Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-24
RON NCEOE a RItT4.
How n Boston Sophomore B.camen u Cow
boy and won u Bride.

san Francisco Alta
The movements of a real cowboy on
kearuey street attracted attention yester-
dsv. He stood nearly six feet IN his boots,
and his regular features and dropping
blonde moustaChe gave his face an aspect
of beauty fully in keeping with his hand,
some proportions HIS attire was that of
the vaquero, consisting of buckskin
trousers, wolleu shirt fastened at the
throat with carcleSsly knottsd silk hand
kerchiei coarse chinchilla sack coat and
broad brimmcd felt hat Of the sOmbrcro
pattern. An Alta reporter learned his
name and his history His name was
Edward n. WiIlets aud six years ago he
was at college, when he received peremp.
| tory orders from his father, u wealthy Bos
| ton merchant, to enter the theological
class and fit himself for the ministry. The
command came like thundcrbolt to the
happy-go-lucky Young fellow, who had
always believed himself destined to follow
| his father in business when the latter
should be ready to retire. a quarrel with
his pere was the result and the young
fellow suddenly left for the west
At Cheyenne he laid over for a short
hunt on the plains. The wild life of the
cowboys caught his fancy SALARY proved
| little object, and he had little difficulty in
attaching himself to big ranch until he
had mastered his new vocation. Finally
he dritted through portions OF Montana
Nebraska Dakota, Idaho, Nevada and
finally in Oregon and California. The
opening OF the summer found him engaged
with three or four comrades in driving a
small band Of steers over the Santa Cruz
mountains. Cattle in the mountains ar,
not pleasant objects TO deal with. Ev, ~
unruly steer that broke from the band re.
CURED an hours chasing up and dowr
steep slopes, over rocks and fallen trees
and through the spitctul bru n.
Toward the end Of the drive the steaI
bluffs that line the road on either haut
kept the steers in fairly good order an,
only occasionally did an unusually uic,
bunch of grass tempt some hungry one t,
bolt up the slope or into the cannon below
1t was All occasion of this sort that sen
Willetts careering among the brakes ant
ferns on the slope above. A chase Of hal
a mile had seen the truant returning to tn
roads and WiIletts was skrtiug the edge O
the bank some distance in advance of tn
drove in search of a safe place to descend
when in the middle OF the narrow road h
saw lovely girl. The drove was thuu
derlng down on her and promising to soo
crush her young life out beneath thei
ponderous weight. Escape for the gin
seemed impossible. From the road t
where Willetts horse stood was Il wall G
rock fully twenty feet in height, and belo,
to the bed of the stream was shee
descent of double that distance. For onl
second was the horseman inactive. The
with the speed born Of long practice h
lifted his Trustworthy rawhide RATA fror
the horn OF his saddle and threw it. "Pu
that under your arms, Miss" was Willet'
hasty injunction. 1t was obcved and, nc
n moment too soon, the girl was lite
above the heads and horns of the oncou
ing cattle
When they were well by Wiletts slowl
Stacked down until his catch" droppe
softly to the earth. Five minutes late
when he managed to find pathway dow
and reached the subject OF his daring b
of horsemanship, she was wing in the du:
in faint When she recovered he learue
,, that she, too, was from Boston, aud wit
her father and mother was spending tn
. MA IlOel ldNOrt
, spots. The oidgen,leman her father, wa
! highly delighted when he learned of Wi
let's indentity. rs he soon did II
: daughter tooIishly placed high value o
! my little service" explained Willetr
blushing, and when saw how she ha
over-estimated it, meanly demanded tn
largest reward could think of The d
tails were settled yesterday and came u
q by the evening train to fit myself for h,
society. She swears that / look like a
angel in my wooden shirt and buckski
A trousers, but | will try and get her used
me in civilized garb, for a vaqueros Dire,
is hardly the thing for aesthetic Boston"
Are you going back?'
= Yes, in September. We shall tour Il
Yosemite rs man and wife, and then {
5 back home. My father-in-law says tn
), my father has long been anxious 10 ha,
u me come home, and that he will set me I
# the old gentleman doesn't so think
=, had better 60