressing invitation to return in a few days he did come back just to see eee how miss lucy look was getting along tom tubbs the cowboy soon became quite a favorite of the look family he was a fine fellow and brave lucy improved rapidly and was soon up she was considered the belle of the settlement tl many of the boys had tried to win her but failed tom a stranger of another settlement had fallen in love with lucy at first sight when he met her at the blackberry patch lie ile made other short calls after she was well it was not long before tom proposed to make lucy his bis wife and mr look her father said tom had bad fairly won her by saving her from the co manches the m marriane marr a iaRe christmas day was wa 5 celebrated by a big hunt tom leading the party many came from both settlements tle ments to honor the occasion and pay their respects to the handsomest couple of the texas frontier |
