The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-11-16
THE ARISTOCRATIC GOOSE AND
HER GOsL1NGs.
A MODERN FABLE.

One day when summer had begun
her business Of blistering the ears of
small boys. and helping the ice men 10
grow rich and high-nosed. an old
goose suspended her frog hunting op-
erstions in the pond and called her
three dear goslings sb1ut her for 9
family chat.
MY dear. dear daughters. she began,
as she pat up one foot to see if her
boAu- catchers were properly curled.
i am grievsd that We are compelled to
reslde IN such o neighb0rhood as this
Since your father died aud / got his
life insurance, I have found no one
here good enough for me TO associate
with. You. too. have had hard time.
The young ganders ar,nnd here are
mud puddle set. and tue old widowers
would have 10 be parboiled a whole
week before o wolf could chew them.
We must continue To reside here for a
,imr. bat that is no reason why any of
you should remaia single
the gosliDgs b!dshed ahd hid their
heals as proper young & goslings should.
and the mother arched her neck and
continued:
OF course, want you all 20 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 a lame
doS. and that was glad enough to get
q mud hole to swim in, but things
have changed. II don't set the fash.
ions for this locality | at least lead the
tyles. and no other goose dares qu.ek
her mouth until give the signal.
Here she plumed her feathers and
gave hiss which was beard clean
over to the barnyard. and the delighted
gosiings swan around her and ap-
plauded.
Therefore. my dear goslings. have
planned trip for as all. As rich gan
ders do not seek us out. We will ssek
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 deyote all my
time to securing suitable mates for
you. ArsbellA. you must pencil your
eyebrows, aud wear a sad, far-away
look aud quote poetry. Viola. you
must be gushing and frank. and talk
about our bonds and diamonds and
servants. Eleanor. you must seem in
nocent and eonfding. and if you can be
fonnd weeping now aud theu, it will
surely lead to q proposal. Now. then,
to get ready
A few days later the quartet appeared
at frog>pond much frequented by
fashionable fowls and animals, and
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
as they could not swim over they stared
out Of countsnance and passed around
Arabella saddencd. Viola gushed. and
! Eleanor wept. and three s,esk-looking
Foxes, wearing mutton-chop whiskers
and speaking with lisp, were caught
in the traps. IL was happy idea to
have three weddings at once and be In
. hurry about It before the Foxes
could get away. and the plan was duly
carried ont.
The honeymoon had only begun
when one Fox was arrested for having
too many gosiirg wives. A seccnf
! turocd out to be a buzzard in disguise
ani he stole old mother Goose's dia
mond~ and liz nut. while the third go
drunk and WAS smothered in the mud
( Whom the down hearted aud chasrine6
! quartet had wsidled back to theii
own frog.pond, feet sore and feather
missing, and ashamed to look oh
friends in the face, drake walket
down to the bank and said: While
would not utter one quack to add t
your over-wrought feelinga let me il
all kindness gently remark that tn
differ nee between marrying q hom
gander or foreign fox is seldom seer
BY goose. until s. has been bake
and eaten.