Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1880-11-26
A SUM MER FABLE.
Something After the Style of the Per-
sian


grow rich and high nosed, an old goose
suspended her frog hunting operations
in the pond and called her three dear
goslings about her for family chat
"My dear, dear daughters" she be-
gan, as she put up one foot to see if
her beau-catchers were properly curled,
81 am grieved that we are compelled to
reside in such a neighborhOod as this.
Since your father died and | got his
life insurance, | have found no one
here good enough for me to associate
with. You, too, have had hard time.
The young ganders around here are a
mud puddle set, and the old widowers
would have to be parboied a whole
week before wolf could chew them
We must continue to reside here for T.
time, but that is no reason why any of
you should remain single"
The goslings blushed and hid their
heads, as proper young goSlng5 should.
and the mother arched her neck and
continued:
"Of course, | want you all to marry
rich young ganders and put on the
style that becomes the daughters of a
goose like me. 1t is true that your
father was brought up with Il lame
dog, and that ! was glad enough to get
a mud hole to swim III, but things have
changed If | don't set the fashions for
this locality, at least lead the styles,
and no other goose dares quack her
mouth until give the signal
Here she plumed her feathers and
gave Il hiss which was heard clean
over to the barnyard, and the delighted
goSlingS swan around her and applaud
ed.
"TherefOre, my dear goslings, | had
planned a trip for us ALL AS rich
ganders do not seek us out, we will
seek for them While ! am none too
old to marry again, being far from an
old goose, | shall not allow the thought
to enter my head, but shall devote all
my time to securing suitable mates for
you. Arabella, you must pencil your
eyebrows and wear sad, far-awav
look and quote poetry. Viola. YOU
must he gushing and frank, and talk
about our bonds, and diamonds and
servants. Eleanor, you must seem in
nocent and cOnliding, and if you can
be found weeping now and then. it
Will surely lead TO a proposal. Now,
then, to get ready"
y few days later the quartette appear
ed at frog pond. much frequented bv
fashionable fowls and animals. ana they
had no sooner struck the water than
they created a swell.
The best places were everywhere re-
served for them, and such other geese
rs they could not swim over they stared
ont of cOuntenance and passed around.
Arabella Saddened, Viola gushed and
Eleanor wept, and three sleek looking
foxes. wearing mutton-chop whiskers
and speaking with a lisp, were caught
in the traps. Ii was Il happy idea to
have three weddings at once, and to be
in Il hurry about il before the foxes
could get away, and the plan was duly
carried out.
The honeymoon had only begun when
one fox was arrested for having too
many gosling wives \ second turned
ont To be Il bu2zard in disguise, and he
stole old Mother Goose's diamonds and
lit ont, while the third got drunk and
was smothered in the mud. When the
down-hearted and chagrined quartette
had waddled back to their own frog
pond, feet sore and feathers missing,
AMI ashamed To look old friends in the
face, drake walked down to the bank
ana said: "While | would not utter one
quack to add to your over-wrought feel
ingS, let me, in all kindness, gently re-
mark that the difference between mar
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