Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-11-19

oldest service. perhaps. that an In
diah scout has ever been called on To
perform was last month carried to a
successful termination by Broncho
John Sullivan, whose home Is In this
city, and who valiantiy served Uncle
sam under practically all OF the hest
known Indian fighters OF the West,
and who in transporting animals dur
Ing the Spanish-Amerlcan war rem
dered this country such Intelligent
aid as to bring commendatory letters
from the highest officers of the army.
With all of his varied experiences
in battlefield and on the western
! plains. Broncho, in October last. en-
gagged In piece of work that never
before had been asked of him. He
aided twenty-five Massachusetts, High
school girls TO get even with crowd
Of boarding-school misses who be-
lonEed to an Institution of the snme
town.
When Broncho Is not engaged in
the service OF the United States gov
ernmeut he travels about the country
with show. in which he illustrates
the methods OF Indians and dosper-
ADDE'S In capturing stage coaches. He
has with him u stage coach that was
built In Concord. Mass, and origin
ally was used on the stage line be-
tween st Joseph. Mo. and California
He Is accustomed TO make demonstra-
tons at county fairs. and last summer
hn "A -
At Northampton. Mass.
1t SO happened that the girls of
Seeley hall. an institution In which
daughters of well-known wealthy men
OF The country are educated. had been
eutpranking the pranks of any other
set OF girls in the Bay State In the
matter of unheard-of exploits. On
one occasion they had chartered a
gravel train and had ridden on the
dump cars from Northampton to Bos-
ton. On another occasion they had
made the same trip In stock cars and
they had gone over the country roads
of the staid New England district in
all kinds of outlandlsh equippages.
OF the highly unique character OF
some of these freaks the Seeley girls
had boasted immoderately to the High
school girls, and had intimated that
none OF the latter we're any more
capable OF originating anything great
than was any clothes post In the
whole town
This was the state OF feeling be-
tween the pretty creatures Of both
institutions when Broncho John hap
pened on the scene Al the head OF
The fair association was NJ. &C. Huw.
,rd. the proud paternal parent OF Miss
Nina Howard, student in the High
school.
NO sooner Fad this charming young
woman ses her sharp eyes on Broncho
ind his aggregation than her mind
got busy in evolving scheme that
would silence the Seeley hall crowd
for all time. She confided this
scheme to her father, and Mr.. How
ard broached II to Broncho The
scout and his party. and with six
horses hitched to the old stage coach.
was to make a dash to the campus
OF the High school. the cowboys were
S'H@P pb' VI VIC NtIiCit anu RTAD
all OF the girls in reach, load them
into the coach. when Broncho was to
crack his whip and make off with his
capture" The girls were to emit the
most horrifying screams OF which
they were capable and to act as II
they knew they were being dragged
off 10 some dreadful fate. II was
nlannaI that he. at,.
past Seeley hall and that there should
he enough noise to bring every occu-
pant of that building 10 the windows.
The way the entire plan was car
ried out set the highs" on the high
est pinnacle, and to the utter dscom-
iiture OF the clearinghouse crowd,
1t did not take long for the latter to
see through the scheme, but they
were forced to admit that they were
outdone. After racing past the school
building, Broncho steered his skin
hand out on the country roads and
he girls were given a three-hour ride.
When the scout would draw rein and
bring his team 10 a walk fifteen of
he girls would be talking to him, all
AZ oh'ts iutp WhHteu 70 KNOW All
about real western life, how many
beautiful girls he had saved from be-
ing carried off by the redskins, and
whether he knew any OF the Massa-
ehusetts boys who had abandoned
their New England homes and had
gone to the ranches to lead the life
Of COW puncher. Each girl seemed
TO imagine some fearful situation OF
life beyond the Mississippi and the
Missouri and Broncho John was
called upon to make things clear.
When the coach got back to town,
| by pre-arrangerient, II again passed
the boarding school. This time the
highs rivals gave them a great cheer,
as II to acknowledge that the younger
crowd had planned the greatest d.
version of the school year.
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