The Cedarville Herald, Volume 34, Numbers 27-52

m m mtemp. U SEFU L X HOLIDAY GIFTS X Leatherfloods&Trunks D ay ton ’s Popular and Only Exclusive J,Lea ther ■ S to re .* ! _ QUALITY BEST PR ICES LOW E ST Presen ts Laid Aside on' a Small Deposits JOHN G STORCH, 4 z W . 5 th S t , - . . - - , . Dayton, Ohio. Reparing and Sample Work* Home Phone 13535 One Square West of^Post Office, n s i M a H B H v n i R 1 me XMAS GOODS Fine email Diamond Dings low as .. $5.Oo Fine Diamond Studs and Dings $5.00 to .$300.00 Best values in Hamilton R. R. Watches a t..$IS.OO to $25.00 Howard movements in extra heavy 14 Jyt. gold cases $45.00 Fine 31 joweled movements in gold filled cases $14.50 to $25.00 Ladies gold filled and Silver watches a t .............. $5.95 den ts’ solid gold cases (Special) $ 12.00 Chains, Bracelets, Combs; etc.; a t very reasonable prices for special Holiday trade Single and double-barrel shot­ guns a t.......... $4.50 to $50.00 Rifles; various makes . $1.50 to $9.50 One fine Remington double-bar­ reled gun, with two gets of bar­ rels, 12- gauge...„............. $45.00 Fine Marlin 12 guage repeating Shotguns a t........... $15.50 Sble agen s for Peters’ Ammuni­ tion. One Upright Piano in gop’d con­ dition........ ... .................... $65.00 Full line of 'franks, Suit Cases, Purses and Leather Goods, Several good SewingMachines, $5.00 to $20.00 We are pleased to lay articles away on Weekly payments foryou T. G LINDSEY, 3 7 S . f l a i n S t r e e t D a y to n , Oh io . 4 Per Cent, 4 Per Cent. k ,t V’ 1 j/V i A Bank Book for Christmas - “ There is no more sensible giftjto a child than-a ’ bank book with a small deposit in it. Start your child alopg the road to success fay teaching - the vajue •£ money at interest, ■ The, American Trust & Savings Co. SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. 4 Per Cent, 4 Per Cent. I CHAS, A, GUMP'S .RUBBER HOUSE.. 33-33 E , Second Street, Dayton, Ohio, When you want first-class Rubber Goods, give us a call. The majority of our Rubber Goods, are made to our order, and are ef better :qualily than you can find elsewhere. Hot Water Bags, Fountain Syringes, Bulbs, Abdominal Sup­ porters, Appendicitis Belts, Uterine • Supporters, Trusses, Crutches, Tubing, Crutch Tips, Jockey Strops, Hard.Rubber Syringes, Rubber Gloves, Rubber Mitten's, Atomizers, Elastic Stockings, Knee Caps, Leggins and Anklets, Ankle Supporters, Bedside Tables, Back Rests, Invalid Beds, Rolling Wheel Chairs, Commodes, Bed Pans, Urinals, Itiva.id Rings, Air Cushions, Water And Air Beds, Pillows, Sahitary Covers, Nursery Sheet­ ing,Rubber Dust Caps, Colon and Rectal Tubes, Ice and Bath Caps, Rubber Aprons, Rubber Bands and ^Sleeves, Ladies' Syringes, Finger Cots, Folding Bath Tubs, Arch Instep Support- - era. Telephone Receiver Cushions, Etc. KODAKS, CAMERAS, FILMS, PLATES, and all kind of PHOTO SUPPLIES- , . Lawn Tenuis, Base Ball and Gymnasium Outfits. Leather and Rubber Belting, Packings, Waste, Screen Wire, Lace Leathers, Hose and Mill Supplies. RUBBER HEELS, BEST MADE. Fishing Tackle, Hooks, Lines, Poles Reels, Nets, Camping Reds. Snag Proof and Gold Seal Rubber Boots and Overshoes outwear# any other make. RUBBER and OIL CLOTHING. BE original cause of the trouble was a b o u t tw e n t y years in growing. At the end of that time It was worth it. Christs*# present I got to give. I'm going to ride over tomrrjrow night and ehwt MafiSeoa Lane In Ida own bongo. Ho get my girl—Rosita would havo had mo If ho hadn't cut into the gaum. I wonder why x happened to overlook it' up to now?’ “Ah, shucks, Kid.” said Mexican, "don't talk foolishness. You know you can't get within a mile of Mad Lane's house tomorrow night. I see old man Alien day before yesterday,'and ho saya Mad is going to havo Christmas doings at his house. You remember bow you shot up the festivities when Mad was married, and about the threats yon made? Don’t you sup­ pose Mad Lane'll kind of keep his eye open for a certain Mr, Kid? Yon plumb make mo tired, Kid, with suoh remarks." “I'm going," repeated the Frio Kid, without heat,- “to go to Madison Lane’s Christmas dbinge, and kill him. I ought to have done it a long lime ago." “There’s other ways of committing suicide,” advised Mexican. "Why don’t you. go and surrender to the sheriff?" “I’ll get him,” said the Kid. Christmas eve fell as balmy as April. Perhaps there was a hint of Had you lived far-away frostiness in the air, but it tingled like seltzer, perfumed faintly with Into pralrio blossoms and the mesquite grass. ■When night came the five or six rooms of the ranch house were bright­ ly lit. In one'room was a Christmas tree, for the Lanes bad a-boy of three, and a dozen or more guests were ex­ pected from tho nearer ranches.. * The guests had arrived In buck- boards arid on horseback,' and were mailing themselves comfortable inside. The evening went along pleasantly The guests enjoyed and praised Itosl- ta ’s excellent supper, and' afterward the men scattered In groups about the rooms or on the broad "gallery,” smoking and chatting. The. Christmas tree, of course, de­ lighted the youngsters, and above all Were, they pleased when Santa Claus himself in magnificent white beard and furs appeared arid began to distribute the toys. “It’s ray papa.” announced Billy Sampson, aged six. Berkly, a sheepman, an old friend of Lane, stopped Roslta as she was pass­ ing by him on the gallery, “Well,-Mrs; Lane,” said he, “I sup­ pose by tills Christmas you've gotten over being afraid'of that fellow Mc- ariywhere within 5Q miles of Sun* down ranch you would havq 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 likq the sound of a hidden brook. The name of It was Roslta McMullen; and she was the daughter of old man McMul­ len of the Sundown sheep ranch. There came -.riding on red roan steeds—or, to be more explicit, on a paint and a flea-bitten sorrel—two wooers. One was Madison. Lane and j the' other, was the Frio Kid. But a t ! that time they did not caii him the Fi’Jo Kid, for be had not earned the honors of special nomenclature. His name was simply Johnny McRoy. It must not be supposed that these two were the sum of the agreeable Rosita’s admirers. The bronchos' of a dozen others champed their bits 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 and Johnny Mc;- Roy galloped far ahead; wherefore they are to be chronicled. Madison Lane, a young cattleman; from the Nueces country, won the race. He and Roslta were, married one Christmas day. Armed, hilarious, vo­ ciferous, magnanimous, the cowmen and the sheepmen, laying aside their hereditary hatred,' joined forces to celebrate the occasion. But while the wedding feast was, at its liveliest there descended upon it Johnny McRoy, bitten by jealousy, like one possessed, ' ■ • ■ ‘ "I’ll give you a Christmas present,” he yelled, shrilly, at the door, with his ,45 In his hand. Even then he had some reputation as an offhand shot, , His first bullet cut a neat underbid Tn. Madison Lane’s right ear. The bar-! rel of his gun moved an Inch. Ther next shot would have been the bride's, had not Carson, a sheepman, pos­ sessed a mind with triggers some- j what well'oiled and in repair; The guns of the wedding party had been j hung, in their belts, upon nails in the ’ wall when they pat at table, as a con­ cession t6 gqod taste. But Carson, with great, promptness, hurled his plate of roast venison and ffijoles at McRoy, spoiling his aim, The second bullet, then, only shattered the white petals of a Spanish dagger flower sus­ pended two feet above Hosita's head. The guests spurned their chairs and jumped for their weapons. It was considered an Improper act to shoot the bride and groom at a wed­ ding. In about six seconds there were twenty or so bullets due to be whiz­ zing in the direction of Mr. McRoy; 'Til shoot better next time,” yelled Johnny; “and there’ll bo a next time,'* He backed rapidly out tho door. •The cattlemen swept out upon him, calling for vengeance. But the sortie failed in its ven­ geance. McRoy was on his horse and away, shouting hack curses and threats as he galloped into tho con­ cealing chaparral. That night was the blrthnight of the Frio .Kid, He became the "bad man!’ of that portion of the state. The rejection of his suit by Miss McMul­ len turned him to a dangerous man. When officers went after him for tho shooting of Carson, he killed two of them, and entered upon tho life of an outlaw. When he was. a t last shot and killed by a little one-armed Mex­ ican who was nearly dead •himself from fright, the Frio Kid had tho deaths of 18 men on his head. Many talcs are told along tho bor­ der of his impudent courage and daring. But he was not one of the breed, of desperadoes who have sea­ sons of •generosity and even of soft­ ness. They say he never had mercy on the object of his •anger. Yet at this and every Christmastide it Is well to give each one credit, if it can ho dorie, for whatever speck of good he may have) possessed. If the Frio Kid ever did 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! j r £ ^ s £ S i r s s j s “ - y • f - « 5 a t nm1 na-miirifarrtv atavism fitoititr wu* night, ftndwM fid ekoered that lid up with a winchester and let hitri have it. Funniest part of it was that the Kid was dressed all tip with white Angora-skln whiskers and -& tfiggfcr Sarity Claus rig-out from hood to fool Think of tho FWo Rid playing SantyI * . (Copyright. im by v. L» ffelsft&J I I . "Oh, Thank You!” Roy, haven’t you? Madison and I havo talked about it, you know.” "Very nearly,” said Rosita, smiling, "but I am still nervous sometimes. I shall never forget that, awful time when he came so near killing us.” "He's the most cold-hearted villain in the world," said Berkly. “The cltl- stens all along the border ought to turn out and hunt him down like a wolf.” “He has committed awful crimes," said Roslta, "butr—I—don’t—know, 1 think there is a spot Of good some­ where In everybody, He Was not al­ ways bAd—that I know,” Roslta turned Into the hallway be­ tween the rooms; Santa Claus, In muf­ fling whiskers and furs, was just com­ ing through. - "I heard what you said through tho window, Mrs. Lane," ho .said, “i was juBt going-down in. my pocket for a Christmas present for your husband. But I’ve loft One for you, Instead. It’s in the room to your right” “Oh, thank you, kind Santa Claus," said Rosita, brightly. Rosita Went into the room, while Santa Claus stepped into the cooler air of the yard. She found no one in the room but Madison. "Where is my present that Santa said be left for mo in here?" Bho asked. "Haven’t seen anything in the way of a present," said her husband, laugh­ ing, "unless he could have meant me.” The next day Gabriol Radd, the foreman of the X O ranch, dropped into the post office at Loma Alto. . "Well, the Frio Kid’s got his dose Of lerid at last," ho remarked to the postmaster. "That so? Row’d It happen?" "One of old Sanchez’s Mexican sheep herders did it—think of itt the Frio Kid killed by a sheep herderl Tho Orc-aser saw him riding along BP#** riniyy riminiWilTiiintnr,rininr~M*,tf-' ■PP Suits and Overcoats $10 to $25 In all sizes and patterns. You'll not have the slightest difficulty in getting something just to your notion in Clothing and Fur Caps, Sensible Christmas Gifts Our store is full of sensible, practical presents for men and boys—Neckwear, Shirts, Collars, Fancy Vests, House Coats Bath Robes, Mufflers, Suspenders, Sweaters, Umbrellas, Fur Gloves, Dress and Driving Gloves, Soft and Stiff Hats,* Fur Caps, and many other articles that will please him. Prices so low tha t you'll quickly decide and make your selections here. Sullivan, Clothier - Hatter - Furnisher So. Limestone St., Springfield, 0. F. G JEWELER AND OPTICIAN A Host Beautiful _ ——of and Holiday 134 SOUTH MAIN STREET , THE REV.TRL L. HICKS 1912 ALMANAC. and co- urderoly Mexican Frank. Tho Kid reined In his mustang, and eat In his saddle, thoughtful and grim, with .dangerously narrowing eyes, "I don’t khow wliat 1 been thinking about, Mex,” ho remarked In hid uoucl mild drawl, "to have forgot all about a ' Before the grerib Drouth of 15)01, tho Hicks Almanac gave timely warning. For over two years prior ‘to 1011, the Hicks Almanac again sounded a warning of drouth dan­ ger. And so for forty years this same friend of all the people lias steadfastly, refused the oilers of speculators and continued to warn the public of the coming dangers of storm and weather, ' As they should have done, the people havo stood nobly by Professor . Hicks, their faithful public servant, who has grown old in tliHr service. Send only One Dollar to W ord and W orks P ublishinu C ompany , 3401 Fran liu Avenue, St, .Losl.u Missouri, and get his Magazine and Almanac both for one year. The Alma line alone, a fine book of 1**0 pagos, is only 85c by mail, Let everybody respond and receive the warnings of our National Seer for the coming year. WWVVVflAVVVWVVWVWYWA V W e W / .V .V .Y A Y / A W Y A V '. Christmas Hints l NUTS FIGS CELERY NOTICE Alt persons having bills against Oedafvlllo Township will please submit them to the clerk, by Satur­ day, December 28rd, Frank A. Jacksi n, Clerk. The Horrible Butcher. Mabel, aged three, taken to the butcher shop for tho first time, gazed In horror at tho sawdust on the floor. “Fa," sho whispered, “does ho butcher dolls?" DATES OYSTERS ORANGES Edgemont Crackers GRAHAM BUCK­ WHEAT and PAN / CAKE FLOUR McFarland Bros. P- . ■ ■■ - W V W W W W W W W W M W W W r tV ^ . 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