Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-01-25
TEXANS REVENGE.
~. shaver Of The Apachcs.

-, PeItnn' inc
,..,a Albert @. Pelton, whose
Cclonei ,yenty thousand acre ranch
yauIliull lizard the Rio Grande. near
cut Ww W. been the Peter the Hermit
|aredo,,, a n@ for years. He has be
4 the l, ea'bh he held divi ne commits
|fyed Vii Viii Apache lntlians. Colonel
lon 70 NH ,e 10 Texas in 1874, a COM
felio adler S BY talent and courage
ncli en-. so' 70 the rank OF colonel, and,
fo re-. in 1927, commanded Fort
fnalis, " That year he fell
)laciao with a beautiful
y - g,rl at Alberquin, New Mex
)paill,sihn PARENTS were wealthy and
~ ~ t consent to their daughters
Fcaio nSs from all her friends TO live
BGng sr;son. The admiration of the
Aa,,nle was mutual, and par
todns ELECTIONS only intensified the
kntai o.of The lovers. The nature OF
aecssIona girl is such that once in
e 3 ghe never changes. Finally, after
Ne ears of contreaty and devotion,
W .s,,ol pelton won the consent of the
OWLS Of the beautiful Spanish girl,
a y they were married.
nd ea.y commenced honeymoon such
in aIS lovers shut up in a beautiful
Vns yironed fort can have. The
Fcws, character of the beautiful bride
cse, ~ hearts of all the soldiers of
on XII XII and she reigned a queen
pc these rough frontiersme
"" s asy, when the love OF the so ldier
~ ssS|,.wife was at its severest, the
M ~ aSsompanied by the young wife's
WAND twenty soldiers, rode out
ao ~ Hot Springs, six miles from the
VI take q bath. While in the
e. which is near the Rio Grande,
aDI indian arrow passed over their
.is Then showers of arrows fell
.nnd them, and band of wild
saba Indians rushed down upon
VI whooping and yelling like a
VA VA If demons. Several of the sol
s .rs fell dead, pierced with poisoned
.,ous This frightened the rest, who
a Another shower OF arrows and
N beautiful bride and her mother fell
tbe water, pierced by the cruel
.sanons of the Apache. With his
ri diving before his eyes, Colonel
Alton leaped up the bank, grasped
/. yiae and killed the leader of the
ayace fiends. But the Apaches were
! much for the colonel. Pierced
IN two poisoned arrows, he swan
otn the river and hid under an over
HANGING rock. After the savages had
n the colonel swan the
YER and made his way back to
'ort Macra. Here his wounds were
rpssed. and he finally recovered, but
{nlv TO live a blasted lite-without
oye without hope with vision of
4 il beautiful wife, pierced with pois-
Ekned arrows, dying perpetually before
his eyes.
Atter the death of his wife Il change
amp TO Colonel Pelton. He seemed
4 think that he had sacred mission
rom Heaven to revenge his young
yiie,s death. He secured the most
herring rifles, surrounded himself
With brave companions, and conse-
rated himself to the work OF revenge.
He was always anxious TO
kad any and all expeditions
AGAINST the Apaches. Whenever any
n the other Indians were at war with
he Apaches Colonel Pelton would
oca Mat the head of the former. One
lsy hewouid be M the head of his sol
ien and the next day lie would be at
the head of band of MeXicans.
othing gave him pleasure but the
ght OF dead Apaches. He detied In
nnarrows and courted death. Once
Nth q band OF the widest desperadoes
lie penetrated o hundred miles into the
kpache country. The Apaches never
2 reamed that anything but an entire
regiment would dare follow them tt
k1heir camp in the mountains. Sc
when Colonel Pelton swooped down
nto their camp with ten trusty fol
overs, firing their Henry rifles at the
ate OF twenty times a minute, the
skpaches fled in CONSERVATION, leaving
helr women and children behind. /,
was then that there darted out of /
lodge white woman.
J. Spare the womenW she cried, anc
Fhen she tainted to the ground.
n When the colonel jumped from hi
paddle TO lift up the woman he founC
Pie was blind.
How came you here, woman, Will
Ase damned Apaches?n he asked.
Twas wounded and captured sh,
Pa, "ten years ago. Take, oh, TAX
Pc back again!i
Have you any relations in Texas?
fshed the colonel.
No; my father lives in Alberquin
Ey husband, Colonel Pelton, and m,
i AOlher were killed by the Indians.
Nreat God, Bella. Is it you, m
oh, Albert, | knew you woul
Mem exclaimed the poor vii
!. hdy reaching her hands To elias
3 lf husband.
" course there was JOY in the oil
aashe when Colonel Pelton got bac
sAh his wife. The Apaches had ca
lN me wounded woman away wit
Z mem The poison caused imtiamml
~, which finally destroyed her ey'
0hsn saw the colonel he was reaC
EsSSna newspaper to his blind wifi
& u s ~ her hand she held a bouqut
5iSaslaAI cape jessamines which h
s nv gathered Tor her. 1t was a pit
g ~g = 40 olute happiness hicdg
,i inefe Is no article in the line {
~ s' ie that gives so large u retur