The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-12-21

II eyes ana lhuEh
IoU that rippled across
" u the prairie Ike
the sound OF a hidden brook The name
OF it was Roslta McMullcn and she
Was the daughter OF Odd man McMul-
len OF the SHUTDOWN sheep ranch
There came riding on red roam
steeds-or % be more explicit on a
paint and a feab.ttsu sorrel-two
wooers one was Madison Lane and
the other was the Fr.o Kii Hut a.
that time they dld not call h.m the
FRO Kld. for Do BAD NOT earned the
hrrors ui special nomenclature hts
name was simply Johnny NcRUv
70 must NOT be- supposed that these
two were the sum " the agreeable
Roatas admirers The br1u.hos Of "a
to1sn others chaursI their bits al
the Ions hltcf'uE rack ~ the sun.
down ranch MANY wore tHp Sleeps
ewes that were cast iu .hass slyuuas
that dil not beIu.r OBJ the faUks ~
Dan NrNuHon Hai o. aI th' caya
Hers Madison lane and Johnny Sc
Roy EH1raI flr ahead wherefore
they arc to De- chrar cIed
Madison Lane. Young caft'emn
from tH, Nu.cos CarH-r. won the
race 30 and Rus.fa Nrre married one
Christmas day Armed hilarious v1
e.rrHHs maErauirHH- The cuvusu
and nee sroorurn. ar.rr aside their
hereditary hatred Joined forces Go
Celebrate t'U occasion
But while the wedding fesst vas %
o. uyoIesf there descended upon 10
Johnny MrRay bitten ty jealousy
H.e one possessed
.lu give rrH a Ifr ,TaH pro- ono"
fr yelled sHrIIy a. Ore fr.r a.fI fs
O. On hf hand Even fI.r fs had
some reputation as an .rHn3 shot
H.s FIRST bullet crt reat arIarbIt
iu Madison Lanes r..t car Tt. bar
r.. ~ f.F gun moved a1 inch Tho
rsYt shot would have been f. brides
bad not Carson ffr#H~su poe
rs..uI MIND afH fr..r. some.
shat well oiled and .H repair Tho
guns az tto wedding rrF hHH been
hung ir their br'tH upon raHF .H TIE
vaI Vbsu they slf d. an.. as a CH1.
es.e.nn fu good taste I.f Etr.H1.
uItH great pr1urnnss. buried hH
plate of roast ysnisHu and 'rIHiss a.
NrRny spelling his ATM Tho second
bullet thou only shattered Tho white
petals ~ a Spanish laEFer fuNer sus
pended two feet above E1HltaH head
The guests spuuef their chairs
and jumped for their weapons Do
vss considered an Improper act o.
shoot the bride and groom A. a ~-d
ding m about si1 seconds there were
twenty 0r s0 bullets due POI be vhiz
ling IN The direction 90 Mr. McRoy
"Tll shoot better next time" yelled
Johnny. and there.l b. a next time
lie backed rapidly out the door
The cattlemen svep, out upon him.
calling f0r vengeance
But the sortie failed In 90 ven.
geance. McRoy vas on be horse and
aVay. shouting back curses and
threats az be gallopoi into ths con.
cealing chaparral
That night vas the birthnight %
the FRO Kid He became the bad
man" 81 that portion ~ tho state The
rejection of bis suit hy Miss McMul
len turned him 20 a dangerous man.
when oficcrs vent after him for the
shooting OF Carson be Killed two ~
them. and entered upon the ne % an
outlaw. When he was. al last shot
and killed by a little one armed Mex
lean Who VAS nearly dead himself
from fright the Frio Kid had thu
deaths Of u men on his head
Many tales are told along the Dor
der % his impudent courage and
daring But he vas not one % the
breed % desperadoes who have sea.
sons Of generosity and even of soft
ness They say he never had mercy
on the object of hls anger Yet a.
this and every Christmastiie u o.
well % give each one credit. N u can
be done. for whatever speck % good
he may have possessed N the PRO
Kid ever did kindly act or felt a
throb % generosity In his heart u vas
once al such time and season. and
this IL the way u happened
One December IN the FRO country
rode the Frio KID and bic Satellite
and oo.murderer Mexican Frank The
Kid refined ia bis mustang and sat IN
bis saddle. thoughtful and grin. with
dangerously narrowing eyes
4 don't know what been thinking
about. Mex he remarked In his usual
mild dravl. TO have forgot all about .