The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-25

wine ordered by the pretty visitor. tha,
the young lady should fetch her brothei
his supper from the hotef Randall sus.
pected that little army of Texas cow
that time. 1t never occurred to him
even after he had read his sweethearti
note, that she was alone in the desperate
enterprise. He held himself ready tc
obey her slightest hint the moment tho
jail door opened. Miss Brandon is silent
as to one particular feature of her darins
exploit, but her friends believe that the
lawyer. or some one in his employ, led
her ponies III % an alley near the jail, : and
perhaps held them there, subject to hel
orders. One can accomplish wonders witt
Slo gold piece in Mexico.
When Miss Brandon entered the Jail she
invited the Jailer to step inside, saying
that she wanted him to help her to open
bottle of wine. She set the few dishes
that she carried on the floor and handed
the bottle to the thirsty Mexican. When
he stepped toward the only window in
the gloomy vault to secure the benefit
of few struggling rays of light she
quickly handed Randall revolver and
whispered the word, "Now!'' The Texan
bounded forward like a panther and
brought the weapon down on the jail
er's head, with SO much force that he
fell in a heap on the stone floor, barely
uttering groan. To make sure Of keep
ing the poor devil silent they drew a
handkerchief through his mouth and tied
1t fast at the back of his head, and
after binding his hands and feet they
walked out of the jail and locked the
DOOR
1t was now quite dark and they
mounted their ponies and rode quietly
out of the little town without attracting
the least attention. When the sun rose
next morning they were little less than
fifty miles from that gloomy prison,
and they were about the same distance
from Texas. They might have reached
home without further trouble, but
captain of rurals, who was guarding
the famous Free Zone against snug
glers, received notice of the escape of the
Americana Diablo and he hurried squads
of his command to the various crossings
on the Rio Grande. Just at the mo-
ment when the happy lovers were con.
graduating themselves over their Cd for-
fortune they We're suddenly confronted by
tune they were suddenly confronted by
six Mexican dragons. They turned aside
into the chaparal, and although the Mex
lean sent q shower of bullets after them
they succeeded in getting out of sight
of their pursuers, and after hard ride
of some hours reached the Rio Grande.
Here they were overtaken by another
SQUAD of rurals and after exchanging
shots with JNem lHey DOluiy PAuNoNN
into the river, preferring to take tha
risk of drowning rather than to ba
carried back to a Mexican dungeon.
The soldiers rained bullets about them.
and several dragons continued the pur..
suit in the water. The lovers would
have easily escaped, but a ball struck
Randars horse and disabled him. The
young man was forced to abandon MS
animal. and in doing so he lost his pistol:
His devoted and brave little sweetheart
had no thought of abandoning the man
for whom she had already braved so
many dangers Drawing her revoiver'
she turned her pony towards Randall
and as she called to him to seize the
animals tail she fired at the nearest
Mexican. Then, turning her horses neau
towards the Texas shore, she drew ner-
self over Oh his rump and deliberately
sent one bullet after another In rapid
succession into the faces of her pufsuere.
Her friends are uniformed as to tne
result of these shots. but they Know
that the courageous little girl prougns
her sweetheart home where both %
them received warm welcome. Tney
were married last week, and II was
altogether the biggest wedding that was
aver witnessed in Western Texas.