The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-12
A COWGIRL'S HEART.
IT WAS WON eY MEANS OF A WILD
RIDE ABOARD A BUFFALO.


4 Coquetts Of the Plains and Her Ideal.
Her Husband Must Excel Her In All
tho Maneuvers Of Her Craft = Young
Dupree "Corralled" Her.
The recent wedding Of Myrtle Nor
rison, the famous girl broncho rider OF
South Dakota, and Frank Dupree, a
part blood Sioux, caused quite sensa-
ton among the residents of the Sioux
reservation and i'll adjacent territory.
Miss Morrison is a handsome young
cowgirl, noted far and near for her pro-
fciency in the art Of horse training. She
has had many admirers among the from
tier beaus, but always declared that she
would never marry any man who could
not ride, shoot and throw a lariat better
than she could, and as such men arc ex-
tremely scarce it appeared probable Miss
Myrtle was doomed to life Of single
blessedness. However, last fall, hay be-
ing scarce on the upper Bad river range,
her father removed his family and stock
to Big Plum creek, tributary Of the
Cheyenne river. Hero Myrtle first made
the acquaintance OF the good looking,
daring young half breed who has since
become her husband.
Frank Dupree is u splendid horseman.
thorough COW hand, and apparently
devoid of fear. The Duprees are among
the wealthiest stockmen in the state,
counting their cattle by the thousand,
and Frank, like many other half bloods
in that section, has received very fair
education. Still, Myrtle was not much
attracted toward the swarthy young
man until one day they happened to
be riding together and came in sight Of
herd Of 60 or 70 buffalo, which the
Dupree family have raised ON their own
range from few calves caught years
ago, when buffalo meat was the princi-
pal article Of diet for the entire Sioux
nation.
Although this herd is kept from stray
ing far from the home ranch by old
man Dupree's cowboys they are fully
as wild as their ancestors. who once
blackened the prairie west Of Chamber
lain with their shaggy bodies.
The young couple rode up quite close
to the herd before the animals were
aware Of their presence, and Frank, in
q spirit of bravado, urged his broncho
alongside Of huge bull buffalo and
sprang from his saddle to the animals
back. In an instant the whole herd
was stampeding nadly across the prai-
RE, with the old bull leading the van.
Dupree's foolhardiness had placed him
in an extremely dangerous predicament
II he jumped or fell from the buffalo's
back. he would certainly be trampled
to death by the pursuing herd, and il
he retained his seat until the animal
became tired and sulky it was equally
certain that the brute would make a
furious assault upon him the moment
he dismounted.
So all he could do was to cling to the,
animals back and await an opportunity
to escape. But it was not until the herd
had run fully two miles that he saw the
least chance of leaving the back of his
novel steed and escaping alive. Fortune
at last favored him, and the animal ran
for some distance along deep, narrow
washout, with almost perpendicular
sides reaching to a height of fully 30
feet. Here Frank sprang from his seat
and slid down the bank of the depres-
sion just in time TO escape being tram
pied upon by the closely following herd.
Meanwhile Myrtle had lassoed her
companions horse and was hurrying
after the rapidly retreating buffalo. She
reached the spot where Frank had dis
mounted just as he was climbing, dirty
and bedraggled, to the top of the ravine.
The cowboy did not feel very proud Of
his exploit, but nevertheless the little
episode had touched a tender spot in the
girls heart, and a short time ago the
bells of the Cherry Greek mission church
announced the wedding Of this typical
frontier couple. st. Louis Globe Dem
Ocrat.