The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-13
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 settle
meut on the extreme frontier of that
pe~ilous region, was a red-choeked lass
Of seventeen, who. being an orphan.
and without relatives in the old coun-
try, had ventured over to try her
fortunes IN tho new. But though
without kin, Gentle Katy, as she was
familiarity termed, was not without
friends. and the same vessel which
brought 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 now
ly-married couple, and with them
went far northward. 10 settle in
beautiful spot on the green bank OF
the LlanO. There, strange as it may
seem, she saw and fe.l in love with as
rough and ugly specimen of civiliza-
tion as could easily DO found in a re-
gion where the IRen have always been
more celebrated for thoir pluck than
their beauty. Jack Hawksworth meas
ured six feet and two inchess was
rough in manner. blunt IN speech, and
had never been inside OF a school
house in his life; but he had a good
heart, and the courage OF lion. On
one of his hunting excursions he came
across Katy. and the result was q mu-
trru1 naas{no md
Now. then, my little beauty" said
Jack. playtully tapping the brides
chin with his long. brown. bony
fingers. I've got the bird. ye see.
and 1 wants the cage to put it in. Tn
agwine TO git the cage, and SO Jest you
stay here quiet till come back"
In her imperfect English. Gentle
Katy managed TO inquire how long he
would be gone, and Jack assured her
lit wouldn't be over a thousand
years"
He finally took leave OF her, In his
rude way, and went about fifty miles
to tho eastward. where, partly for
cash and partly on credit, no pur-
chased a small shanty and land
enough to live on comfortably, aud
AAANAA tNAA A4G0 4oE NA4g Hul ROcC VI to
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 AMI t-ibulation. Thoy told him,
with wringing hands and fearful ewes,
that Katy had tho day before gone
over TO a 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 sec her borne OF by party of
mounted Indians.
At this direful intelligence jack
Hawksworth sank down on the near
est seat, buried his faco In his hands,
and for few minutes shook all over
like . man with tho ague- When he
again looked up his hands md 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 a piercing,
fiery, wicked expression He stag
gered to his feet without saying a
word, clutched his long rife with a
grip that seemed TO sink his fingers
into tho 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, minutely examining tho foot
prints of the different horses and cal
,ulating their number; and then, fall
-ng upon the departing trail. he struck
Of ut a long, steady, Indian lope and
soon disappeared from sight of the
excited couple who had como forth to
watch him
The trail led almost directly south
ward, and all the remainder of that
day the old hunter pursued it ut the
same Looping pace. When at length
night fell upon him, and he could no
longer see the hoof-prints he was fol-
ing. he threw himself down upon
the green bank OF 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, Ihnr the STftrhfasf