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Show THE Thursday, December 3, 1942 TIMES-NEW- NEPHI. I'TAII PAGE SEVEN Santa Claus Born JACKSON GREGORY GREGORY W.N.U. RELEASE THE STORY SO FAR: Old Early Bill Cole had known lor six months that his days were numbered. Of late be had been up and about each morning earlier than usual, telling some part of his widespread acres, the King Cole Ranch, a last adios. It was still half dark one morning as be was walking through his beloved pines, when a rifie shot rang clear through the stillness, and Early Bill felt a stab of pain. Leaning against an old pine be blazed away at a man crashing through the busbes. Then he laughed, for he had shot the man's hat off! Staggering home Early Bill sent Gaucho Ortega, one of his Mexican hands, for "Doc Joe" and the "Judge." Now continue with the story. "First, Doc, let's know where we I need a little time and a mite of stren'th. I'm not going to pop off in a hurry like a candle blown out, am I? I feel pretty good after that drink." "You're a tough old bird, Bill," said Doc Joe thoughtfully. "If you hadn't been on the skids anyhow, this thing wouldn't have done you in. It's just hurrying things along some. No, there's no rush. Say the word and I can keep boosting you along stand. Oh, how do I know? Anyhow, shoot the works and take your time." "Fair enough and graeias, ami-go,- " said Early Bill. "Here we go." d It was a fairly long, talk, with Bill Cole now and then forced to silence and rest, and before the conference was over every one-side- CHAPTER II Doc Joe and the Judge were at the King Cole Ranch almost as soon as the young Mexican. They found four of the ranch hands hanging around the house, scraping dirt with d the toes of their boots, looking as though they didn't mean to look worried. At the sound of speeding hoofs and wheels they jerked up thiir heads, and one man came out of the house, a small, mahogany-brow- n man who looked as hard as nails and was harder than he looked. Early Bill's foreman, Cal Round-trelop-side- e. "Howdy, gents," he said, and sounded surly as though he resented their coming. "Come on in." They went in and found old Early Bill sitting in his big chair. He looked more dead than alive. "You darned old fool," snorted Doc Joe. He put his bag down, took off his coat and rolled up his sleeves. "What did you shoot yourself for? Or, far as that goes, why the hell didn't you do it long ago? Think I like to go skallyhooting all over the country for the likes of you?" said the old "Howdy Judge," man, by way of most beautifully ignoring Doc Joe and all his words. "I've got to get you onto a bed, Bill," said Doc Joe. "I can't get at you right, this way, sitting on a chair." "I ain't going to bed. Most likely working me over, you're going to kill me anyhow, and if I've got to get murdered I'd like it better sitting up." "If the old buzzard won't go to bed. Judge, being that superstitious and scared of dying because of the devil waiting to grab him," said Doc Joe, "lend me a hand to heave his old carcass up on this here table. Now, Bill, you come off your high horse and do as I say or I'll bat your brains out." "If I had any brains, you grumbled Early Bill, "do you think I'd let you put your murdering hands on me?" The two helped him to stand and, with what small aid he could give them, got him stretched out on top of the table. Doc Joe's skilful hands, whether or not murderous, swiftly denuded him from neck to belly-ban- d and removed the make-shibandage. Then for a time the physician and there was not a more skilled within riding range of Bald Eagle kept his tongue in his mouth and gave himself shrewdly to his man them had taken several And pretty nearly every drinks. time that Doc Joe went for the drinks the Judge got up and went outside, and nearly every time the Judge played Hebe, Doc Joe stepped out into the patio. Fortunately both Doc Joe and the Judge knew pretty well what Early Bill Cole had in mind, though the definite thing the old fellow was going to do had yet to be told. Merely taking into consideration the facts of the case, the whole thing should be simple enough, since it was merely the making of a will. But they saw the old familiar gleam in Early Bill's eyes and were dead sure that right up to the last he was plotting some sort of devilment. Hadn't he said to them on one occa- of 4 fif ijf ft case a hand were needed, but mildly bored. The men outside stood looking in at the open door; only Cal Roundtree came in; he didn't know that he was walking on tip toes. Sometime later when Early Bill Cole returned to a misty sort of consciousness he made out that he was in his bed, undressed, bound about with what he judged to be a couple of miles of bandage, and stuffed into d one of his night gowns. At the moment somehow he didn't care. He had stirred very slightly and on the instant the two old cronies of his popped into his room. "Well?" he demanded as sharply as he could manage. "You sure - bled like a stuck hawg," Doc Joe told him. "Who shot you, Bill?" "I wouldn't know. Doc; that's the hell of it Say! If you boys happen to see a feller wearing a Stetson with a bole in it or or one brand wearing no hat new out of the store But let's take up business before pleasure, as the feller says. Got my for certain this trip, huh, Doc?" "I sort of reckon. Bill," he said, pulling at his lower lip, "that it won't be long now before this is a better, cleaner world and me and the Judge will be winning a couple of bets." "Hmf!" said Early BiU. Then that crooked and somehow endearing old grin of his came back, just a ghost of what it used to be but still there, like a flicker of winter sunlight . "Might be you lose out yet, you two scums of creation. Might be your borses runs away and breaks your damn necks before I check out!" Nobody said anything for a little while. Early Bill was resting. Doc Joe stepped out to bring him something to swallow, mostly hot whisky, and the Judge appeared to be taking matters judicially under advise-- , ment They lifted Early Bill and got his drink down him. Then they bad one apiece. The draft brought the sick and wounded man a flush of strength. He spoke more clearly. "Squat, you boys, and listen. Me, I'll do the talking." They dragged up chairs. long-taile- light-color- ll come-uppanc- e d ' doing this?" Early Bill "I'm leaving everything I got to young Cody and the Lee girl. He's an upstanding young and she's the cutest trick and the nicest and well, the sweetest you ever laid eyes on. So they get the works. The whole of the ranch and the whole of the cash. The money's in your bank. Judge, if you haven't stole' it yet, anyhow a couple of hundred thousand dol lars about two five now, I reckon, in case the interest hasn't et up all the principal, or you haven't been losing heavy at draw!" The Judge, eyeing him, thought,; He knows what he's talking about." "Now," went on Early Bill, "I've! got a job for each one of you horn toads, and I'm paying each one of you a dollar a day and found, high wages for you two. Judge, you go in there and hunker down at the table and write me those two wills. Make 'em just the same, giving, granting and disposing and so forth all I got. In one will, give everything to her. In the other give everything to him. And you date 'em both the same, as of today. You, Doc, you move that old trunk of mine to one side and yank up a cou ple of loose boards and hand me what you find. Let's go! Wages start when you start getting busy!" Doc Joe shoved aside a battered old leather trunk, scrabbled in the corner, got a couple of loose boards up and after some further scrabwith a bling came up, in his dusty small iron lock-bo- x hands. The box was eighteen inches long, about six inches in the other dimensions, and was provided with two locks, each set about six inches from the end. "I think it was that box of mine put the whole idea into my head," Early Bill said. "Having two locks like, notice? Look at 'em good. red-face- d Doc?" ," work. The Judge stood by, watching in a detached sort of way as though willing enough to stick around in Who's grunted. AS "You sure bled like a stuck hawg,' Doc Joe told him. sion, "I'm having me a barrelful of fun when I'm dead." Both his listen ers remembered that remark and were to recall it more than once in days to come. They figured that they knew Early Bill Cole pretty well, though they had to admit they'd had the pleas ure of his friendship for something like twenty or twenty-fiv- e years only. And that much longer ago than that he had had two friends who had meant much, very much to him. Forty years before, and more. there had rioted through the mountains a small company known far and wide as Hell's Triplets: Early Bill Cole, Busty Lee, Buck Cody. Busty Lee and Buck Cody were hap ly dead these many years, having been swept away together in a night of violence, and about all that they had left behind them was their va rious offspring. Busty Lee had left a daughter with little dower save her loveliness, and Buck Cody had bequeathed to the world a son and not much to go along with him. They knew that little Ann Lee was teach ing school somewhere or another and living with her Aunt Jenifer her aunt living with her, rather; and that young Cody was trying to make a mining engineer out of him self. All this they knew because old Bill had told them and that, with the first creeping of the shadow over him some months ago, he bad piled into the stage and had been away for a couple of weeks and had come back with that Claus gleam In his eye. "I looked 'em both over," he an"And they nounced triumphantly. didn't know me from Adam's off ox either, because I didn't happen to speak up. They're aces, Busty's and Buck's pups, and me, I'm going to have me some fun with them I" "After you're dead!" they grunt ed at him. "Yep!" And now he was getting ready for his fun. "In a minute. Judge, you're go ing to make me a couple of wills' "Hold on there, Billl Just because there are two legatees you don't need two wills!" He looked at Early Bill narrowly; maybe the old devil was too far gone already to know enough to make any sort of Willi Then in that case, everything, lock, stock and barrel would go to Ranee Waldron as nearest of kin the only kin, so far as Early Bill knew. though luckily distant . Short Course Yule Card Etiquette (TO coynsiED) JZ3 S-- For colli' coughs, cmjul congestion, muscle modern rneiliciiijnn in a ncheigi- I mulu. edtit banc 2bt, double mippjy 36. - extra convenient and the belted waistline makes it extra flatter- it PMtcrn No. 8232 is In sizes 12. 14. 2D and 4U. Size 14 jumper takes inch material; 2 yards ontra.-ainiblouse, short sleeves, material. yarcis 2o or Send j our order to: 18, yards ent-tr- Needed Solitude Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character. James Russell ing! -- "What about 'em," demanded Doc Joe. "They're just two locks " ''By the way," said Early Bill, "when you boys go out, send Cal Roundtree to me. Tell him to bring Gaucho. I've got me a great hunch! It's my ace in the hole!" "You're crazy like a hoot owl," snorted the Judge. "Doc just asked in you a question: What's this about two locks?" "Look at 'em good!" "I am looking They're different, that what you mean?" "Takes two different keys to open at this time, when Each 'em!" said a triumphant Bill Cole. Christmasyear cards are about to be ad the question always pops To two old porch-sitter- s in front dressed, in the mind: "How shall we sign up of the Bald Eagle Hotel came a them?" Here are a few hints and young man on horseback. The two, suggestions that will help you along watching everything that went on, in making your decision: smoking their after supper stogies, If you are a married couple all took stock of him when he first rode into town down at the far end of the you need to do is sign, "Jack and street. He rode straight to the ho- Jane." For those that would require more formal address, sign the card: tel, dismounted and approached. He and Mrs. Jack Jackson." "Mr. brown and was young and lean and If you have a small family you In the saddle he had been talL loosely graceful; one felt that for can sign the card: "Mr. and Mrs. all that seeming carelessness in his Jack Jackson, Sally and Jane." For way of riding, that if his horse had the informal address of the cards of a sudden sought to leap out from it could be: "Jim, Mary, Sally and under him he would still have been Jane. Jackson." It is always best sitting there in the saddle, confident to put the names of the child or and vaguely arrogant Here where children next to the mother's. men dressed as they pleased, this II you are a married woman, livyoung man struck a note. From ing alone, you can sign your card. d boots to the silk "Mary Brown Jackson" the Brown flashy, bandana, bright fed, around his being the maiden name. The genbrown throat and on up to his forty eral practice in such cases is also dollar hat, he displayed a touch of to put in parenthesis "Mrs. Jack elegance. A handsome young dark Jackson." devil, too, when they saw his face. Young ladies, single, just sign "Howdy, gents,", he greeted them, "Sally Jackson" or just "Sally." If and sat on the porch, holding his the acquaintance is casual Sally can horse's reins. He removed his hat precede her name with a "Miss" and ran his fingers through his hair such as "Miss Sally Jackson." that was inclined toward length, rich But at Christmas time, informaldarkness and curliness. ity is the general and prevailing Civilly they returned his greeting. note. Cards addressed to your "Howdy," they said. should be as informal as pos"I'm a stranger here," he told friends any affront to them. "You look like you belonged sible without causing receiving them. If you wish here. Maybe you can tell me the those can even add your own little you way to Bill Cole's ranch?" note as might a young lady personal him it to They directed him, telling man. Or as one pal her young was a couple of hours' ride, indicatwould to another whom he hasn't ing the short cuts to take on horse back. He said, "Thanks," rolled a seen, or heard from for a long time. cigarette, smoked half of it tossed the butt into the dust and stood up. "Only," said Doc Joe, "I don't Make Tree Fireproof know as they're wide open for com-p'n- y Bill now. Cole's sick." right This Way It's Easy "Sick? Say What's wrong? Nothing bad. is it?" "He ain't feeling any too good," You can fireproof your Christsaid Doc Joe. mas tree by a simple method of The young man eyed him In a pen- letting it absorb the proper amount of ammonium sulphate. First cut the etrating sort of way. "You might be the doctor?" he trunk of the tree at an angle or In a Judged. And Doc Joe nodded. "Well, "V" shape. Then weigh the tree and all the more reason I should ride divide the weight of ammonium sulalong. You see I'm his nephew. phate needed. Dissolve the indicated amount in water, using one and one-ha- lf My name's Ranee Waldroa" Waldron tarried a moment as pints for each pound of sulphate. though thinking some word might be Put this solution in a jar or bucket, added. When none was forthcoming set the tree in the solution in a cool he swung up into the saddle again, place and leave it long enough for lifting easily and somehow graceful- the tree to absorb the solution fully. ly, a man full of strength and youth Then the danger of fire is at minimum. and vitality, and rode away. They watched him out of sight Hmf." said the Judge then. "He had a hat" mused Doc Joe. 'First Footing' in Hritain "Yep. Wasn't any hole in it, Survives as Superstition though." In England the superstition about huh?" brooded "Ranee Waldron, the "first footing" still survives. Doc Joe. "Do you know. Judge, Someone must go into the house bethat old fool Bill Cole has some- fore anyone comes out in the new times struck me as a pretty fair year; otherwise some member of Judge of folks. This young Waldron, the family might pass away. MemI don't cotton to him much. I don't bers of the family may he seen paclike the cut of his eye." ing up and down the walk about 10 "Me neither," agreed the Judge. minutes before waiting for "I noticed we were both sorry he the whistle, somidnight he can come In didn't have a hole in his hat Let's out of the cold and bring good luck go get a drink." into hi home for another year, , BE high-heele- PATTERNS WING CIRCLE In Famous Poem By Clement Moore Santa Claus was born in N w York on a snowy December r..:! t He sprang full 120 years ago. grown, clad in red and white, v.ih eight reindeer and a sleigh, fiv.m the mind of Dr. Clement Clarke Moore when he wrote his fan us " poem, "A Visit From St. Nichob The legend of St. Nicholas Kirt come to the New world with t! ( Dutch settlers in the Seventh ih century. Gradually the name of that figure became San Niklaas later Santa Claus. There are several explanations of how Santa Claus happened to be corn, une siory tei.s umi mas eve, latt. ur. iviuuic driven to ms new ior nuu.c ... sleigh, and the tinkling of the bels on the horse's harness gave him inspiration for the verses. Another story tells that Dr. find Mrs. Moore were packing Christmas baskets for the needy and founi they were one turkey short. Though it was late. Dr. Moore went out to buy another. On his way home with the turkey under his arm he is said to have composed the poem. Dr. Moore read his poem to his children on Christmas morning. When a friend had the verses printed in a Troy, N. Y., newspaper, he denied writing them, but later admitted their authorship. The poem gained rapidly in popularity, and the picture it painted of old Santa has endured to this day. "His eyes, how they twinkled; his dimples how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry! His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow. 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