The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-01-02
A P,ayAal Goat.
IPeek% Sas.,


 Once in . while thing will happen on the street 50 ridiculous as to caHse those who witness it to remem Der it to their dy> Ing day. Indeed, so comicai is the sight that were they to call 1t to mind at tu- neral they would laugh in spite of them selves. Such scene was recently wit messed over on the west side by a street. car load of people, as well as several pc destrians who happened along as that moment. A prominent west side society lady was walking quietly along in an ab. sent-min1 led sort of way, when suddenly handsome large goat of the Billy species hove in sight and came gallopirS toward the lady with an l-own.the-street l. expression in his large, liquid. fawn-like eyes. Anyone at all familiar with the habits of our American goat is aware that in a case of this kind the safest place is on top of high board fence, but the lady in question had probably never as- sociated with goats to any great extent and so when he came charging down upon her, she quietly backed up In a cor ner of the fence, spread her umbrella be- fore her as she would shield, and bTavely stood her ground, undoubtedly thinking that the act would frighten bis goa,ship, and leave her in full possession of the field. Those who witnessed the charge say that on sight of the umbrella the goa, fairly smiled for joy, but whether that be so or not is hard to say may be they im- agined that he smiled, but nevertheless, he raised upon his hind legs as if he en- joyed the joke hugely. and then as though changing his mind he suddenly straight ened out as stiff as Ire rem cat, and made a dead center shot upon the umbrella with his head. IL was very evident that the lady was unprepared for this, for she got down upon all tours aud yelled like a Comanchc Indian with flock of hornets browsing upon different portions of his anatomy. A gentleman. also we'll known in society, came rushing up at this mo ment, and without paying any attention to the goat, who was quietly munching away upon the contents ot one of the lady's packages, which, to the occupants of inc car, looked very much like rev ua defwear of the female persuasion, pro, ceeded to assist the unfortunate lady to her feet The goat seemed to know wha, was coming, and watched the man out of the corner of his eyes till his position was such that well directed blow from be- hind would drive the man head frs, through the fence. As tho man was just about to lift the lady to her feet the goa, seemed to be satisfied with his position and after biting of the undergarmen, that he was chewing, part of which was already down his throat, he snoTted shook his head, aud shot through the air with a swiftness that made the wind fairly whistle as i, blew through his whiskers There was untitled sound not unlike the proverbial dull thud," and once more the lady bit the dust, while the only thing that saved the gentleman who so gal. lant!y came to the rescue from having a broken head was his plug hat, which came between his cranium and the fence Once more the lady yelled from "do !" to high C, while the man said "so boss, SO boss" but Billy" wasn't sha, kind of a boss. He seemed to feel iusulted to think that anybody would spring a foreign Ian. guage upon him, and to demonstrate his feelings he let go again just as the gen. tleman was trying 10 arise, and pasted hiunin the same locality as on the former trip. Probably if it had not been for the car driver the goat would have been play ing polo with the lady and gentleman yet, but few we'll directed blows from that worthy's whip soon drove Billy " from the field, and the couple were al- lowed to hie themselves to their respec- tive homes, slightly dis6gured, but still able to walk.
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