Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-06-10

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occurred to me that / would dress il
woman's clothes, and let Joe steal me
and see if it would 'sorter' cool his AZ
dor. l confided my plan to some o
the boys, and they approved it, ant
promised their assistance. We con
cluded that we would let the old man
Martha James father, into the secret
and arrange for him to pursue us Will
his hounds, of which he had about
dozen, when we made the attempt
The old man entered into the affai
eagerly, for he despised Joe.
After we had fixed all the prelimi
narias of time, place, and manner O
proceeding, we adjourned to meet tn,
next Sunday night and have the chase
We met according to adjournment a
the time agreed, and a woman hitche(
me up in some of her gear, with a par
eel of things tied round my waist
don't know what they were, but l know
the outside was calico, and it was il
two pieces; II was the tail, which
was tied on first, and the other was {
sort Of jacket with sleeves to it, OF
some dark sort of stuff. These. with
a white sunbonnet and a blue veil
and some cotton stuffed in judiciously
to give me a gushing makeup, having
been provided as indispensable to my
toilette, l was ready and willing to be
Joe's-for time.
When we arrived near Martha James
house, the old man was waiting for us.
We arranged that after we had got
about a quarter Of a mile off, one of
our party, who remained behind for
the purpose) should notify Joe that we
had Martha Jane, and when Joe came
tearing by the house the old mar was
to give him a salute from his double
barrelled shotgun. Very soon here
came Joe full tilt down the hill toward
the creek. Bang went the venerable
shot gun, and away went Joe, and soon
came the old man on his swayback
horse, with his hounds and shotgun,
and accompanied by his son.
Mitchellville was the objective point
of the expedition, and it was about
five miles off. The boys got Joe's
arms from him to- protect his girl, and
prevailed on him torush ahead, pay the
toll-gate fees, proceed on to Mitchell
vile and have the license ready so as
to have no delay. Accordingly, Joe
went off at a lope, paid the toll for us,
and gave strict orders not to let Mar
Jones' father through. but when
the old man came to the gate, he just
his old sway-back over it, and
)n he came, his hounds in full cry.
The way he "gOt up and got" along
hat pike was a scene not to be forgot
Ten. The fuss he made aroused every
body EN- route.
Our crowd consisted of five besides
Zoe, and we arrived at Mitchellyille
lbout 10 p. m. Joe was there, and as
ioon as / had dismounted, he was at
ny side and led me up to the door and
it so that the startled justice
opened it at once, but, upon seeing, as
le supposed, q female, closed it to ar
'ange his toilet. Meantime, the old
nan and his hounds could be heard
rapidly. l whispered to Joe I
wanted to retire around the corner of
he hoase to arrange my dress, and he
aid exeitedly, BE in a hurry, the old
nan will soon be here" ! did make
taste, for no ooner had l got around
he corner than l darted through a
,ate, Tan down the side of a fence,
:rept through an opening into a back
Iard, and hid behind an a~sh-hOpper.
When the jnntice had got clothes on,
re opened the door to tell MS to come
n, but of course, / wasn't there, and
Zoe was running frantically round the
louse looking for his girl, while the old