Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-02-05

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appeared goat with its legs spread
apart, its head bent down, It's eyes glis ]
tening and the hair between it's horns Il
standing straight, while the horns ii
themselves seemed to bristle with . new I.
and underlined purpose. .s Il
lis that aus gasped the unhappy
man. Then he bumped up his back 70 !
gather his knees under him, and imms-
diately vent down again on Ais faces u
That soas all but il appeared to be /,
lenough. The clouds ia the east were 4
concentrating their angry forces, and y
hurting them with matchless precision y
to the zenith The sun had 1isap- 4
peared behind them, and the damp hCl-
low breeze was increasing in tone. Mr.,
Cobleigh groaned and looked around.
"Poor Billy" he soothingly sng-
gested. fstii@ a% 7 ls4sa 1FSI7 ilte
The goat smiled. sssiss ssfss.
Mr.. Cobleigh Immediately prepared q
to raise again. It was Q slow process
for he was sore and lame. And as, he
struggled up there was not o thought in
his mind Of the triumph over his wife,
AT the same time Mr.. Cobleigh was inn u
pulsiyely urged forward on his face for
the third time. What Mr., Cobleigh
would have given utterance to on this
occurranee of the goats attention, was 4
prevented by the shere force Of the blow
which completely deprived him OF u
breath, and sent o sensation in bis {;
th roat as if that valuable member was
being peeled in the wrong direction.
For moment he lay there IN deep
thought, with his mouth wide open and i
| his eyes protruding. Then he languid-
ly raised his head and glanced to the !.
rear. The goat was there, which might
have been gratifying fact under other
circumstances. Mr.. Cobleigh looked 8
long and thoughtfully at the a1imal.s
The angry clouds had reached the zen- i
ith. A drop OF rain gently fondled Mr..
Cobleigh's left ear. This reused him.
"Poor Billy" he said insinuatingly,
at at the same time observing 10 him
self" II ever I get ont Of tnis I'll I
smash your ugly skull, consarn your. \,
ugly picture. Then be softly added
/" Pretty Billy, nice little goateel Pret-
ty Billy want cracker ?'' and Mr.. Cob
leigh looked beseechingly benevolent at
tho animal. ss 3a h. sa M sy
4 The goat smiled outright, ,.
u Mr.. Cobleigh looked earnestly at him.
| St;n fhe coat smiled Mr.. tobleich
bav;n . assured himseH ON this ,,o;nf
proceeded to gather himself up again.
having taken the precaution to place his
left hand carefully over that portion of
his anatomy which had appeared the
most conspicuous to the goat. Then
he went over again with q velocity that
drove every spark of wind from his
body and crowded his vision with o se-
ries of remarkable brilliant constella-
tions. considering the dull state of busi-
ness generally.
! As soon as he could recover bis
breath, Mr.. Cobleigh yelled out at the
full extent of his lungs. The raindfopa
They pelted him on the head. and trick
| led through his hair. and rolled merrily
/ down his back. Mr.. Cobleigh called
again. His hat was fully Eve yards
ahead of him; sitting on its crown. and
catching full of glad rain. MIR. Cob
| leigh howled and looked around. The
4 goat was still smiling. 8 - 4 -. !. s.. I,
i "Oh. YOU old fraudl" sobbed TIE url-
happy man. Still it was not o mali
[cious goat. 1t smiled just as freely and
unconciouslyas if it was sitting on ysl-r
4 vet carpet in circus. But Mr.. Cob
leigh was not deceived. .s, +, : I
! UT,et ma mn rol darn voup, ha
scraamed And he estrncT The rar;alv
moistenino eaIth with his fst. ana 8