The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-19
SPANISH WAR ROMANCE.

How One Of the tsaoush Riders''yvon
Cuban Bride IN Very
Rough Way.
mo, II don't know anything worth
telling" said James Hotaling, of Okla
homa City, ';either about Indian terri
tory or myself. But, I can tell you Of
good story that all you Chicago hotel
reporters let get by you not long ago."
This was Mr.. Hotaling's reply to a re-
quest for an interview for the Sunday
Inter Ocean. Being told to 60 ahead, he
said: ss..-.:.*-... !,
"You boys missed mighty interest
ing couple one day not long ago, though
guess, come to think of it, you
wouldn't have got much out of them,
even if you'd run across them. The
man was Pet Wolf, Chickasaw In
dian. The woman was the bride he won
in Cuba. Wolf was second lieutenant
in troop NJ of the rough riders; and I
don't s'pose there was a warmer baby
in the whole bunch. I don't say he
wasn't patriotic, but what he went to
Cuba for was to get into mix-up. A
scrimmage is simply meat and drink to
Pet I might add, confdentially, that
Teddy Roosevelt didn't have to give him
any great amount of instruction in the
use of firearms. Well, this Indian was
after a fight, and he got it good and
plenty, right off the reel. He hadn't
been in that first mixture up at Las
Guasimas more'n ten minutes before
Mauser came along and Clipped off
part of an ear. That pleased Pet so
that you could have heard his war
whoop clear back on the transports.
Pretty soon along came another Mauser
and raised blister just about the size
of lead pencil clear across his chest.
I understand they heard Pets whoop
in Santiago about that time. Then
along comes third one of those 1eaden
messengers and this time it catches
Pet in the side. OF course the Indian
goes over like he'd stepped on live
wire. But he comes to pretty quick
and he patches the hole up with one of
those fancy bandages and gets up on
the firm line. But Teddy gets on to
him, through SEEM him bowled over,
and orders him to the hospital. pet
says Yes, SIR as meek as Moses, drops
back little an then makes a quick
sneak for the firm line. But pretty
soon he gets warmed up like an takes
to whoopin' again, and Teddy gets on
to him again, an this time Teddy sees
that he does go to the rear.
A couple O. days later Teddy is lookin'
over his men and he finds Pet in his
usual place in troop NJ. 'What're We
doin' here, Lieut.. Wolff says Teddy,
tryin' to look fierce. Discharged from
the hospital as cured, SIR says Pet
salutin'. An Teddy says: That's
good an grins an goes on. So Pet
gets chance to join in the mix-up at
San Juan, and, hole in his side an all,
he gets up on that there hill just about
the same time that the buck niggers
are cuttin' a pigeon wing little further
along the ridge. He don't get any
medal or anything like that, but he does
get chance to go in with the troops
when they raise Old Glory over San
tiago.
AN on the way to the governors pal
ace he meets his fate. A girl looks out
of a window to see them go by. Some
way their eyes get mixed up, and that
settles it. 1t amt any big job to find
a girl when the girl is dead willin' to
be found, and the two soon got togeth-
err. She was Aneta Calleja. She was
Spanish, and her father had been one
of the rich men of Santiago. He had
lost his fortune, but he was as proud
as ever, and he took on savage when he
found his daughter istenin' to an In
dian. But this didn't bother the young
people much; they were too far gone
When the rough riders were ordered
north Pet went with them, of course.
But the girl had his promise to come
back. And back he went the minute
he was mustered out.
"When Pet arrived and demanded
the girl the old man refused flatfootea.
Pretty soon after that he died sudden
ly. There were those who said he died
with his boots on. There were also
those who said harsh things about his
daughter in this connection. All this
did not bother Pet He had been there
himself. He and the girl borrowed a
name apiece and got to New York all
right. There they were married. They
missed a train or something in Chicago,
and had to stay here over night. That's
where you missed good story, my boy.
They went straight to the Chickasaw
nation, and they are living there now
on ranch. They stick pretty close to
home. guess the only place of any
size they've been to is Oklahoma CITY,
and they've only been there once. And
hear they're as happy as two clans
in high water."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
A Hurried Wedding.
Here is a faithful report of unique
wedding ceremony in the wilds of Ken
lucky: ~
George Washington Columbus, do
you take this woman to be. Hush!
What was that?' 49,.
Deep silence for a few seconds. fol
lowed by another section of the service.
Then raising his hand, the preacher
said, solemnly:
"As a minister of the Gospel.
Listen, think hear a wildcat!"
! Deep silence for ten seconds.
II pronounce you-Listen, that's a