The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-11-24
A LONE STAR WEDDING.
Tho Brides Father Furnished Music by
Shooting at tho Groom.

Tho Brtde's rather Furptshed Music by
Shooting at tho Groom.
All the old residents of Montague
county, Tex, remember Uncle Henry
Harris, the preacher ferryman, OF Red
river, during the latter part OF tho
eighties. There have been many
greater men In this part OF the state,
and many more intellectual ones, but
there have been few who were so uni
versally loved or who were so widely
mourned for after their death. Uncle
Henry was n one-legRed man, and the
wooden stump which supplied the
place OF his missing member was a
primitive affair. II was joined 10 the
stump OF his leg by n strap, which
could be removed In few moments
Calvin Dubbs, half-breed Choctaw
Indian, courted his daughter, May
Harris. Uncle Henry was opposed 70
the suit OF Dubbs, because OF his UNI
goodness and. bad character.
One afternoon Calvin Dubbs rode up
10 the ferry, and, as the river was
high, asked TO be ferried over. The
old man and Tobe started 90 take him
across, but no sooner did they reach
the middle OF tho river when their
passenger whipped out a bowie knife
and In few passes severed the longer
of the two ropes that bound them
10 the trolley. The boat Immediately
swung around In the current and re.
NAMED stationary In midriver.
whats that?n cried Uncle Henry,
in alarm. Don't you know we can't
get across now2"
Don't know about you. kin make
Il all right myself"
Calvin sprang 10 the saddle, urged
his pony over the side OF the boat into
the water, and struck out for shore.
The two captiyes on the boat watched
him helplessly until he gained the
shore they had just left As he did so
May came out of the cabin. arrayed in
her Sunday best, and two men on
horseback rode out from their con-
cealment back of the bluff. The OBJ
ject OF the stratagem gradually
dawned on the old mans mind.
"There's Roin' to be weddin', I"
yelled Calvin from the bank. We'll
let you attend as witness"
"Whar's yore license" shrIeked tho
father, land whars yore preacherP'
'Iler'es the license" yelled Dubbs.
waving a legal-loolxing document;
.can you read it from there2 And this
man here's the preacher"
The couple took their places, and the
alleged preacher began the ceremony.
Uncle Henry began pleading and ex-
postulating but all In vain. Sudden
" he grabbed the Winchester he car
ried in the bottom of his boat and
drew bead on his prospective son-in-
law.
stop that tom-foolery, or I'll shoot"
"Shoot. and be hangedr yelled Cal
vim. eco on. parsonl" This latter re-
mark was addressed 90 the preacher on
shore. Whatever might be said against
Calvin's morals, nobody ever doubted
his nerve.
"Crackl" sounded tho Winchester
from the boat and with n thud a bull
let buried itself In the horn OF the
brideRroom's saddle. Calvin made n
quick motion toward his own gun, but
May caught his arm
"Don'tp" she cried. "Pa won't hurt
you. II he'd wanted 10 he'd bored you
the first crack"
The ceremony was brief one, but
every few moments Uncle Henry
would blaze away. Just close enough
20 the bridegroom Co be unpleasant.
When AZ was all oyer the party rode
away, with many tantalizing adieux
90 the captives on the soat-St Louis
Globe-Democrat