The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-23
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
pc ilous region, was 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
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 new.
ly-married couple, and with them
went far northward, to settle in "a
beautiful spot. on the green bank of
!, the Llano. Thure,f strsaae- = --..y
seem, she saw and EEL 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 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. t
Now. then, my little beauty" said
Jack, playfully tapping the bride $
chin with his long, brown, bony
fingers, I've got the bird, We see,
and wants the cage to put it in. I'm
agwine to git the cage, and so Jest you
stay here quiet till l 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 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 loss to him, perhaps
forever The young couple with
whom she had made her home in the
wilderness were almost frenzied with
fear ana 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-
bic yells, they had looked out just in
time to see her borne of by party of
mounted Indians.
At this direful intelligence Jack
]. ,ksworth sank down on the near
est eat, buried his face in his hands,
ant .or 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 ami
ghastIy. large beads Of Precipitation
were standing all over his face, and
his small. black eyes had piercing,
fiery. wicked expression. He stag
gered to his feet without saying
word, clutched his long rife with
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
of at a long, steady, Indian lope and
soon disappeared from sight of the
excited couple who had come forth to
watch him.