Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1893 — A Pathetic Scene. [ARTICLE]

A Pathetic Scene.

"The moat pathetlo scene I ever witnessed,” says a Texan, "was a third of a century ago, but it is as plain to my eyes to-day as It was then. We had been bothered by horse thieves down on the frontier, and you know what that means in a wild country. A orowd of us started out after the sooundrels, and just before we reached the Rio Grande we saw two horsemen off to the left, who noted suspiciously. After them we went, and it was a pretty race for awhile till they disappeared behind a dump of trees. We had shot to stop them, and when we got in sight again we found that one horse had been shot, and they had deserted him, while both were riding the other. They were evidently Mexicans —a man and a boy—and the man showed fight, turning and firing at us, finally hitting our Deputy Sheriff. We gained on them rapidly, and presently a welldireoted fire sent them all in a heap. " When we reached them the ‘boy’ was kneeling in front of the dying Mexican, sobbing and moaning as if her heart would break, while hor hair, whioh had fallen off from her cap, foil below her waist. It was a cbbo of elopement, and they had taken us for her father’s servants, while we had been equally stupid and had taken them for horse thieves. When he began to gasp she drew a little pearl-handled revolver, and before any one could think of stopping her, plaoed the muzzle under her ear and fell into his arms, a corpse. No, we never heard who they were. We buried them and went after the horse thieves. ”