The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-11
LOVERS OF THE OZARKS.
A WILD RACE THROUGH THE
MOUNTAINS FOR ARKANSAS
Ozark Girls are Handsome, Vivacious,
and Affectionate, but Eastern Low
ers Must Learn Some Things to Win
Them
From the Ne,c York Sun.


KERBYvILLE, TANEY COUNTY, Mo, Jan.
25.-There is thrill in the heart of the
Taaey lover, of which the lover beyond the
pale Of fancy civilization knows little. All
lovers know the thrills when come from
sly glanc4s of bright eyes and from the
toucI of soft hands or of maidea's breath.
The fancy lover knows and appreciates
these, but there is something more to stir
ms blood. IL is something that congresses
the joys and fears and the enxieties and ex-
elements Of the whole lifetime of the ordi-
nary limp and matter-offac lover OF the
north into the brief space of two hours.
Just two miles southwest of this village
lives A. j. storms, a ranch owner f con-
siderable means and man of intelligence.
He'd sight of stock, but the pick o. the
bunch was his daughter, in the vernacular
OF the country. Her name was LOIS. Lois
Is as common here as the variations Of
Mary are in New York Lois had wavy,
lignt hair that banged bewltchipgly; round
cheeks, that glowed with health and flushed
carinlne at the least excitement, and for a
that was a delight t. the eye. Lois was
but l6. Girls are older here at I6 than
New York girls at 10 n 10.
Lois was the pride Of her father and the
sweetheart Of Langston Bishop. Bishop
came from Davis county. He was a likely
young man, but M Storms, seeing that
Lois was in love with Bishop and therefore
likely to marry him aud go away, deter
mined to break off the match and the
young mans head at the same time if neces-
sary.
Mr.. Storms came to this conclusion sud
denly one afternoon in August. Lois was
hel5ilg her mother cut up peaches beneath
big oak tree in the front yard when
you Bishop came walking by. Bishop
tarried to help with the peaches, and Mrs
Storms, mother fashion, remembered some
other work tnat had to be done immediately
Left alone the lovers enjoyed life for an
hour or two, and then Lois cut pref V
finger with her peach knife The peach
Juice made it smart, and in a moment the
girls eyes were full of tears Bishop
couldn't help it; she jest done had to- kiss
those tears away, just as other lovers who
have not had fancy experience would have
done
Unfortunately old Storms came around
the corner just then and got mad" at once
He picked up CAD that was lying on the
ground and came down on the lover like a
tornado. Bishop would not run. The first
blow of the CAD fell not on Bishop, but the
girl; she had jumped in between the two
men. Then Bishop picked up "rock" and
knocked the old man endways with it.
That brought matters between him and
Lois TO a climax If he were ever to eet
the girl now was his chance. Storms was
Bald Knober and when he got up and
swore he would fix the hot-headed young
lover the threat had a business end to it.
But Storms believed in doing things accord
ing to the form of law, and he at once hast
ened to Justice of the Peace s. W. Lnzy
and swore out warrant And that was
rot ]. On the strength of an affidavit
that the young man was fleeing from JUS
tice Mr.. Liuzy issued a proclamation call
ing on all good citizens to follow pursue,
overtake, and capture the aforesaid Lang
ston Bishop, and bring him duly boun d
with these presents" etc. In fancy count Y
that is sufficient warrant for an armed posse
TO huuta man and shoot him to death if e
fails TO throw up his hands at the order
when overtaken.
Bishop knew all abou, this. As the old
man rode off for the warrant Bishop was
fastening to ms boarding place-or rather
Henry Branson's farm, where he worked
for two saddle horses Mrs. Branson her
self helped him with the horses, but it all
took precious time. and Bishop stopped for
nothing but his pocketbook aud revolver,
and away he vent
Lois, with a small bundle of clothing in
one La I'd, and clad in a riding habit, stood
on a corner Of tie rail fence as he came
along. Her mother, good soul, stood in the
doorway crying and wiping her ewes on her
apron. With jump the girl was in the
saddle before the horse had stopped, and
with a wave of her hand size was gone
Then began a wild race for the Arkansas
line, twenty miles away, with the posse of
good citizens just leaving he 'Squire'S door
two miles off at Kirbyville. Clip-lt-ty-clip
went the hoofs of the lovers horses. the boy
with his face over his shoulder half the
Il
head bent forward, her cheeks aglow, and
her long yellow hair floating in e. Q air.
You must needs keep jogging, lad, for the
posse behind you Its blood, and is as
eager IS the devil. And jog he did, up hill
and down and through the ravineS with the
gloom of night, and gloomler forebodlng
Of ill-success in his heart. On and or, the
mountai growing higher and the country
wilder, as they go, with scarce ever a check
to the mad gallop even when the road was
toughest for where is the TaGey horse that
is not accustomed to a twenty mile dash
over fancy roadl
By and by when three-fourths Of the
distance has been covered and no sign of
pursuit seen, the lovers come out of dark
hollow and see, not a mile away on another
bald ridge, a half dozen horsemen plungiug
along
"Whoo-e-eln The horsemen see the
lONeTS, ana u ldluU yen CJu6S QOWD the
wind The girl plies hickory switch till
her horse flies. and tre boys sets home the
spurs till the blood drips from the rowels.
1t is down grade now through the White
River bottom, and but five miles away is
the home OF Ho, ace Doss the friend Of all
runaway fancy lovers, who will bar his
door against the pursuers.
"Whoo-e-e" The yell is heard again,
but it is fainter.
by the Lord, we are gaining" says the
boy, and once more they ply whip and
spur.
Alas If this were a novel the lover and
his girl would spring through Dos,' ouen
door just in time to escape enc shower Of
bullets watch the baffiet pur5cerS would
fire after them. Not 50 in this case. The
yell had grown fainter bsca Sc the posse,
led by Coz stable Dick Prather, was taking
a shorter cut Up a branch and over tie
divide to head the lovers of. Dick had
yelled because he found the lovers had
taken the long road.
Three mile, further on, with hearts aat-
ing high with hope, the lovers rounded q
turn on tie river bank and came out into
an open space lighted by the full moon.
Square across tie road TODD lie Of horse
mel, with guns leyelei, while n voice sail
with theatrical sternnass:
Throw up your HANDS, Lang Bishop
There W IS no hing FOR II uut To obey, aud
long before morning Mrs. Storms was put
ting her weeping daughter to bel and say-
ing, Never mi1d, dearie; IL will be all
right yet" while the lover, too bitterly dis
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