The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-05-18
MoLoNEY'S NEW GOAT.
The Trouble that q Newsp Der
Item Caused q Little Boy


A small aud sparsely frecklet
Na,oma street boy sat IN the polio,
court dock yesterday morning, weep
ing bitterly. Heswas charged by hi.
father with disturbing the peace and
leading dessolate life. and the In
dustrial School Burglars Infant elias.
yawned before him. Between hi,
penitent sobs he told his story in a
weil-bred, straightforward manner
that very favorably impressed both
the Judge and spectators. His name
wa- MoIoney. His father was con
tractor, who, with four carts aid
several tons of cobble-.tone> that he
had laid down as new and taken up
rs old on nine different street blocks AT
the expense of the city. managed Ia
earn an honest political living. They
took newspaper. aud the unfortunate
boy read on Monday last an in
cendiary item to the effect that Frank
Buckland. the naturalist, had dis
covered that the goat Was an excel
lent thing TO keep in stable along
with horses, as it would face fire and
the horses would follow it through
flames. He thought it over. He
wanted to show his father What a
thoughtful and considerable boy he
was. Besides. he wanted goat. He
went down on Riueon Hill and found
one. Ii MAS a goat Of Irish pro-
clivities and ownership, ot the male
gender. Would 1t face fire? 1t would.
1t would face ANYTHING from giant
powder explosion to Missouri tor
nado, and get away with ii. What
WIS il regular food. Anything that
came handy. II wasn't expensive to
keep. Ii had lived for month on
shinglen nails and oyster-cans and the
different ropes with which he had
been tethered. Would the man sell
il? He would. Not only that. he
had more goats than he could proper
iy cultivate and train and he would
give this one away because he liked the
little BOYS looks. Could he take IT
now, lie could. And the poor, I'M
suspected little boy saw not through
the false and designing scheme of the
goat man. They started for Natoma
street down First, the goat leading
the bow
The latter proposed {" 20 straight
home, but the former hadn't seen the
foundrieS ar the ferry. or the w"rk on
the sea wall at North Beach for some
time. and he thought az he hai time,
he would inspect it. He felt pretty
good, for a goat Whenever a horse
went by, or dog hove in sight, he
would get up on his hind legs and walk
Spanish, while the dogs let out for the
Mission. and the children on the front
piazzas had fits on an average of about
eight to the block The boy recited
the Lords prayer in ejaculatory SEC
tons. and stayed with him. The
tension on the rope. except
when the goat stopped to
climb over fence and inspect
a garden. or wrestle with choice bit
of boiler iron, was very irving.
Finally. the goat got an idea. and
ricochetied up Mission street in jumps
that would have sprained the ankle
of any goat but him. The boy acted
as rudder. aid steered him to Natoma
street. Ii was after dark. There was
hay in the stable, Visible through the
open door. The goat debated the
matter for while. and then went i'm.
The boy said nothing about the in
ves.ment TO his kind and loving
parents. He was a little in doubt.
When he crept into his little bed and
heard dull thud at short intervals,
followed b. the soIintering of
,imbers. he knew that the goat was
practicinc on the bran box and max
ing bulls eve every time. By and
by it grew silent, and he trembled for
the fate of the harness. and hoped
that buckle would choke his darned
Fortunately his father
was down at the grocery and knew
nothing. He would come home so
full of politics that he couldn't tell
goat from a six-bit umbrella un,es,
the goat had a chance to explain. He
hoped that his father would not go "a
the stable. lie PRAYED that he
wouldn't. He had faith and con
,iierce ia his father. but he doubted
that goat. The three-dollar clock in
the bedroom struck IL. and he knew
bv that that it wac quarter 10 II.
and that the old man would he along.
He heard him coming. Heard the
gate slam, and then. first ilemblinglv
and then in anguish. heard his fathers
going toward the stable. He
heard the paddock rattle, heard the
door swing wide open. and then he
heard a whizz. a spasmodic pull as If
a small balloon had bursted. and then
a skiffing noise as the heels of his
fathers boots slid along the planks
and he fell backward in the mud. /.
about eight feet and three-quarters
from the door. He raised the window
and looked weeping and silent on the
scene. lie knew what the goat could
10. and he knew that the epidermis on /
MS fathers abdomen had been driven
lat against his spine. 1t was hard to /
nis hear dear father gasp like gold fish .
Is he tried to initiate himself again. +
Finally he forced down enough wind
or meager conversational purposes.
lie said:
g. the ---i,,,"
There was no resnOnse