The Red Cloud chief., 1884-11-21
A ROOSTER.
Graphic Description of an Arduous and
Protractrd Struggle. Which ENDS In .
Victory but Little Better than Defeat.

Protraci~d struggle. Which Ends In .
Victory But Little Better than Defeat.
You throw of YOUR coat. AMI after a
half hours maneuvering succeed in get
ting the rooster headed oil in a corner.
where be stands cyeing YOU approach
with the most stocial indifference. lou
advance cautiously with arms spread
u on either side If your body. until
just rs YOU are congratula:ing yourself
on a speedy capture. and are beginning
to pity his innocence. he gently slips
over the fence and walks oil quite un-
conccrnedly. By this time YOU are
strongly inclined to lose your temper.
but YOU remember that getting mad will
not help the matter. 80 yo-I resolve To
try again, and start of whiSIiing cheer
fully. In due tine your game j. ''cor-
ncred.' This time YOU determine To
dispense with ali caution. and by one
swift. bold dash. secure Your prize. Ac-
cordingly YOU brace yourself in a con
tidcntial name and just ~ You mag
inc the fowl safely fallen of into a dozc.
make the descent. Alas. for the incon-
sistcncy Of human hopes and human
authorizations. Iou come down upon
vour hands ard knees and claw YOUR
fingers into the gravel sayagcly. so a. "a
start every nail; the rooster scream
loudly and iluttcrs up into your face.
cutting a cash in Your cheek with his
claw, and illing Your eyes with dust
and feathers until YOU are quite blind.
And your wife comes out at the back
stoop and wells to know if YOU will be-
all day catching hat chicken. and if vou
mean TO tear the place down. Your
blood is up to boiling pitch. and You
rush madly forward. regardless Of all
things save the object of YOUR wrath.
until suddenly you find yourself sprawl
ing flat upon the ground. in conse-
quencc of having inadvertently STUN
BLEED over an old ash-pan that YOU could
have sworn was safe in the house an
hour before. You rise. muttering i'm
precautions on the ash-pan and the per-
son that was always 'meddling with
other peoples things and o1ce more
turn Your attention to the rooster, who
has apparently become quite sanguine
over the prospect of escape. and is en-
loving himself ut the farther end Of the
BARNARD. After a series Of falls and
blunders. in,erminglcd with numerous
growls and groans, YOU succeed in
running him into an old clubhouse.
where he ensconces himself among the
barrels and hoops and miscellaneous
debris with which il is strewn. You
crawl in after him. confident that sue
cess will at last crown your labor. You
knock Your head against a beam and
tear pantaloons. and burst the buckles
off your suspenders. and finally sue
coed in VIGOROUSLY dragging forth the
terrified biped. You start for the house
eNultantly. wiping your brow As you
proceed, and thankful that your task is
Mt last ended. But who can describe
your emotions when. upon presenting
the fowl to your wife. she tells you.
with uplifted hands suggestive of the
deepest astonishment. that you have
not got the right one after all; that she
plainly told you to get the rooster with
the white tuft under his wing. and that
YOU car just turn him loose and 90
after the proper one, right straight.
BY the time the rooster with the white
tuft is captured. your dinner i
spoiled and your inclination 10 sleep
quite g~one.-BoSt0n Globe.