Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-31
A MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE.
DIR. West Lost in the Darknoss-SagacIty of
HIS Horse, and Kindness ofFriends.
lnnernn AlNnnce1

DIR. West Lost In the Darknoss-sagacity of
His Horse, and Kindness ofFriends.
lBoerne Advanced
On Thursday of last week Or. Jacob
5. West, of Boerne, made profession
al visit to the ranch of Baron Won
Raub, in Bexar county. His uties
detained him there until u late lour,
necessitating IA night ride horn. 1t
will be remembered that Thurday,
the nth, was disagreeable day. The
night set in with drizzling rain,
about one-half n0rther was blowing,
and all the elements combined TO
make 1t disagreeable night foithe
belated traveller, and to render tho sit
uation more perpleXing, the nightwas
so intensely dark as to make it inDos-
sible for man or horse to see the rad.
When about halfway between he
BALCONIES and Boerne, tina doctor, ds-
covering that his horse had wanderd
from the road, halted. After vainy
peering into the darkness on dl
sides to discover the road. th
doctor concluded that his prone
course lay slightly to the right and nc
cordingly reigned the horse in that di-
reclion. After proceeding short dis
tance they came under a large tree,
the overhanging branches of which
became entangled in the doct or's cloth
ing and he was lifted from the saddle
and thrown TO the ground. He held
on the bride relns until he was drag
Beu twenty or thirty feet. when fear
ing that he would be kicked or tram
pied upon by the horse, he was COM
PEELED to release his hold After re-
covering from the confusion incident
to the lively shaking up he had
received the doctor discovered that
his saddle bags and hat were missing
his horse gone, and that his only way
out OF the difficulty was by n tramp in
the rain. He decided upon the dlrec.
ton to take more by random guess
than by the exercise of judgment, and
struck out. The doctor had thought
his situation was a hard one before
out the worst was to come. With the
rain descending upon his bare head
iost IN the woods, he was mpelled by
,ne coid TO continue his tramp, Stun
ping over fallen logs and among the
nnderbrush. Finally the welcome
sight OF light from the
in the distance. With renewed renewed
energy he pushed on toward the hos.
pllaoie beacon. Upon reaching the
!, mousse ana Knocking for admittance.
ne found that he had indeed fallen
INTO good hands, having stumbled
upon the residence of Mr.. Conrad
Adams. When the doctor had been
related the story of his |
mishaps and signiiied his desire TO BRO
cee1 on his Journey home, Mr.. Adams
furnished him with a hat and prof.
Iered me use of horses for the trim.
christian Herbz, a German boy who
$ employed by Mr.. Adams, at enc,
TO accompany the doctor
NTH lantern and pilot him home.
me BOY proceeded 10 the corral and
ecured Two horses for the journey aud
hey were soon mounted and ON the
oad. The doctor determined TO make
n attempt TO regain the lost saddle
ags, ana accordingly followed what he
imposed TO be the direction he had
ONE. To his great surprise, on near
w lhe spot where he had been
ragged from his horse, he found the
nthIul animal standing guard over
ne saddle bags, where II had no
cnpt remained during the two I,
ouh absence of the doc =
~, Ing doctor dismounted to re-
over his saddle bags, when his own
' .,,fs came to him, licked his hand
' noo.u ms nose against the Doctors
'aeas.' paved the earth with his feet !
,nns ~ every way possible to saga.
,oa, norse exhibited his delight at his Ii
,.sas return, One OF the borrowed
u.s.s was lheh returned to the pas. [
49,. .no aad ne homeward journey was ,
II i,,,S ana the good doctor finally /
,.o' , anu placed under his own roof h
ryices. P"' w h's