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Well to give each one credit. If it can
."be done, for whatever, speck of gooJ
he may 4haTe possessed. If thq Frio
Hid ever'.'tild' a kindly act or felt a
throb of generosity in his heart it was
once at such a time and season, and
this is the way it happened:
One December inthe Frio country
rode ..the Frio Kid and his Satellite
and co-murderer, Mexican Frank.. The
Kid reined in his, mustang, and satslr
his saddle, thoughtful -and grin, wit!
dangerously narrowing eyes. . . . . ' ;
- "I don't know what I b ea thinhlnr
atoutMex," he remarrrc in usu:
mild drawl, "to hflrr
Christmas present I got to grlve. I'm,
going to ride over tomorrow nigh and
shoot Madison Lane imhis own house.
He got my girl Rosita would have
had me if he hadn't cut into the game.
I wonder .why I happened to . overlook
It up to now?" . ..
"Ah, chucks; Kid,", said Mexican,
'don't talk fobllshnes3. You know you
can't get within a mile of Mad Lane's
house tomorrow, nlghC I see old man
Allen day before - yesterday, and he
; years in growing. :. WslMad is going to have Christmas
At thei end Of J agms? at -m3 nouse. -. xou rememuer
how you shot up the festivities when
HE original cause
of the trouble was
about; twenty
thai, time it waa
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",Had you lived
anywhere - within
50 miles of Sun
down i ranch . you
would have heard
of it. It possess
ed "a- quantity of
jet black hair, a
pair - of extremely
frank, deep brown
-eyes and a laugh
that rippled across
the prairie like.
,-Jthe sound of a hiddenbrook. The name
iof it wasRosita McMullen ; t and she'
was-tee daughter; of old man McMui
len of the -Sundown sheep ranch!
- There came riding on red roan
iBteeds; or, to be more explicit on a
paint and' a flea-bitten sorrel two
Wooers; One was Madison Lane and
the other, .was the Frio Kid But at
that time, they did not' call him the
"i Frio j Kid; for he had no V earned the
r honors of special nomenclature. V, His
name was simply. Johnny McRoy,
It must not l be supposed, that these
" two were the' sum of the ' agreeable
. Roslta's admirers. .The bronchos of a
' dozen others champed their vblts at
' the ) long: hitching rack of the Sun
down ranch. Many were the sheeps
? eyes that were cast in those savannas
.that did not belong to the flocks of
Dan McMullen. But of all the cava-
liers Madison : Lane a and Johnny Mc-
v Roy galloped far ahead, wherefore
they are to be chronicled. ,
Madison v Lane, a young cattleman
from the Nueces " country, i, won the
race. He and Rosita were married one
s Christmas day. V Armed, hilarious, .. vo
ciferous, magnanimous, . the cowmen
. and the sheepmen,' laying aside their
. hereditary hatred,1 joined forces to
celebrate the occasion.
- -But wbile the wedding feast was . at
its liveliest there descended upon it
, Johnny McRoy, bitten , by( jealousy,
like one possessed. r x ;
"I'll give7 you a Christmas present,"
he yell4dr'shrilly; at the" door, witti his
.45 In his hand. - Even then he had
some reputation as an. offhand shot.1 --
: His first bullet cnt a -neat linderbit
, In Madison Lane's right ear. 7 -The barj
rel of This, gun moved an inch. The
next shot .would have been the bride's,
had not' Carson, a : sheepman, ;pos-
. sessed . a mind . with triggers some
t what well oued and ' in repair. The
sguns of the wedding party: had been
-.. hung,' in their belts,". upon nails, in the
" wall when they sat at ;table, as a con
cession to good ''taste.--But Carson,
With! great promptness, hurled his
plate of roast venison and frijoles at
xacnoy, spoiling ms aim. rne second
, bullet, then,ionly shattered the white
.petals of a. Spanish dagger flower sus
s ; iPended two . feet' above Roslta's head:
. The guests ' spurned ' their chalks
. and jumped "for 'their weapons. It
was ' considered an Improper act to
r ..Shoot the bridfl and prnnm . t a vo.
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; ding.? : In about : six seconds there were
-, twenty "or T so ' buTlets d ii An h whir.
-;. Sing in l the direction of Mr. McRoy. i
r- 'Tirshobr-better 'niit time." Celled
Johnny ; f 'and there'll be & next time."
; He, backed rapidly out the --'door. U
. The ..cattlemen swept out upon -him,
V calling for, vengeance, 4 '-
But the . sortie failed in 'its ven
v v geance. McRbjr was on his horsa.and
away, shouting, back curses and
threats as he galloped 'into the
cealing chaparraL;
That night was I the -birthnieht of
the Frio KId.f Tie became .the "bad
man" of that portion :of th stntft. Th
v rejection of hisj suit by - Miss MicMut
len. turned him tcr a dangerous nian.
When 'officers" went after him for, the
shooting of Carson; be -killed two :of
;-'them,rand entered upon the life of an
outlaw. When; he was; at last shot
and killed by a little one-armed Mei-
lean who wasf nearly . ; dead ' himself
2 from f right; . the Ft1o Kid - -had 'thq
rtontfca -'nf "1R VriftTi n-n Vila' Tiio1' -
- -,' ' . Many tales , are told along the bor
i der , of his Impudent 'courage , and
daring. But 'he -was 'not one of the
t breed of desperadoes , wno have sea-
Mad was married, and " "about the
threats you ' made 2 ' Don't you ".sup
pose Mad Lane'll kind of keep Ms eye
open for, a certain Mr. Kid? You
plumb make , me tired. Kid, with such
remarks." ' v.; '"; v ," -"I'm
going," repeated the Frio Kid,
without heat, "to go to Madison Lane's
Christmas-doings, and x- kill him. T
'.'ought! to, have done it a long ' time
ago.
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"There's other ways of committing
suicide," advised Mexican. Why don't
you go and surrender to theBherlfft".
i "I'll get him," said the Kid;
;ir Christmas -.eve fell -as balmy as
Aprji;. Perhaps . there was; a hint, of
far-away frostlness in the " air, but it
tingled like seltzer, perfumed faintly
with; lato- prairie blossoms , and the
mesqulte grass, K
v When night came .the' five or six
rooms of the' rahchT house were bright
ly lit.;..ln one' room was a Christmas
tree,;fjai the Lanes had a boy of three,
and a' dozen or more guests were ex
pected from 'the nearer, ranches. ;
The guests had arrived In buck
boards' and , on: horseback, and were
making themselves comfortable inside
The ; evening' went along pleasantly
The. guests enjoyed and praised Rosl
ta's excellent"" supper and afterward
the men scattered in groups about the
rooms or on ' the broad ' "gaUery'
smokingkand chatting.
"The Christmas tree, of course, de
lighted the youngsters, and above' all
were, they jpleased. when Santa Claus
himself in magnificent white beard and
furs appeared and began to distribute
the toys.
"."It's . my papa, announced ; Billy
Sampson, aged six. . ' , ' .
Berkly, a sheepman, an old friend of
Lane,, stopped -Rosita as she was pass
ing by him on the gallery.
wen, Mrs. LAne," said -ne, "i sup
pose by this Christmas you've gotten
over being afraid of that fellow Mc-
eald Rosita, brightly.
Rosita went Into tho rccrn. vh!!o
Canta Claus stepped into tbo czz r
air of tho'yard.
!:e found no one "in tho rcorn but
Madison.
"Where is my present that Sr.ta
raid he left for mo "Li here? eho
asked.
"Haven't rcen anythlnr: Li tho t.t.j
of n present," said her husband, Uu.ib
Ing, "unless he could have meant me."
The next day Gabriel RadJ. the
foreman of the X O ranch, droppcJ
Into the post ofUco at Loma Alta.
' V Well, tho Frio Kid's got h!a doso
of lead at last," ho remarked to tho
postmaster. '
' "That sorHow'd It happen?
1 "Ono of old Sanchc2'a ."Mexican
sheep herders did It think of it! tho
Frio Kidkilled by a sheep herder!
The ' Greaser saw him riding nlong
past his camp about twelro o'clock
last. night, and was so skecred that ho
up with a Winchester and let bira
have It. Funniest part of It was that
the Kid was dressed all up with wfcite
Angora-skln whiskers and a regular
Santy" Claus rig-out from head to fco?
Think of the Frio Kid playins S inrv!
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; Dysartsville, Not. 29. Dr.
Romulus' Upton of Spartanburg
county S. O., spent several days
with his nephews hero recently.
He jbelievca" in getting tbo most
good out of lifo ai it coes. Ho
c'airas that if you miss getting the
luxuries of life for one day, that
day is lost. A good idea!
(The Dysartsville school is entitl
ed to three teachers and has as prin
cipal Prof. N. F. JSteppo and as
assistant. Misses Maggio Gdfortb
and Olin Yelton. " , :
The Laurel Hill School is beicf:
taught by James C. Goforth.
; Mrs. Hutchins is sill confined to
her bedlsuffcriug witb rheumatism.
iThe Laurel Hill folks aro about
all on foot again except F. S. Prico.
who is suffering with a sovere cold
or pneumonia.
David -Laughridge is suffering
with a caso of shingles which is
giving him considerable annoyance
a;d anxiety. .
. . Doc Price is nblo to bo up again.
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This roofing is the bent and most
convenient metal roofinrj I've ceen in
sheets, no sticlrs need and no nail
holes enposed encept in the firot apdL
last sheets used oh the sides, -he
above roofing only costs about one
dollar a square more than the ordi
nary V. Crimp roofing that the nails
have to be drove through the metal
and are ermosed, and usually leak
unless kept painted with tar pain
If you want a good roof I advise the use of Perfection Ga!var.::cd
Roofing.
I also handle the Amatite graveled roofing that r.ccds no rzir.L
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The fountain at Round Knob, on
the Western road, which .was but
of commission ti number of years
and has recently been reconstruct
ed, was put in operation last week.
Virginia won' tbo Carolina-Vir
ginia football game at Richmond
ast Thursday by a score of 28 to
O--a crushing defeat for the Tar
Heels.
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Roy haven't you? Madison and I have
talked about It, you know.'
! "Very nearly," said Rosita, smiling,
''but I am still' nervous sometimes, I
Bhall never forget that awful time
when hie came so near, killing us.
"He's the most cold-hearted villain
in the world," said Berkly. "The citi
zens all along the border ought to turn
out anq nuni mm; down like a wolf
"He has committed awful crime s,
said: Rosita,--''but I don't know. 1
think , there is a spot , of 'good some
where in -everybody: - He was not al
ways Daa tnat I know." ; '
v Rosita turned into the hallway be
tween tne. rooms. Santa Claus, in muf
fling .whiskers' and furs, was Just" com
ing through,
"I heard what you said through the
window, Mrs. Lane," he said. "I was
just, going down In my pocket for
sons: of generosity and even of . soft- Christmas present . for your husband,
v ness They say he never had mercy Z111 ive lert one for you, Instead. It's
on the object , of his anger. . --Yet at . .In the room to your right"
''." this rand. ; everyChristmastId it . is "Phy thank you, kind Santa .'Claus',
Taylor Love, a negro, as elcc-
trocutedlin Raleigh last Triday for
the- mur. er of Fred Morehead,'
another negro, in Haywood county
in September. '
Judge not a. hen by her beauty,
but by the. way sho docs her duty.
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avc enhanced the appearance ' and incmird &,z vi!e cf
property. lou have also made a pro5:al!e hci:rr.zr.i in a r tr-
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CA'en and rm years after an inferior one haj had to be rcUcci many rimes.
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