Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-31
A TEXAS ROMANCE.
Cowboys steady Aim for Indians Sec ared
Tor Him q Wife


Prom the New Orleans Times Democrat
story is told. in wears gone by. Of raid o.
the Comanches in Texas. the LIST Of June. when
the blackberries were ripe
There was a small settlement in the Ear west
ern counties. as they were then called, but nos
are the ones most thickly settled. The girls al
'he settlement three in number. had wandered
far oct on the prairie to q little strip Of wood
10 gather Few berries, Is there were many.
and Of the finest kind They had become "a
excited over their And and were picking bcrrie.
80 fast that they Gid not take in the situation.
They we're FAR from the settlement. as they had
started early IL the morning and had not found
any berries until the middle Of the evening.
The Oldest was a girl OF about twenty, The
other two were from nine to twelve.
All at once there Was q savage veil. and elk
Com%nches came in sight on n little knoll on
the prairie, almost . quarter VI a mile from
Them. Almost simultaneously a cowb6f 70 ie
up 10 them. He armed With a good riae
and a brace Of revolvers. He was a stranger
TO the girls, and they we're apprehens,ve Of Ai-
presence. when be told them not to scream.
that be their friend and would protect
them from the Indians, Who were advancing.
having espied the girls.
The Indians evidently, had not noticed the
man on his pony. who was partly hidden be-
near enough one she, an arrow from his bow q;
the girls, and all raised yell. The oldest girl
fell. wounded, the arrow having passed through
her shoulder. She WAS losing blood. which
fact and fright bad caused her 10 faint. The
other girls ran TO her
Answering the Indians veil with the report
from the cowboys rifle. aud the foremost Ia
dian fell. The other Indians continued 20 ad-
vance, when another shot was heard aud another
Indian fell The Indians stopped and psrleved.
and then advanced still nearer. Another shot
and the third Indian fell The remaining three
continued 10 advance until within a short die.
lance of the girls, when another shot from the
thicket Frustrated the fourth Indian 70 rise no
more. The other two made . rush for the
thickst, as they had discovered where the cow
boy bad concealed himself.
As they came near he again fired. and one OF
the two fell. and the other drew his gun, bu,
the cowboy knocked il out of his hand and
knocked the Indian down with his gun. The
gun few out of the cowboys hand The In
dian leapsd 70 his feet and they ciinchsd /,
was some time before either had the best OF the
other; but the Comanche could not get his gun,
as IL was too far away. and the cowboy did not
like to let 20 HE hold on the Indian for fear he
would get the advantage Of him.
Choosing favorable opportunity, however,
he disengaged one hand pulled out his dirk and
drove il 30 the hilt in the Indians heart He
now came forward, put the wounded girl on
his pony and told the other TO follow him. He
tried to pull the arrow from the wound Of the
other girl, but could not without giving her
very great pain.
They took the trail for the settlement, which
was reached about O'Clock at night. The
arrow soon extracted bv the doctor OF the
settlement, and the wounded girl was soon out
of pain. The Young man bid the Young ladies
father good night and left. The father gave
him pressing invitation TO return. In few
DAYS be did come back Just to see how Mise
Lucy Look was getting along"
Tom Tubbs, the cowboy, soon became quite q
favorite Of the Look family. He was dne fei-
low and brave. Lucy improved rapidly and
was soon up. She was considered the belle OF
the settlement Many of the boys had tried 70
win her, but failed Tom, stranger Of another
settlement. had fallen in love with Lucy on irst
sight when he met her at the blackberry patch
He made other short calls after she was well.
1t was not long until Tom proposed to make
Lucy his wife, and Mr.. Look, her father, said
Tom had fairly won her by saving her from the
Comanches.
The marriage on Christmas day was cele-
brated BY big hunt, Tom leading the party.
Many came from both settlements to honor the
occasion and pay their respects to the hand
soonest couple Of the Texas frontier.