The Red Cloud chief., 1880-12-09
The A~ris;scraiic t;ss~e aai Her ties.
llng~-l asirru Fable.

ONE day when samns kai begun
her business OF olistertug the ears 1t
small boys. and helping the tce men to
crow rich and h~ich-nosed. N old GosssH
suspended her fros-haniing operations
ia the pond and called her three lear
guslings about her for n family chat
My dear. dea. daughters, b be-
ian. n she put up oac ioo; Ia see u her
brau-cztchsrs were property CURED.
-. am grieyei that VIC are compelled
TO reside in such 4 nsishbOrho-St As
this. Since yoar father died and lgot
his life insurance. ] have found no u
here good enough for me Ia associate
with. You. too. have had \ hard time.
The young ganders around here are =
mud puddle se;, and the Old widowers
would hare 10 b. parboilei n whole
week before n wolf could chew them.
We mus; continue Ia reside here Tor 4
time. bu, that i no reason Why any .!
you should remain single"
The gosl.ng. blushed and hid their
heads. a. proper young guslings should.
and the mother arched her meek and
cont nned:
"Of course. ! want YOU nj ~ marry
rich Young gamblers and put on the siS!e
that becomes the daughters of = goose
like me. IL i true that yunr father Was
brought up with 4 lame dos. and that |
wa glad enough - get a mud hole %
swim in. but things have changed. II
1 don't set the fashions for this locality
| a, leas, lead the STYLES. and no other
goose darcs guack her mouth until |
give the signal .
Here she plumed her feathers and
rave 4 hiss which was heard clean over
To the b~arnyard. and the delighted Cos
lings swan around her and applaudct.
Therefore, my dear goslings. have
planned n trip for US all. A. rich gan
ders do not seek Us out. We will seek
for them. While | am none too old -
marry again. being far from an old
goose. ! shall not allow the thought 10
enter nv head. but shall devote all my
time { o securing suitable mates for YOU.
Arabella, you must pencil YOUR eve
brows. aud wear u sad. PARKWAY look
and quote poetry. Viola. YOU must be
gushing aud frank. and talk about u
bonds and diamonds and servants.
Eleanor, YOU must seem innocent and
c%oniiding. and il you can be found
weeping now and then. it will surely
lead to a proposal. Now, then. to get
ready
A few DAYS later the quartet APP
peared at a frog-pond much frequentei
by fashionable fowls and animals, and
they had no SCORER 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 owe they stared
out Of countenance and passed around.
Arabella saddened, Viola gushed. and
Eleanor wept, and three sleek-looking
Foxes. wearing m%utton-chop whiskers
and speaking with a lisp. were caught
in the traps. Ii was a happy idea to
have three weddings u; once and he in
a hurry about it before the Foxes could
get away, and the plan was duly car
ried out.
The honeymoon had only begun when
one Fox was arrested for having too
many gosling wives. A second turned
u To he a buzzard in disguise, and he
stole old Mother GooSc's diamonds and
lit out, while the third got drunk and
was smothered in the mud. When the
down-hearted and chagrined quartet
had waddled back TO their W frog
pond, feet sore and feathers missing.
and ashamed to look old friends in the
face, a drake walked down to the bank
and said while | would not utter
one quack to add to your overweight
feelings, let me in all kindness gently
remark that the difference between
marrying a home gander or a foreign
fox is seldom seen by a goose until she
has been baked and eaten. "-Detroi!
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