The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-05
Romance of
A Cow Girl.
copyright 1909. by American Press AssO-

tWthly, NdiiN ihB ~ oAiOh oNtA us ohpui-
der, to 80 end of which was slung
his baggage In bandanna handker-
chief entered the town Of Three
Bridges. He had 80 cents in his pock-
ct, but he had also that which was of
far more value than million such
coins, the yigor and elasticity of youth.
He was hunting for a job, but IL he
didn't get one i'm Three Bridges he
could go on to the next settlement.
He needed all his strength and pluck
to meet greater misfortune than the
want Of money. He passed two men
standing in the street, one OF whom
stared at him with a terrible frown
and as Clough passed on exclaimed:
"Kld Cosgrove, by thunderr
Twenty minutes later the sheriff put
a hand on Clough's shoulder and with
the muzzle Of n revolver close under
his nose said:
81 want you, CosgrOve"
A few days later a man named Bod
ley rode into Pine Cone, fifty miles
from Three Bridges, and, entering the
Muddy Creek hotel, heard some min
ers talking about the chase and cap
ture of kid Cosgrove, horse thief and
murderer. The desperate was then In
irons In Pine Cone and was to be
hanged at once.
"Cosgrove yere, gents?" remarked
Bodley incredulously. "Whatre y
glvin' yerselfs? The Kid walked into
Three Bridges last week and Is to be
hanged at IL o'clock tomorrer."
This led to an Investigation which
revealed the fact that the real Kid
Cosgrove was in Pine Grove and the
man in Three Bridges was some one
else. 1t was considered unfortunate
for the man I'm Three Bridges, for
there was no mail or wire between the
two places, and no one seemed dis
posed to ride fifty miles that night to
save him.
Jennie Pixley. eighteen years old, the
daughter of ranchman, fearless
rider, became aware OF the fact that
a man was to be hanged In Three Rlv-
ers the next day by mistake When
her father and mother and all In the
ranch house were I'm bed Jennie stole
out TO the barn. mounted her Black
Bet and started for Three Rivers. She
had not been gone long when the storm
that had been gathering broke The
| floods came. the lightning gllstened,
the thunder roared but through II all.
| drenched to the skin, rode Jennie. bent
on saving a human life. Bridges were
swept away, but she swan her horse
across the torrents. Darkness put her
off the roads. but the lightning put her
on again. When morning came she
had not made fifteen miles, and both
her horse and herself were well nigh
exhausted Still she pushed on. But
few houses lined the way. Among
what there were she tried to get a
| fresh mount, but some had no horses,
and those who had were using them
girl In a country where horses were so
valuable. Shortly before noon Jennie
rode into Three Rivers.
Frank Clough was standing In cart
under tree. while a parson, summon
ed for the occasion, was making long
| prayer, when he saw a girl on horse
back dash In among the throng of gap
ers standing about him. There follow
ed a hurried talk between her ana the
sheriff, In the midst of which the girl
tainted and fell from her horse.
Clough could not hear what was said,
but the sheriff wrangled with the
crowd, which seemed to be divided on
the subject under discussion. Present
ly the sheriff drawing his revolver, ap-
preached the prisoner, took him by the
arm and led him away, some of the
crowd approving, others denounclng
him for being ia league with a horse.
thief He locked up the prisoner tlll
night fell, then told him 10 go.
Seven years passed. one day Frank
Clough, part owner OF the Comet mine
-he had struck the paying dirt with
his own pick and shovel -beins In an
eastern city with nothing TO DO. saw
the posters of n Wild West show. Hav.
Ing fancy to see the portrayal OF q
people among whom he had spent
much time, he went TO the show. II
was all too recently familiar 10 inter
est him, and he was about 10 lenve
when, with a flourish of trumpets. q
''cow girl" rode In ON "A black horse a
perform equestrian feats. The moment
Clough's eyes took In the figure. In dl
vided skirts, cowboy hat, revolver
slung TO her rlght side, pink Sill
handkerchief about her neck. her hail
flowing, he saw the girl who had rid
den fifty miles through a storm TO save
his life.
The girl took OF the handkerchief
from about her neck. threw II on The
tanbark, dashed past 1t on horsebacE
and picked II up. This aud other feats
delighted the audience, hut Franh
Clough sat impatiently waiting the enc
Of the performance. AS soon as It came
he was among the Wild Western
era with a view to making the ac