Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-05-29
DISARMED COWBOYS.
They Attack a Convent and Are
Paralyzed
Touching Scene In q Siege Wherein I'm
armed Beauties Capture Some OF
the Tsrrors OF The Southwest
"A veritable Incident.
[sIarIenleId Tex Special

There are lots Of cowboys around this
roSion and they like to have little fun
occasionally. They had lots OF it yes,er-
lay and the town Is all broken NJ over the
affair. Half a mile from the center Of the
village stands the Convent OF the German
Catholic nuns, an educational institution
OF local celebrity. The stan comprises
nearly q score Of nuns, the only male per-
sons around the building being q gray
haired aud infirm carpenter and lame
porter.
Tho cowboys have been 30 quiet lately
that people thought there was something
in the wind, and thoy were not mistaken.
Big Ike Il the leader OF the boys in this
region. Seventeen Joe," that being the
number Of his alleged victims, is his trusty
lieutenant They rod. into the village at
midnight last'ni,. hit at the head OF about q
score OF wiid-looking fellows. The towns
P""ple, who were mostly in bed, stayed
rish. there. They had had some previous
expoTisnoc with tho boys when the latter
felt " unny."
AftOr lreaking . few windows and
shooting carelessly ut the door knobs
along the front street, Big Ike yelled:
Boys, let us go out to the convent and
scare the girls"
Hcoray!" shouted the cowboys. to
whom the suggestion came like q thought
from Heaven; ''that's Just the ticket
Inis town Is too slow for our blood, any
how"
In hfteen minutes the convent was sur
rounded by the cowboys, who presented q
grim and blood-thirsty appearances. Ev-
cry man carried q brace OF revolvsrs in
each hand and q bowie knif e two feet long
between his teeth; while Seventeen Joen
sWunS IA old scalp in his left hand and
orandish~d hatchot in the other with
great rn'Nt- The boys intended 70 sur
prise the go"d Sisters. and they did Il.
Ihey eropt stealihily u 10 the building.
which was surrounded by a high board
ience. In ave minutes every man was on
top OF the fence looking like walking ar
senal.
NOW yeu" commanded Big Ike. and
the ear-splitting hurrah that followed
ooula Dc heard in Dallas ten miles avav.
Lignts were seen moving In the convent.
and IN Few miiutes half n dozen yin.
aows were thrown open and the good
looking pupils gazed upon the screechin0
crowd Seventeen Joe' was inst ahont
TO nre bullet at the chimney lust 70 seare
the nuns, when the combined visIon OF
beauty appeared
Gosh, what pretty girIsr' eiaculated
that worthy, a. he dropped his revolver A.
surprise.
The cowboys all stopped yelling and
gasTd with admiration at the baantirul
picture which the girls presented IN their
no~ing drapery framed in the winlown
The boys were all ''mashedD at first sight
"What do you men wantlp exclaimed
Miss Ethel Branch, the music -teacher.
mildly.
The boys gasod foolishly at each other
and all seemed afraid to say q word Biz
Ike trnvely came TO the front and IN hts
m st polished manner, having once been a
dry-soods clerk in Detrois, said:
"Ah! Excuse Us, ladies' A slight mis-
take We thought this was the Court
h-use. Adieu. Don't be afraii. We've a
bad crowd. but our bumps OF admiration are
al here"
Then the boys rode OF and the girls re-
iirrd.
To-d>y the mail-carricr reports that all
the cowboys for miles around are trying
10 borrow white shirts, and some have
gone 90 far as to write scsuted notes 70 the
II inmates OF the convent