The weekly Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 1882-188?, 1886-11-04
CLINTON CAROLINA, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 4, 1885,

mid, tho Guernsey eludlng him By
turr:ng hort corner.
Asw it chanced that IN old fruit
ueasfr sweeping around bis stand,
whu hls oa towards them. Tho
PFihfess BRUSHED past him with her at. j
moss momentum; before h.s realized
" haf struck him lie threw mp both hands
and fell apains: the corner OF his fruit
stanh, upsetting it.
-. Bilkins saw ii all in one agonized
elai Zee, as he sped by after his property,
VIII had now turned into an alley.
iTesently he saw new danger for
the valuable caif--a policeman at the
endsof tie passage-way, who, beholding
herlapproach with shouting crowd in.
purEiit, evidently took it to be case
OF h arophobia that ought to be exter-
nNttcd. This fact flashed into Mr..
~ xas, mind as he saw him taking a
stshd with upraistd club. He'leit
thai il would surely descend fatally up
on tie skull of the Princess, and all tie
golden possibilities of her future would
be eytinguishcd forever, and she be
worth only the price per pound of ordi-
nary veal.
Wait. Hold on! Don't spoil the
critter.' he shouted.
The officer did not hear. but braced
himself for the conflict The Princess
seeEed to reason that retreat was cut
off by the crowd. and with a valor
worthy OF herself, charged at the enemy
in front
She was too quick for him; his war
like attitude suddenly collapsed; for a
few seconds he seemed to he riding the
calf backwards, while the crowd roared
with laughter, then he fell to the
ground.
At the end Of the alley was large
pro .ision store. Rather than enter the
noisy street, the Princess ran IN there,
making straight for the opposite door,
which was then wide open.
She avoided instinctively the rows of
baskets for customers, containing meat,
Vegetables, butter and eggs, and might
have got out without damaging any
thing if an old lady who was leaving hau
not closed the door after her.
Little did the good dame think, as she
walked slowly homeward, after order
ing the dinner, what a whIrlwind she
let loose in the quiet shop by just shut
! ing the door. For it threw the GUERNSEY
into q panic Of fright; she whirled
about to rctrace her steps, heard her
pursiers, and became almost. frantic
rIer hoofs stamped choice butter, and
crushed several parcels of eggs, to the
horror of the provision deaier, who kept
! shouting:
somebody's got to pay for this!"
This ended the race of the Princess,
! for Mr. Bilkins very soon secured her.
and was trying to explain matters salts
factorily to the bespattered policeman.
What does this mean, sir2" asked the
officer. "We can't have calves runni ng
/ loose in the streets of Boston!'
Il hadn't no idea she'd get loose.
Way, we boxed her up ourselves, Orrin
-fnat's my hired man-and me. Gale
70 sc iicr si.gol.kyiis- 81 ad 81
cd lman here in Boston to carry her
aGssy. and if the cars hadn't footed and
started, the horse and upset the box, and
there'd been better nails stead O. Orrin s
butts, we wouldn't a been here ]
wsuldn't had it happen for a five-dollar
! bill i"
Five dollars!'' SAID the store keeper
~ want that for the damage done
herei"
IL can't be responsible for what the
critters DONE"
f'It's your calf, isn't it p answered
the store keeper. ''Course you're re-
sphnsible, but I'll figure the thing down
fine; | don't want to makeanything Out
Of you"
lie hastily estimated the cost as three
dc iars and ninety-four cents. NY Bii
kihs was paying this when the fruit
veyder appeared. breathlcss and angry
TDot beast smashed mine whole pees
ness! Somepody's dot TO pay for dis
must have FIVE dollar!n
Fr. Bilkins finally settled with hin
forlthree dollars and aiso gave the pc
lic,iman two dollars, which SO modified
that worthy, that he assisted in getting
, the calf into the expressman,s hand
again.
when she was secured by stron,
rope, Mr.. Bilkins wiped his heated brov
and prepared to consult his ancient sill
yer watch. 1t -was gone, lost in hi
, great run! He told the bystanders
, mol,rnfully, that he wouldn't have takel
fifty dollars for it, as it was his grand
fathers
} What Kind of watch was it 2" in
quired the officer. "It may be hande'
in FL take your address, and let yo
know if it does tu2pp;''
nothing,'s said Mr-Sg&ins. fervently
"Wel, it had a large sized silver case
was an English pinch back; had one
them ring chains and ornamunt. Wei
f coed by, friends, one and ALL"
t Mr.. Bilkins rode away. He was nc
$ seen by any Of h;sz aeauaintances fs
S two days. Th ffxed at his ow
Z farm, wiser Hldh bS me various expt
e. riences he had passed through TIL
raridiy acquired knowledge had co:
lsasi sTssafes the watch. tilirty-four do
$ lars and eighteen cents, he havin
9 brought home out of the seventy fly
5 dollars. but forty y-five dollars and eight,
s two cents.
{ 81 can put my finger on the veal
spot in the whole thing" he told O
/ rim. GIVE started wrong 1t ws
n these butts of your'n. 1t don't do I
i use poor nails. The next time we sell
Il calf. propose to hayeza regular ma
n make the box, and have no more mea
II uring with rake handles!' - Youth
e Oonf,anton.