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About Cloverdale courier. (Cloverdale, Tillamook County, Or.) 190?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1917)
K—■— —, How ■ ...... ............. T the Cats Came to Strongsville Uy M. Q U A D Copyright, 1UIG, by the McClure Newspuper Syndicate. >- --------- ----------------- »: It was not Ilezckiuh King's fault th a t he was horn a half w it and with a twisted leg besides. IIis iiarents died when he was ten years old, and lie/, lie« ante a sort of child outlaw. He wandered here and there till he finally settled In Strongsville. lle z found the funning « lass much more sympathetic than the villagers, hilt he was imposed on by them to a certulu degree. When he had got to he a youth of fourteen or llftccn lie could hoe corn or jiotat«ies or chop and split wood as well as almost any man. They would hire him by the wee!; and give him such food and lodgings as they saw tit, and when he was through with his w eek he w as given some old < hit lies «•r a few cents in money. The years passed on until llc/.ckiuh w as twenty, and he w as more of an «iut law than ever. A man iinincd 1*.rooks went to work In the saw mill ut Strongs vllle. He was an <ild bachelor, and lit* rented a small lious«> and lived alone. In passing the boy on the street one «lay ht* must have given tin* victim a look of sympathy, for when he g«it back to bis house tiguin lie found He/.ekiali seated on his dotirstep. He invited him in and gave him a meal an I a good l»ed. From that day the unfortunate hud a home. T o make elear what followed the reader must know Unit Strongsville had a strong antipathy t«icats. it was f«iuii(l«*il on sanitary principles. Tlu*re had once been an epidemic «if scarlet fever ami again an epidemic of meu- sles, and tin* doctors had agreed that the germs «if lioth were cnrri. ' from Innist* to house by the felim* po, . . i 1«ui. Th u s it came about that the eats were exterminated to the last one and tin* mice had a play day ever.« day in the yeur. Tin* ohl bachelor learned this fact as soon as lie talked of renting a house in the villagi*. lie was told that If In* brought a «at along with him sin* would certainly be poisoned «»tY in short order. One «lay a f te r llezcklah had had a home f«ir six month« lie went to work for a certain farmer at wages s e t by Mr. Krooka, who bad become a guard ian to him. After working for three or four «lays He/.ekiali unearthed a box tif gold coin amounting to $o.ono. Tlu*\ were F.nglisli coins and had be«*n burled In tin* long ago so long n- o that the box bad Isvonie luero punk. He c a r ried the moiu'.v home will» him wrap ped in his old coat, and it s«*nt forth metallic clinks as it was thrown on tin* table. 11«* was smiling almost for the tlrst tinn* in a year, and a fte r all effort h«* managed to say “ I «lug It out «>f the ground.” “Dili you tell the farm er?" asked Sir. Itrtioks when lie had re««>vered from his astonishment. “ Not a word," was replied. "W e ll," ««»utlimed tin* old bachelor after the moiic> had I «*>n counted, “ tills timl tins made ymi ri li. but «lou't sa.v anything about it to any one. Tin* l*eople >>f this town ha\«* u-«sl you sham efully, and I want t<> see you get even with them You know «vital I mean, don’t you'.-” In reply lle/.ekhlh's fine light« »1 tip. Mini In* tuslded his head. II«* bad been a w a re for a long time that in« one Und played hint fair, but In* felt Ids help lessness tt* resent it. In thinking ln»w Tie mb lit revenge the young matt's wrongs tin* old bach elor brought up tin* «at «picstlon. and In* soon bail Ids plans laid. T h e next tin pe<l«ller that came along was slop I » «I .-««■■ 1 !n*l<t In n r h s t e ■ I'tiveis ition f«>r half an hour, and then he wiukgd and laughed and drove away. He store 1 his tinware temporarily ami loaded up - 0 0 felines in its place. T h a t wagon re-entered the village at 11 o’clock at night, when every man. woman and child was sleeping his first sleep, it paused in front of the town hall, and tin* door was opened, and tin* cats cam e bouncing out. T w o hundred cats might have been exterm inated In time, but Ihe till p«*d- tll«*r r« turued next evening with 200 more re-enforcements and again the third night. T h e town had now beeu turned into a cat town. It hu«l more cats walking the fence's or seated h round the back «h ors then any town of f«>ur times Its Si/o in this state By night it was a eon.slant serenade that prevent«*«! sleep ex« ept at brief inter vals. Th ere were enough eats to < ar ry the germs of a dozen epidemics. It Is a i at town today Men were hired by the week to shoot or trap them, but kittens were b< rn about as fast as old eats were killed «*1T. and at last tin* people gave rp an I settled down to bear tin* infliction with what pains they could. A fter the eat invasion was a mouth old the bachelor said to tin* h alf wit: "Ilez ek ia h , yon know what n <*at is don't you?” Ile/.ekinh nodded and grlnne«!. “ A fter paying all expenses of dump ing boo cats into Strongsville I have $4,500 of your gold left. I am going to put it in the bank for you and send you to New York city to see If the* surgeons can make you over I hope they will be able to help you. I f they «an t. you can come back home and live with me the rest «>f your life. Do you understand what 1 mean?” T h e surgeons lu*'p«*d him s o m e - enough so that when be caught sight «>f twelve or tifteen <*ats sunning them selves on some hou* «'holder's veranda hi* etuild appreciate the situation ami go home and sa.v to Mr Brooks: “T h e re were .lust three barrels ot c a ts on Brown's verand:« iu°t three barrels and Brown was mu there looking at them, ami looking very sail ’ I hmker Bros, for all kinds of oluinl ing, bath mom out tits and tixtures. Til lamook. ( tre. Quality Counts r« • I In ever line of Merchandise, hut none more especially than in HARD W ARE Our large stock is in every instance the V»est that can he had and our aim will he to k e e p the high standard up. Builders’ Hardware, Tools I Shelf and Heavy Hardware j Stoves Ranges, Farm and Garden Tools And everything usually kept in a first-class hardware store, and all goods are of the best quality. I I Alex McNair & Co., TiUamook,Ore. § The Evening Telegram, daily, and tilt* Cloverdale Courier, both Subscrilie for the Cloverdale Couriei papers one year for So.00. f TA K E I THE WHITE C one AUTO STAGE — FOR— friend tells another w h y y $ b MV POUCH OF W B CUT T O B A C C O ISN’ T A S B» 0 A S Y O U R L O O S E PAPER S A C H . 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