The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-16
A COWGIRL'S HEART.
II WAS WON 5Y MEANS OF A WILD
aTDe ABOARD A BUFFALO.
A Coquette OF the Plains and Her Ideal.
Her Husband Must Excel Her In All
the Maneuvers of Her Craft - Young
Dupree "Corralled" Her.


the Maneuvers Of Her Craft - Young |
Dupree "Corraiied" 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-
tion among the residents of the Sioux
reservation and in adjacent territory
Miss Morrison is handsome young
cowgirl, noted far and near for her pro
ficiency 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 are OK
tremely scarce II appeared probable Miss
Myrtle was doomed 10 Il 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 Here Myrtle first made
the acquaintance Of the good looking
daring young half breed who has slnce
become her husband
Frank Dupree is splendid horseman.
thorough COW hand and apparently
devoid of fear The Duprees are among
the weaithieSt stUckmCn III the state
counting their cattle by the thousand,
and Frank, like many other half blood'
in that section, has received very fall
education. Still, Myrtle was not mucl
attracted toward the swarthy youni
man until one day they happened u
be riding together and came III sight
herd of 80 or 20 buffalo, which tn
Dupree family have raised on their owl
range from few calves caught year
ago when buffalo meat was the princl
nal article of diet for the entire Siou
nation.
J Although this herd is kept from stray
ing far from the home ranch by oil
man Dupree's cowboys they are full
as wild as their ancestors, who ono
blackened the prairie west of ChamDe
( lain with their shaggy bodies.
n The young couple rode up quite clio
i to the herd before the animals we
i aware of their presence, and Frank,
= : a spirit of bravado, urged his prohc'
alongside of huge bull buffalo al
- sprang from his saddle to the animal
n hack In an instant the whole he
is was stampeding madly across the PR
J. RE with the old bull leading the va
10 Dunree's foolhardiness had placed HI
in an extremely dangerous predlcamei
ne If he jumped or fell from the butia!'
Is hack he would certainly be tramp
70 death by the pursuing herd, ana
~ he retained his seat until the ann
he became tired aud sulkv 1t was 'qua
- certain that the brute would MAKE
cs furious assault upon him the mon'
MI he dismounted.
h So all he could dow TO cling TO
~ animals back and await ~ emporium
ad to escape. But it was not untll the III
,ro had run fully two miles that he saw
no least chance of leaving the back Oh
ast novel steed and escaping alive. for''
Of at last favored him, and the animal
for some distance along deep narl
wasbout. with almost perpendlct
w
L sides reaching to height OF iuliy
-, feet Here Frank sprang from his
~" and slid down the bank OF the dep
sion inst in time to escape being tr'
.pss MED upon by the closely following III
nee Meanwhile Myrtle had lassoed
mt companions horse and was hurry
ssa- after the rapidly retreating bunalo,
ms, reached the spot where Frank had
My mounted just as he was climbing
hat and bedraggled, to the top OF the raw
tiers The cowboy did not feel very proua
, ci:s his exploit, but nevertheless the
rine enisode had touched tender spot III
the girls heart, and short time age
rro- bells of the Cherry Greek mission en-
re- announced the wedding OF tins W
lian frontier couple. st. Louis Globe
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