The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-22
Avertising Directory.
A TEXANS REVENGE.
Colonel Pelton, the Slayer OF the
Apaches.

Colonel PeltOn, the Slayer OF the
Apaches.
Correspondence of Chicago Tribune.
Colonel Albert c. Pelton, whose beautiful
twenty thousand acre rancho is out toward the
Rio Grande, near Laredo, has been the Peter
the Hermit of the Texans for years. He has
believed that he held a divine commission to
kill Apache Indians. Colonel Pelton came to
Texas in 1874, common soldier. By talent
and courage he rose to the rank of Colonel,
and finally, in 1927, commanded Fort Macrae.
That year he fell in love with beautiful
Spanish girl at Alberquin, New Mexico. Her
parents were wealthy and would not consent
to their daughters going away from all
her friends to live in garrison. The admra-
ton of the young couple was mutual, and
parental objections only intensified the affection
of the lovers. The nature of the Spanish girl
is such that once in love she never changes.
Finally, after two years of contreaty and devo-
ton. Colonel Pelton won the consent Of the
parents of the beautiful Spanish girl, and they
we're married.
Then commenced honeymoon such as only
lovers shut up in beautiful Hover enVlroned
fort can have. The lovely character of the
beautiful bride won the hearts of all the
soldiers of the fort, and she reigned queen
among these rough frontiersmen. One day,
when the love of the soldier and his wife was al
its severest, the two, accompanied by the young
wifes mother, and twenty soldiers rode out
TO the hot springs, six miles from the fort, to
take a bath. While in the bath, which IS near
the Rio Grande,an Indians arrow passed over
their heads. Then a shower OF arrows tell
around them, and band of wild Apache In
dams rushed down upon them, whooping and
yelling like band of demons. Several of the
soldiers fell dead, pierced with poisoned
arrows. This frightened the rest, who fled.
Another shower OF arrows and the beautiful
bride and her mother fell in the water, pierced
by the cruel weapons of the Apache. With his
wife dying before his eyes, Colonel Pelton
leaped up the bank, grasped his rifle, and
killed the leader of the savage hends. But
the Apaches were too much for the coolnel.
Pierced with two poisoned arrows, he swan
into the river and hid under an over-hanging
rock. After the savages had left, the colonel
swan the river and made his way back to
Fort Macrae. Here his wounds were dressed,
and he finally recovered, but only to live a
blasted life-without love, without hope
with a vision of his beautiful wife, pierced with
poisoned arrows, dying perpetualy before his
eyes.
After the death of his wife a change came
to Colonel Pelton. He seemed to think that
he had a sacred mission from Heaven to
revenge his young wife'S death. He secured
the most unerring rifles, surrounded himself
with brave companions, and conseCrated
himself to the work of revenge. He was al
ways anxious to lead any and all expeditions
against the Apaches. Whenever any of the
tha
Colonel Pelton would soon be at the head OF
the former. One day he would be at the head
of his soldiers and the next day he would be
at the head of band of Mexicans! Nothing
gave him pleasure but the sight of dead
Apaches. He dehed Indian arrows and court
ed death. Once, with band ..of the widest
desperadoes, he penetrated a hundred miles
into the Apache country. The ApacheS
never dreamed that anything but an entire
regiment would dare to follow them to their
camp in the mountains. So when Colonel
Pelton swooped down into their camp with
ten trusty followers, firing their Henry rifles
at the rate of twenty times a minute, the
Apaches fled In CONSERVATION, leaving their
women and children behind 1t was then.
that there darted out of lodge a white
woman.
'Spare the women" she cried, and then
she tainted to the ground.
When the Colonel jumped from his saddle
TO lift up the woman he found she was blind.
''How came you here, woman, with these
damned Apaches?" he asked.
~ was wounded and captured" she said,
''ten years ago. Take, oh, take me back
again."
"Have you any relations in Tsns?" asked
the Colonel.
''No. my father lives in Albequin. My hus-
band. Colonel Pelton, and my mother were
killed by the Indians"
"Great God. Bella! Is it you, my wife?"
"Oh, Albert knew you would come !" ex
claimed the poor wife blindly reaching her
hands to clasp her husband.
OF course there was Joy in the old rancho
when Colonel Pelton got back with his wife.
The Apaches had carried the wounded woman
away with them. The poison caused inham-
nation, which finally destroyed her eyesight.
When saw the colonel he was reading a
newspaper to his blind wife, while in her hand
she held bouquet OF fragrant cape jessa.
mines which he had gathered for her. 1t was
a picture of absolute happiness.