The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-18
On WINGS OF LOVE
TWO WINFIELD GIRLS ELOPE WITH
INDIAN R0ME0S,
They are Captured by Oficers and
Brought Back TO stand up Before
the White Mans Laws.-Dots Lover
EscareS While Dancy'S Darling is in
Hock.-DetaiiS of the Romance.
pec,al Dispatch to the Daily Eagle.

Special Dispatch TO the Daily Eagle.
WIufield, kis., Dec. 17.-Winfield, the
Athens of Kansas, has a romance. 1t Is no
common every day romance either. but
one capable of being worked up by the
Imagination of the novelist into a library
edition of the wonderful tales of the will,
woody and romantic west.
This morning two gay Lotharios found
themselves brought up before the majesty
of TIE law with short curved jerk that
made their heads swim. They we're H.
diaus. The pround blood of 5000 years
courses in their veins unmiXed and undt-
luied with the goie OF the white man.
Six weeks ago they were running about
ike other sprigs Of the red race. chasing
the heet-footed antelope over the Drairles
of their ances ors. Their mother was am.
bilious to give them an education and
train them up in the ways aud manners of
the white folks. She succeeded admira-
bly,. Sac brought them here aud after six
weeks tutelage Ill the associations of the
white people they became SO far advanced
as to elopo with two white girls. THIS
event occurred Saturday morning The
young Indian cavaliers IN question are
sprigs from the proud and wealthy race of
the Osages and bear the civilized names
OF Charlie and Henry MuncraveT.
The uamrs OF tuelr fair but giddy lady
loves are Dot Darlington aud Dancy
Whitfield. Dot is twenty years of aye. AL
age that the custom of Winfield says she
should be "A stad and steadfaSt sister in the
church. Dsncy still basks i'll the glorious
glow of sweet sixteen, an age which the
same custom prescriDes for tbs senior
class in the Sunday school.
The Indians named started out Sa turday
morning for their ancestral hunting
grounds for the purpose OF receiving their
regular tribal quarterly lnstlliment of the
shining metal from the agents of the Great
Father at Pawhuska. Tney walked with
that circumspection prescribed by the col.
lege custom OF sed ate Whitfield, to the
Missouri Pacific depot, where the gay Dot
and the glddy Dancy met them.
All boarded the train aud happy were
they; thu Indians over the prospect of hav
ing white wives and the girls or the a,sur.
auce of being wives 10 two noble warriors
OF the great Usage clan. IL was ali very
well, but soon after their departure the
father of Little Daucy sme!t mouse and
FASTENED to rescue his daughter from the
arms Of her scarlet Romeo.
He went To that goud man the sheriff,
anu he at once pressed the button and
when the train arrived at Cedarvale an
officer boarded it aud found that the run
always had spread their wings of love and
alighted at Dexter. The officer at Dexter
was informed and be located tue runaway
quartetts in room at a hotel, anu in the
language or passage IN Scripture. took
them iD."
They were brought back and no charge
was preferred against Henry because be
was fortunate enough to be the lover of
Dot who, on account of her age. had a per-
feet right TO run: away with an Indian and
become squaw, il she So desired.
Charlie Was not so fortunate. He WAS
brought up, as stated. before the majesty
of the law on the charge of that Soiomonic
4. n Il 4.
So hot that no thermometer could guage
his temperature, but fiually agreed to COM
promise with marriage
Daucy received this intelligence with
ec,tacIes and thought it was the very
thing To do. but her Indian lover Was of a
mind not SO preciDitious and requested TO
be allowed to tniuk the matter over. This
ended the compromise aud the gay Charlie
Was bound over for preliminary hearing
till Dec 81