The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-26
A WESTERN Romance

The recent wedding of Myrtle Nor
rison. the famous Nowlin county girl
broncho buster. and Frank DuDree. a
part-blood Sioux. created quite a SEN
sation among the aristOcracy on the
Sioux reservation and in adjacent ter
ritory. says the St Louis Globe-Demo-
crat. Miss Morrison is a handsome
her proficiency in the art of horse
training. She has had many admirers
among the frontier heauX, 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 extremely
scarce, il appeared probable that Miss
Myrtle was doomed to lead a life OF
single blessedness. However, last fall.
hay being scarce on the upper Bad
river range, her father removed his
family and stock to Big Plum creek. a
tributary of the Cheyenne river. Here
Myrtle first made the acquaintance Of
the gOod-looking. daring young half
breed who has since become her hus-
band.
Frank DuDree is a splendid horse
man, a thorough cowhand and appar-
emily devoid of fear. The Duprees are
among the wealthiest StOckmen in the
state. counting their cattle by the
thousands. and Frank. like many other
half-blOods in that section, has re-
ceived a very fair education. Still.
Myrtle was not much attracted toward
the swarthy youth until one day they
happened TO be riding together and
came in sight of a herd of 90 or 20
buffaloes, which the DuDree family
have raised on their own range from a
few calves caught years ago, when buff
falo meat was the principal article or
diet for the entire Sioux nation. Al
sfraN~ ffer
far from the home ranch by "Old
Man Dupree's cowboys. they are fully
as wild as their ancestors who once
blackened the plains 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
a spirit of bravado, urged his broncho
alongside % q huge bull buffalo and
sprang from his saddle 10 the animals
back In an instant the herd was
stamDeding madly across the prairie.
with the old bull leading the van. Du-
pree's foolhardiness had placed him in
an extremely dangerous Dredicament-
If he jumped or fell from the butfalos
back he would certainly be trampled
10 death by the pursuing herd and If
he retained his seat until the animal
became tired and sulky it was equally
certain that the brute would make a
furious assault u9On him the moment
he dismOunted So all he could do was
to cling TO the animals back and wait
an opportunity to escaDe. But it was
not until the herd had run fully two
miles that he saw the least chance ot
leaving the back of his novel steed
and escaping alive. Fortune at last
favored him and the animal ran for
some distance along a deep, narrow
washout with almost perpendicular
sides reaching to a height of fully 20
feet Here Frank sprang from his seat
and slid down the bank of the deDres-
sion Just in time TO escape being tram
pied upon by the closely following
herd.
Meanwhile Myrtle had lassoed her
horse and was hurrving
after the rapidly retreating buffalo.
She reached the spot where Frank had
diSmounted 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 tender
spot in the girls heart and short
time ago the bells of the Cherry Creek
mission church announced the wedding
of this typical frontier couple.