Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-08-26
Tho Goats Revenge.
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Batavia. my friends" said the fat passen-
ger, sis the home of the late lamented Mr..
Morgan. Mr. Morgan, in his day, WAS .
goat rider Of considerable celebrity But he
vent back on the goat. Here is the Office
Of the Adrocdfe one Of the weekly papers Of
Batavia. In this print shop. in the days Of
the Adrocafe's ancestor. Mr.. Morgan print
ed book, and told all about the bad habits.
the deceitful tricks and the bad ways Of the
goat. He gave the frolicsome animal Of the
Lodge away, bad. He described his amuse-
men,s he told how he did it and what he
called il. He just told all about it, and lit
orally took the goat BY the horns. which Mr..
Morgan aserred were not the only kind
of. horns taken in the Lodge.
fhe detected animal brooded over his
wrongs. lie felt that Mr.. Morgan's ofiense
was rank. II couldn't have been much rank
er than the goat. but the goat didn't think Of
that. He only though, Of revenge He
had his revenge. One summer nigh, the
goat backed ou, Of his closet. got out Of the
window in the Lodge room and aid noise
lessly down the lightning rod I've can see
the same lightning rod few blocks further
onl. That very nigh, the doomed and recre-
an, Brother Morgan vas ou, taking walk
in the starlight. The grea, exposer s,rayed
carelcssly down one stree; and another, his
hands clasped behind his back and his head
ben, in thought As he walked with an un-
even gait. his back s~ayed to and fro with
what An ordinary goat might consider u
challenge gesture. He did no, look around
and 80 he did not see a terrible figure that
followed him. A gloomy, threatening, fear
full shape; part Of the night. bu; not Of it.
Nov and then. "a il came close to Mr.. Nor
gan. il would raise itself up in the air with
its head ben; down. as though in mockery
of it, victims attitude. and for a brief sec
ond il would retain this attitude. looking in
the gloom like shadowy letter S with legs.
Then i, would l,, down and pause to ca,
circus poster. and having finished this frugal
lunch. il would hasten on Gfter the doomed
Morgan.
BY and by the traitor stood on the bridge
over the To~anda- lie folded his arms.
crossed his legs and leaned easily upon the
parapei- Al that instant the goat ran up TO
short range. unlimbercd. and wen; into bat
tery action rear. lie Strengthened himself
/ up like lightning rod. then he curved him
self into an Interrogation point. then be sho,
himself out horizontally and came down in
one time and two motions.
lie ba,ied Mr. Morgan. He only bu,,ed
him once but once was all the bill called
for. II Vas an immense success. The doors
weren't open ten minutes before the house
vas crowded; standing room all gone, and
| the las; man that came in had to leave his
cane outside. The goats neck cracked like
. torpedo with the conclusion. and IL Is on
the records of the Lodge tha, he wore po-
| rous plaster on his back for the next two
weeks. Nothing like j, had ever happened
in his family since his great grandfather hired
himself out TO Augustus Cgsar for q Roman
ca;apuli.
| As for Mr.. Morgan. he was amazed. and
panied. and disappointed Disappointed be-
cause he could not die right away, and be
done with il. He vas at loss to know Just
what had happened. and was surprised that
l no one else felt the shock Of the earthquake.
| Whrn he landed against the side Of noun
tain abou, four miles the other side of the
creek. he began TO realize the terrible truth.
| He was seized with an intense, slekening
| fear of all goats and no wonder. The mex,
day when he was standing at the mantle
piece eating his dinner, he laid his hand on
| his heart, which had been knocked clear up
| into the back of his neck. and took u SOL
emn oath that he would 60 ~hero he never
| again could see, hear, feel or smell a goat
especially feel. Mr.. Morgan seems to have
been a man who didn't have any too
much regard for the sanctiiy Of an oath. bu,
circumstances assisted him in keeping his
now. lie started TO escape from the presence
| Of goats the next day.
Naturally, when he hid himself from the
| nod of the headsirong and erratie goat, he
disappeared from the eyes Of men. He could
n, help il. Wherever he found men. there
we're goats. II he slept in the stable. the
goat vas there, breathing sweet perfumes
from his cashmere locks. He found them on
the dreary mountain side, fa,tening on the
dried moss Of centuries. II he went TO the
crowded cities the goat While he soiennly
chewed bits Of t~lne and tomato can labels,
looked at Mr. Morgan eonvivially. as who
should say, Brother Morgan. YOU has nv
eve" II he went into the pa,hless desert
the goa, me, him and hospitality invited him
to "have a cactus" and so he aed, speeding
| With the wings Of fear. and bones Of aching
memories To spur him on. far. far from the
haun,s Of men and goats. And he Was new
er seen again. and he never came back. This
is the true story Of Morgan's disappearance,
for are we no, here in the very village where
he livej' Are We not standing on the very
ground where il all occurred, DO not We
know since we are here' l, has been said
that Morgan's fate was an awful one, tha,
the Free and Expected Masons ate him up
that they run him through a straw cutter;
that they bought his boy tin horn tina,
they told his wife that his gun WASH, loaded
and then buried him at lonely place where
two roads meet, and with All ash stake driv-
en- through his heart. Many are the wild
and unreal stories told Of his disappearance,
but"
The sad passenger paused impressively.
"But?' the fat passenger said interroga-
lively.
butt" the sad passenger said conclu-
siyely.