Kansas City daily journal., 1895-10-21

Murder OF Bride on Her Wedding night
by Her Father.

In the western. part Of the Cherokee
country, In the Indian Territory. lies a
ana valleys 'g and covered Tp With a rank
growth OF scrub oaks aud tall prairie grass
wherever the rocks are coyerea,, Win ,sslIe sufn
hills are known as the Flint hills on ac-
cropping out on every hillside and IN every
valley A scanty civilization has sprung up
In this, region within he last year or SO;
where the wandering settler has built his
dugout. scratched up the earth enough to
around idle until harvest. time. some ,of
the bStteir class I've II log cabins WI VIZ
long bench on each side OF The cabin where
the settler sits In the shade lelsurely sinok.
ihg' while ms iayorite coon cog gi. Steps pi 4.
viduals, uvcrse to strangers. and are salts
Ned to i,ye secluded from ~ the resi- Of tne sne
drivers Mhtp is the only disturbing feature
A wedding was to take place the other
evening, and little groups Of Flint Hill
folks, young and old. thronged the interior
OF the rude log house where the event was
Jack Davis, Texas cowboy, was to wed
Sabine FroStor tSapipa Was me 5ai-prefa en
who had married a Cherokee woman some
twenty years ago sahina . was aekn9wi- owl
and her marriage was looked upon as
great event. she had received some edg-
cation at a female seminary At Tahlealah;
Jack. Her pretty brown eyes and simple,
night night was as to enc end i their Sour,ship although
her father opposed their marriage y wan
lerlnE missionary who chan,eed 10 ne PASS bhna,,
Ing through that neighhorhoou had beeh
mony. and Jack had had sabnq..s wedding
eclpsed anything that had ever been seen
in that neighborhqod. Il WAS white; White and and,
ders in silken masses she made beautiful
was turning to take his leaye, when ola
Proctor stepped forward, with a, strange
ssSm Moa IN fs feew fRa Ra @edmF Una"
Almost ingtantly the fddlers began. the
room was cleared and & soon the cabin hrocter be-
aid MOS, Of the calling for the dance. oe-
casionally he would disappear and return,
each time his face growing redder and
showing more and more the effects OF
sabina became uneasy. once she left
drink no more but he shook her from him
roughly. He was soon unmanageable ana
openly from guest to guest and Insisted on
them drinking with him
the arm. III You think YOU are too good
dS S s"9s sa in viii y da9 a2gse I6 th1n ny GALS
already t-ei under % the Influence Of the iiquor.,
You white men come In here and think
You can run the country but you can, in
my house; so You had better get out sa?
0 sabna rs SSs had her face face buried in her hands
She knew her fathers terrible temper and
Quarrelsome disposition when under the in
viii i, me- 1eek and nd. dent 5,snaras MIND
drunken man, she led the way into. a
small room attached to the cabin which
Of her tafa Frhood der hSG been a peS P T d
candle revealed rude pine table In the
center of the room, beside which We're
few books and trinkets which Jack had
from time to time, given her and innu-
merable cheap, and unframed pictures
art-deCOrated the walls of the apartment.
single window opened out 90 the west.
In that direction dark clouds were NOV
ing swiftly across the face OF the pale
moon. and Jack seemed TO see. something
ness. He could hear the mutlled sound
OF music and .shutiling feet in the adtoin-
by, the sharp calls of the promptcr,
suddenly the two We're aroused by
brutal oath from Proctor. who the next in
slant pushed the door. open and staggered
into the room. In his hand he held a muir
deroqs-looking siNshooter. For moment
who had risen " his feet. Then. with an
unsteady hand. Proctor presented the wea-
pon squarely at Jacks breast.
Sabna saw what her fathers intentions
Were and screamed
Jack saw, FOR an, instant the gttterinF
heart: he felt his arm clutched ana a
white-robcd figure darted past him. There
was dcafeniug report; ana Jack almost
at the same instant spranE forward and
snatched The smoking pistol from Proc
tors hands.
Then he turned; and, as the smoke drift
ed away, he saw Sabna standing with
clasped to her breast. With outstretchei
arms she tottered toward Jack. and as he
caught her I'm his arms a low appealing
moan escaped her lips. Jack held the
! wounded girl iu his arms for a moment.
Of the room, ana as he did so a tear
Tckled down his sunburnt cheek-the first
he had shed for many a year.
Poor father'' whispered the dying girl,
| "foraive him, Jack; IT was the whisky that
did it,"
Her grasp suddenly frightened on Jack
hand sh" raised her brown eyes to his for
| n moment and then closed them slowly
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