The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-11-22

US toward our own the tide OF being rolls:
ana snail it not be JOY, the voyage done,
10 know the continent and island onef
Lucy Larcom. in Harper's Magazine.
THEIR WEDDING TOUR.
Jack and Katy's Somewhat Novel
Experience.
Among the many German emigrants
that from time to time landed at In
dian Point. Matagorda Bay. on the coast
OF Texas, and proceeded inland for
hundreds of miles to make a settle
ment on the extreme frontier of that
pe:1lo region, was a red-cheeked lass
OF seventeen, who, being an orphan,
and without relatives in the old coun-
try, had ventured over to try her
fortunes in the new. But though
without kin, Gentle Katy. as she was
familiariy termed, was not without
friends, and the same vessel which
bro"ght her over had on board at
least six sturdy young fellows who
thought her more lovely than any
other female they had ever seen.
Gentle Katy cast her lot with a new
Unmarried couple, and with them
went far northward, to settle in a
beautiful spot on the green bank of
the Llano. There, strange as it may
seem, she saw and fe in love with as
rough and ugly a specimen of civiliza-
ton as could easily be found in re-
gion where the men have always been
more celebrated for their pluck than
their beauty. Jack Hawksworth meas
ured six feet and two inches; was
rough in manner. blunt in speech, and
had neve: been inside of a school
house in his life; but he had a good
heart and the courage of lion. On
one of his hurting excursions he came
across Katy. and the result was mu-
tual passion and marriage.
Now. then, my little beauty" said
Jack, playfully tapping the brides
chin with his long, brown. bony
fingers, I've got the bird, We see,
and l wants the cage to put it in. I'm
agwine to git the cage, and so jest you
stay here quiet till come back. 80
In her imperfect English. Gentle
Katy managed to inquire how long he
would be gone, and Jack assured her
cit wouldn't be over a thousand
years.
He finally took leave of her. in his
rude way, and went about fifty miles
to the eastward. where, partly for
cash and partly on credit, he pur-
chased small shanty and land
enough to live on comfortably, and
then returned for the purpose of re-
moving his bird to his cage.
But Judge of his anguish on finding
that Katy was los. to him. perhaps
forever. The young couple with
whom she had made her home in the
wilderness were almost frenzied with
fear and ibulation. They told him,
with wringing hands and fearful eyes,
that Katy had the day before gone
over to little prairie grove to gather
some flowers, and that shortly after,
hearing some wild screams and horri-
BILE yells, they had looked out just in
time to see her borne off by party of
mounted Indians.
At this direful intelligence Jack
Hawksworth sank down on the near
est seat, buried his face in his hands,
and for few minutes shook all over
like man with the ague. When he
again looked up his hands and lips
were working convulsively, his dark.
bronzed features were white and
CHASTITY, large beads of perspiration
were standing all over his face, and
his small, black eyes had piercing,
fiery. wicked expression. He stag
gered to his feet without saying a
word, clutched his long rifle with a
grip that seemed to sink his fingers
into the cold metal. and then went
straight to the spot where his I'M
fortunate wife had been seen in the
power of a savage foe. For half an
hour he walked to and fro over the
ground, infinitely examining the foot
prints of the different horses and cal
culating their number; and then, fall
ing upon the departing trail, he struck
off at long, steady, Indian lope and
soon disappeared from sight OF the
excited couple who had come forth to
watch him.
The trail led almost directly south
ward, and all the remainder OF that
dav the old hunter pursued it at the
same Looping pace. When at length
night fell upon him, and he could no
longer see the footprints he was fol-
lowing, he threw himself down upon
the green bank of a running stream,
ate a few mouthfuls from his wallet,
took a long drink OF the flowing
water. stretched himself out ON the
ground, with one hand resting on his
trusty rifle, and almost Immediately
went to sleep, though in that peculiar
condition of mind and body, the re-
suit of long experience in scenes OF
danger, that the slightest unusual
sound would be sure to wake him.
Six or seven hours was all the rest
that Jack required; and the moon by
that time being well up, and pouring
down a silvery food through cloud
less sky. he arose. took another drink.