St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-08-06

the hot springs, six miles iron
the fort. to take bath. While il
the bath, which was near Ric
Grande, an Indians arrow passed
over their Leads. Then a shower
of arrows fell around them, and {
band of wild Apache Indians rush.
ed down upon them. whooping and
yelling like hand Of demons
Several of the soldiers fell dead.
pierced with poisoned arrows; this
frightened the rest, who fed. An
other shower of arrows, and the
beautiful bride and her mother
dropped in rhe water, pierced by
the cruel weapons of the Apaches
With his wife dying before his
eyes, Colcuel Pelton leaped up the
bank, grasped his rifle, and killed
the leader of the savage fieEds. Bni
the Apches were too much for the
Colonel. Pierced with two poisoned
arrows, he swan into the river and
hid under an overhanging rock.
After the savages had left he swan
the river, and made his way back to
Fort Macrae He,e his wounds
were dressed, and be finally recov-
cred, but only to- live L blasted life
without love, without hope with
a vision of his beautiful wife, pierced
with poisoned arrows. dying, per-
petually before his eyes.
After the death of his wife a
change came to Colonel Pelton.
He seemed to think that he had n
sacred mission from Heaven to
avenge his young wlfe's death. H.
secured the most unerring rifles,
surrounded himself with brave COM
panions, and conseciated himself
to tie WORK of revenge. He was al
ways anxious to lead any and all
expeditions against the Apaches.
Whenever any of the other Indians
were at war with the Apaches, Col.
Pelton would soon be ut the bead
of the former. One day he would
be ut the head of a band of Mexi-
cans. Nothing gave him pleasure
but the sight os the dead Apaches.
He deied Indian arrows and courted
death. Once, with IL band of the
widest desperadoes, he penetrated
Il hundred miles into the Apache
country. The Apacbes never dream
ed that anything but an entire regi-
ment would dare to follow them to
their camp i'll the mountains. So.
when Col Pelton swo"ped down into
their camp with ten trusty follow
ers, firing their Henry rifles at the
rate of twenty times q minute, the
Apaches fled i'll conservation, leav-
ing their women and children be-
hind. 1t was then that there darted
out of lodge a white woman.
"Spare the women!" she cried.
and then she tainted and fell to the
ground.
When the Colonel jumped from
his saddle to lift up the woman, lie
found she was blind.
How came you here, woman,
with these ---Apaches?" he as ed.
81 was wounded and captured"
she said, "ten years ago. Take, oh
take ne back again"
Have you any relatives in Texas?'
asked the Colonel.
no. My father lives in Abiquin.
My husband. Col. Pelton, and my
mother, were killed by the Indians"
"Grea; God, Bella! is it you-my
wife?"
"Oh, Albert. I knew you would
come" exclaimed the poor wife,
blin,ily reaching her hands to
clasp her husband.
Of course there was JOY in the
old ranch when Col. Peltou got
back with his wife. The Apaches
had carried the wounded woman
away with them. The poisoned
arrows had caused inflammation.
which finally destroyed her eye
sight.
When I saw the Colonel he was
reading a newspaper to his blind
wife, while in her nand she held Il
boquet of fragrant Cape jessamines,
which he had gathered for her. 1t
was a picture of absolute happi-
ness.-Chicago Tribune.
Said the auctiuneer: "Come, |
now, ladies and gentlemen, these