Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-08


was ON Wounded Knee. Two weeks later the
young lady returned 60 the agency and in
formed Capt. Dag that two polioemen-one Of
item her old totmentor-had come down from
sfapding Rock 10 arrest her on charge Of
Stealing the horse winch had been loaned her by
nef Standing Rock uncle She further stated that
me whole thing WAS a put-up job. Tor II her
ARGENT swnan ever secured ofhciRl possession Of
her and started of with her on that lengthy
ana lonely ride % Standing Rock she would
inevitably be externally undone. or WORDS to
that effect She objected 20 the program. by
TINS time the scouts were interested in the mat
Ter ana they asked Capt. Day TO give the fair
captive the protection OF camp. Under escort
she was Referred To Capt. Bailey. commanding
camp. and to him were the circum stances made
known. Capt Bailey instructed Capt Day TO
protect she benz, a prisoner. and the gallant
eaN"ir.nan at once placed tent at the girls
disposal.
sUT THE VILLAIN srrlL PURSUED HER
The Standing Rock policemen tried to take
her away from her tepee. right under the noses
OF the scouts. Then tho military and civil
forces Of the government came into collision.
ana when the momcntary strife was over two
very MAD policemen were OUTSIDE camp limits.
with orders from Capt Bailey TO hurry home
70 Standing Rock Bat the merry war con
tinued. The policemen reported TO Capt.
fenney. the military agent. and that gentleman
lwho was continually between the War and In
terror Department mill stonesD formally re-
quested Caps. Baiaey 10 send the girl 10 ann in
order that the request of the agent AT Standing
Rock be complied with. Then Capt. Bailey made
ehcial reply TO the effect that hu wCuid not do
anything OF the kind. that the girl should not
be forced back TO Standing Rock. and Capt.
fenney promptly appealed to Gen. BROOKE.
commanding the department OF the Platte.
yen. Brooke was all right. though. and Capt
Daii'y was sustained. While all ihis Was going
on those two policemen were still hanging
iound 'he camp watching ior possible oppor-
tuii'ies anG causing the girl not little un-
ei'slness Then Capt. DaN came TO the CON
| cinslon that his charge had better get married
| 10 one OF ms scouts. and tins idea he presented
| To her. She was viking, but the scouts she
wanted were already married and those who
| were not married she did not want When
| the entire scout roll had been carefully
| scanned Day was at his wits end hut
| the girl suggested that he tnayD link ms for
| tunes with hers and that they proceed hand in
hand, adown the path OF time. For a little
while the handsome young bachelor was con-
| fused all over, blushed like a candy landscape
AT sunset and stammcred incoherent words of
gratitude Then lie gathered himself together
| and respectfully bat firmly decl,uod the nom
inatlon much TO the disappointment of the
| nut-brown maid; she had set her heart upon
capturing n captain of Cavalry. Failing TO
catch Day she intiInatod that Lieut. Preston
| might be regarded as available, but the lieu
! tenant differed with her, tore himself AWAY
anu was lost to his friends Tor several days and
to the girl forever.
BRoTHER-IS-LAw SUIT.
Suddenly affairs took a new and unexpected
turn. The married brother-in-law with whose
family the girl had been living at Wounded
Knee. came around and asked that his relative
| be turned over 10 him. He wanted to discard
his wife and marry the standing Rock belle
He had tried TO bring this about before she
| took refuge IN camp, one Of the arguments
being The taking away of her ration
ticket Capt. Day sent fo- his poor. por1se-
| cutcd and beauty-bewItched charge and
ASKED her how the proposed arrangement
! suited her. She was vehemently aud
yirtuously opposed to any such transaction
| She wanted TO hive Calling in her matrimonial
schemes) with the uncle to whom she had de-
hyered tine horse loaned her for ner flight from
| Standing Rock. The brother-in- law was there
upon tired out of camp after the stolen ration
ticket had been taken from him. Then there
was trouble about horse which had belonged
| to the girls brother, who was killed at Wounded
| hnee, but the difficulty was settled by award
| ing the animal to Jhe pretty prisoner. While
| this was being adjusted the Standing Rock
uncle put IN MS appearance (Iaving completed
| MS term OF lmprisoHment) and demanded that
he be given the girl She had he said stolen lis
horse and ought to be punished for it: he wouid
take her to Standing Rock Brief Investigation
brought to the surface the fact that this stand
ing Rock uncle wanted the Young woman for
himself and wanted her very much indeed.
testified that the girl had given the horse into his
| keeping, thus knocking the larceny theory up
| side down. AT this point the court took a re-
cess and used up the fleeing moments in kick
ing the Standing Rock uncle out of camp.
| When the more formal proceedings proceeded
the girl said she wanted to live with the family
of the Pine Ridge uncle. and it was so decreed
| / suppose il would be very pleasant and salts
factory TO say that she found a lover, was mar
ried and lived happily ever afterward, but re-
FOR tha var.
allow any such statement
| WHAT ONE WOMAN CAN DO
As a rule the proposition is safe one and
capable of easy demonstration that womankind
performs more than her equitable share of the
work which Adams fall entailed upon the hu-
man race. This lie undoubtedly true Of the
| Majority of females all over the globe but il is
especially accurate in the case of the typical
western woman. of course there are 'hust-
lers In the east, but doubt whether even. the
the most energetic of them has a record that
comes near to paralleliug that of little lady
who decorates a South Dakota town with her
presence.
| ''Oh, yesr sneers some ultra-eastern female.
! Il suppose she is a NOISY, loud talking some
body, born with lots of muscle and built AZ
| though she might originally have been de-
signed for the purpose OF dragging a street car
or carrying a hod.
Nothing Of the kind! This little woman is
neither neshy, rubicund nor vociferous. and
| yet she Is typical Dakotan. Lots of people
imagine that a Dakotan mast be very far short
OF the desirable IN civilization and il is for the
benefit Of these that Imention thus exeuplar
and her works. Her husband is proprietor
| OF one Of the best hotels iu the
state (although the town is tribe below parl
and he also runs a horse ranch Of considerable
| magnitude near enc Of the adjacent settle
| ments. AT least once n week the wife JOURNEYS
by rail from her hotel home to the ranch. at
| tends to the books there, sees to any and all
KINDS OF business connected with the rearing
keeping and disposition of the stock. looks after
| the bank account and then returns home to AS
sist IN hotel matters. Every room in the house
| Is personally inspected each day and that which
may happen to be lacking is supplied generally
by her own hands Qor help is scarce. expensive
and often Unsatisfactory in this region. For
more than a week sickness caused diminution
IN the force of mattresses, but the service was
| improved; the busy little wife of the proprie-
tor more than filled the vacancy. Then There
came day when the cook was unable to get
out Of bed. This would have demofaiized
some hotels, but the only change noticed By
the guests was decided improy ement in the
quality OF the food, or, rather, in its prepara-
tion: that same little woman was in the
kitchen outcooking the cook. Tired as she
must be she always finds q little time
each day in which to keep up her
musical studies; the sweet tones Of a piano,
operated by an artistic Of no mean ability,
sound through the house with delightful fire.
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