Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-23
A TEXAS ROMANCE.
An Interesting Story of Early Life
 on the Frontier.
How a Brave Cowboys Good Aim Won for Him a wife-A Friend in Need Who Became
 Friend Indeed.

A story is told by the New Orleans Times Democrat of a raid of the Co., manches in Texas the first of June, many years ago, when the blackberries were ripe.
 There was small settlement in the far western counties, as they were then called, but now are the ones most thick ly settled. The girls of the settlement, three in number, had wandered far out on the prairie to a little strip of woods to gather a few berries, as there were many, and of the finest kind. They had become so excited over their find and were picking berries so fast that they did not take in the situation. They were far from the settlement, as they had started early in the morning and had not found any berries until the mid dle of the afternoon.
 The oldest was a girl of about twen- ty, the other two were from nine to twelve.
 All at once there was a savage yell and six Comanches came in sight on a little knoll on the prairie, almost a quarter of a mile from them. Almost simultaneously a cowboy rode up to them. He was armed with good rife and a brace of revolvers. He was a stranger to the girl and they were ap- | prchcnsive of his presence, when he told them not to scream, that he was their friend and would protect them from | the Indians, who were advancing, hay | ing espied the girls.
 The Indians evidently had not noticed the man on hls pony, who was partly hidden behind thic1et. As soon as ! the Indians were near enough one shot \ an arrow from his bow at the girls, and all raised a yell. The oldest girl fell, | wounded, the arrow having passed | through her shoulder. She was losing blood, which fact and fright caused her | to faint. The other girls ran to her. Answering the Indians yell was the report of the cowboys rifle and the foremost Indian fell. The other In- dians continued to advance, when another shot was heard and another In dian fell. The Indians stopped and par leyed and then advanced still nearer. Another shot and the third Indian fell. The remaining three continued to ad- vance until within short distance of the girls, when another shot from the thicllet prostrated the fourth Indian to l ElS0 uO lC OCIlCG G"O lnd(l0 q rush for the thicllet, as they had dis covered where the cowboy had con- cealed himself.
 As they came near he again fired, and one of the two fell, and the other drew Shis gun, but the cowboy knocked it out of his hand and knocked the Indian down with his gun. The gun flew out of the cowboys hand. The Indian leaped to his feet and they clinched It was some time before either had the
 best of the other, but the Comanche Icould not get his gun, as it was too fal yaway, and the cowboy did not like tc like to let go his hold on the Indian fo,
 fear he would get the advantage O him.
 Choosing a favorable opportunity
 however, he disengaged one hand pulled out his dirk, and drove it to th' hilt in the Indians heart. He nov came forward, put the wounded girl ol
 his pony, and told the others to follow him. He tried to pull the arrow iron , the wound of the other girl, but coulC mot without giving her very great pain | They took the trail for the settle
 ment, which was reached about eigh
 o'clock at night The arrow was sool IeXtracted by the doctor of the settle
 ment, and the wounded girl was sool
 out again. The young man bade tn young ladies' father good night an
 left The father gave him pressin
 invitation to return. In a few days h
 did come back, ''just to sec how Mis
 Lucy Look was getting along"
 Tom Tubbs, the cowboy, soon be
 came quite a favorite of the Look fam | fly. He was fine fellow and brave
 Lucy improved rapidly and was soon IF
 She was considered the belle of the sci
 clement. Many of the boys had trie
 to win her, but failed. Tom, a strange
 of another settlement, had fallen i
 love with Lucy at first sight when h
 met her at the blackberry patch H
 made other short calls after she wa V we'll It was not long before Tom pro Iposed to make Lucy his wife, and NJ, l. Look, her father, said Tom had fairl it won her by saving her from the C. ( manches.
 The marriage Christmas day WE ( celebrated by big hunt, Tom leadin e the party. Many came from both SC n dement's to honor tho occasion and pa g their respects to the handsomest coup aof the Texas frontier.