The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-04-13
TOO GOOD.NATURED.

| They mad fearful time over at Cad.
| tiy's one day last summer. "Old man
Chirrup' came sauntering along, when
he observed that Gadfly's front gate was
wide open to the street. In fac, it was
set to its farthest backward limits by
the aid of piece ofstick.
Now, Chirrup is one OF those good
natured, benevolent souls, who are
never at rest unless giving assistance
| to something or somebody. Several oil
his acquaintance say this is busybody
meddllng, and that it would be very
much better if he would attend to his
own affairs and let those of other people
alone.
| On this special occasion the old gen
tleman was bubbling all over, SO to
speak, with consuming desire to ren.
der his valuable assistance, and he eX-
claimed, "AhP' fastening to replace the
gate into Its rightful position; "some
wicked boy has done this. What a
shame! Such mischievous boys ought
TO be severely punished. There! IL s
all right now, and "a mighty lucky thing
l happened along just when l did, OF
neighDor Gadf1y's cabbages aud flowers,
like as not, would have been all tramped
10 destruction by some stray COW OF an
other"
just here Chirrup lifted his eyes TO-
ward the house in anticipation OF CRATE
full approval, when his ears were as
sailed by tremendous uproar coming
up from the rear, which seemed to be a
cOmmingling Of 1nfuriated yells and
frightened screams, added to the bang
and thud of sticks and flying missiles,
and the shrill snaps of a yelping cur.
Chirrup became SO startled, he stood
with mouth agape valnly trying to COL
lect his scattered senses, when he was
horritied by the sudden appearance of a
maddened cow, with head lowered
and tail brandlshed up aloft, gallop-
ing through the shrubs and flowers d.
rectly towards him. He had but time to
spring aside, when the desperate aui-
NAL took short veer round and plunged
like resistless avalanche over new
route into the mellow garden-beds back
to the rear. Chirrup had barely time to
gaze wildly down the yard and ejacu-
late "Bless my soulp ere there sounded
piercing shrek, in female voice, fol-
lowed by second furious plunge OF the
COW along the shrubs and flowers, and
out with a crash through the center
panel Of the new picket-tenceI
Chirrup wrung mis- hands in fright
ened tremor, and gasped, Dear, dearIp
at the moment Gadf1y, literally purple
from oVeF-eXertlon and the eXasperated
state of his feelings, tore into view. In
his hand he bIandished broken clothes
prop which had been battered to pieces
in his infuriated chase after the COW,
Often his eye fell on Chirrup and the
closed gate, and in one swift glance he
had taken IN the fearful wreck of his
new fence, he stood for briet second or
two fairly gasping at his throat in the
vain effort 10 unDurden himself of the
pent-up fury boiling within. Then he
screamed:
"Did you shut that gateW
"Ye-yesW Chirrup fagtered. 81
thought"
"You thoughtw Gadfy yelled in
voice of such concentrated rage and
contempt as ne mere words can begin to
do justice to, and with savage snap OF
his teeth as il grinding the wretched
Chirrup to powder. "DOggon you! you
everlasting idiot couldn't you see the
gate was propped open on purpose? For
two pins I'd mash your meddling FOOLS
head. Yah! You did it to keep the
COWS out3 You laundering jackassl
You shut the COW ini Dye hearl You
shut the gate when 1 had that internal
crilter tearing up and down the yard.
and I'd set it wide open to get it out!
Dern your blamed busybody hide, all
through your meddling the garden is
twice as badly torn up, ten dollars
worth of front fence is smashed into
eternal smash, and Mrs. Gadfy hunted
into the chicken-cOopV-[ Puck.