Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-04-10

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several of the good points, and
then turning it on him, said :
Il want to see your heels right
lively now
'IIe thoughtI was fooling for a
second, but when the pistol clicked
he knew it was business. Then he
backed of, and wanted to trade
with me. | had his guns and mine,
too, but | told him | was trading.
Just to hurry him up a little | sent
bullet mighty close to his ear,
and a moment later as he was edg-
ing on | put another one near
enough to his other ear TO singe
his hair. Such running you never
saw. / watched him out of sight.
Then | took his guns and threw
them in the river. ! wouldn't have
been found with them on me-
Maud Raynor went through the
Indian Territory once with about a
regiment Of Indians and white men
on her trail. She had been up at a
ranch on the Arkansas river,
where great many desperate char
acters were cOngregated, and in a
shooting aii'ray IN which she took a
prominent part the bartender was
killed. Every man swOre that tho
woman was the guilty party, and
she reckleSsly admitted it, though
it is probable she was not the real
offender Some friends of the mur.
dered man came along just then,
and organized to lynch her. Get
ting wind of the programme, she
stole horse and set out for Kans.
as, the men following. Several
Indians joined the pursuing party
ut various places, until finally
there were about Il hundred men
on her trail. She managed to elude
them for several days, and coming
finally upon a band of chivalrous
cowboys, she made them believe
she was 4 prosecuted innocent. Her
new-louud friends promptly agreed
to defend her against all cOmers,
and when her pursuers came in
sight they were met by a yolley
which brought them to a stand. In
the course Of three or four days
they concluded to abandon the
search.
The exploit OF which she is proud
est occurred year or more ago in
the Indian Territory. She had
been up in Kansas on the warpath,
and making her way back to Texas
had fallen in with rough crowd
OF plainsmen. One of these was
man named Dutton, whom she
hae known many years before. In
the course Of an evening passed at
a ranch on the cattle trail, she had
quarrel with this fellow, and af-
ter some harsh words he rushed at
her knife. She was too quick for
him. lie had hardly got within
striging distance before she put a
bullet through his heart. AS he
jumped in the air and fell back
dead his comrades made a rush at
The woman, and would have finish.
ed her then and there if one of the
men had not taken her part in a
mild sort Of way. AS they stopped
to parley,she made this proposition
'i'll fight the whole pack of you,
one at a time. | killed that man,
and I'm glad Of it. ought to have
done it years ago.
One man went ont with her, and
the two stepped Oh twenty PAGES,
turned and fired. The man got a
bullet in his shoulder, and wanted
to quit. The woman was unhurt.
Standing there res0lutely she call
ed on the othcre for victim, but
no one stirred. Then she taunted
them, and finally, when she found
rhat they were not disposed to
annoy her further, she said:
'Now, Pm going to Texas, and
| want an escort. How many OF
you are going with e?'
They all agreed TO go hut two,
and to those two she addressed
herself, saying:
you're just the ones that want
to go with me, and you've got to go,
too
The others rather enjoyed the
sport. She never took her pistols
of them for Il minute. They got
her horse out Of the corral, mount
ed their own, and at her command
rode oil in front Of her. When she
had driven them ten or fifteen miles
she made them turn back, while
she rode on toward the south.
1t appears the latest wrinkle in
the way of ornamentation for a we'd
ding breakfast table is to have the
photographs Of the bride and groom