Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-26

ended in blood. she succeeded in capturing
The heart OF uid Don Juan Scrralo. - rich
cattle owner who had a magnificent hSc!
.ruGa in rorthcrn Nc1icG. They were mar
rlc,i and the old Nightmare" as she
called him. took his littla bride to his
country home. In loss than two months
the old don was In lis crave. ana Net was
engaged in tEc pleasant paStimo of spend
iut. his millions. Heirs turned up who
Laid claim - ti;c estate, iEstituting legal
proceedings tha5 threatened danger To the
peace ard safety % the desperate woman.
Furusss!uG that She was liable To learn
something Of tho Mexican penal code. the
maidou moTuJed a fine horse and rode 10
ranch on this Rio Grande where she
knew There was large herd of cattle be
longing 20 the estate 81 the old don. Here
she performed a. feat which would hardly
have been dreamed % b. tie most hard
Cncd d'-rgr.ido. she ordered the yaquCros
To round Up the herd and drive it toward
the Rio Grandc. and when ;hcy refused
she shot one dead ana made another leave
the camp. she was dressed in her proper
apparel at tho time, but later IN the day
she resumed the hucksEin lcgGings and
Jacket of = cowboy, and, mounting "A fine
horse pistol in 49, she compelled the
trembling poems 10 drive the whole herd
Of , .O0U steers across the Rio GranGc 1t
took her u yC;5F To- turn the nerd into gold,
time making several trips - Chicago and
It. Louis, frequently stopping mt the best
hotels where her sex was never known.
She nov had money CROUCH 10 have
livcd in luxury for the remainder of her
life, but after making = trip TO Europe she
tired OF travel and longcd for her old life
on the plains. She reHNpSsd to the west
and boNght ranch Hc1tf sstuif, y r,
dctcTmi lining TO settle ~ and l.'9d u
quict life. It vas not long before tie iu-
nate dcyil:-y VCnt Up inside Of her anatomy
got the better OF her Judgment. she in
Some way incurred the cnulity OF n neigh
boring rlncher, who had = very pretty
wife. and instead of killing the man, rs
ono familiar with her career expected nor
- do. she did something much more as
founding.
she made loye to her Cnemy's wife and
iaduccd her To fly with her to Fl Paso
Set had - carefully planned the cXtraor-
binary piecc of tleViliry that she never lost
q dollar and succcytigd ia ruinisE hCr
cnc:ry's homo FOR lie she carried her
money in her pocket. and wl,-'n she had
succeeded in Turing her victim into a room
in a hotel in II Paso she revealed her sex
and left her The unfortunate woman
told her CErugcd husband a true story, but
he never believed il, and the affair ended
in divorce and u ruined home.
: : GOV, boy who had ~ some time rem
OCrCl Net q great service was tried Tor
murder in one Of the border counties and
sentenced to bc hanged. The woman
heard of her friends troubles, and his dis
tress touched her heart. she resolved To
save his life. She went 10 the little town
OF a half dozen houses and took a look at
the jail in which her friend was confined
There was no other prisoner in the Jail,
and one night when the sheriff came to
bring a supper to the cowboy he felt the
muzzle OF = pistol at his car and heard the
words. Throw up your hanGsi' He had
Just opened the front door Of the Jail
- Make tho least noise said Net, and
VIII blow out your brains
she made him release her friend and
then thcy bound the officer hand and foot
and locked him in q cell Net had two
fast horses near ny and a Winchester for
her friend. They rode rapidly toward the
Rio Grandc. 4 posse Of Texans we're in
hot pursuit, and at daylight when they
were within q few miles Of the river, the
escaping prisoners horse became lame.
The Texans overlook them, battlc en-
sued. aud the cowboy fell inortally
wounded at the first Erc- No would not
desert her comrade. \ blaze OF fire pound
from her Winchester. and tilree horses he
longing 10 tao posse gaiioped across the
prairie with empty saddles The girl at
tempted to help her dying coInrss,ie mp be-
hiEd her on her horse He urged her To
save herself, telling her that he was dy-
ing She boldly charged the two remain
ing officers sspd put from to flight. When
she rcturns4 she found that her friend
was dead and she galloPed away