Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-07-21

yell only kape 81 u an not Dc uuckln'
yen not be drowned like ihim other
billV goats
AT last the day memorable in the
annals Of COoney Island came The
dawn WAS murky and gloomy. Little
Nike arose with the sun and dropped
softly out Of the window He was
about TO test the raft TO see if il was
pond-woIthy. He first took the billy
down TO the pond and tied him to q
bush. The nanny followed The gos-
lings were safely slowed away in the
boys pockets. where they kept up an
unayaiiing peeping against the close
confinement The dog went along
without any urging. The billy. the
nanny. and the dog each had corner
of the raft to itself while the goslings
were granted the freedom Of the deck.
The raft was propelled By long pole.
Out into the muddy waters of the pond
Mickey urged the raft while the crow
few around in wide circles overhead
The raft floated and behaved beautiful
ly. Il rode the troubled waters ike
Mrs McGee's drake The floating
domestic menagerie was getting along
swimmingly until that notorious
gossip. Mrs. Murphy looked out Of
the kitchen window and saw the raft
She uttered q yell Of terror and ex-
claimed:
God save Us! there's that larrup
Mickey Finn hoatin' around on big
boord wild goats an dogs; an phwat's
thin little yaller things on tn boord?
Musha, but thare's goslings! Run,
Paddy, an tell mother.
In less than five minutes all the resi-
dents OF the island were on the margin
/ of the pond. nclud ng the elder Firms.
/ Mrs. Finn was in q paroxysm of fear
| lest her son should Do drowned. while
| her husband contented himself with
| brandishing q stout hickory stick IN
/ Mickey's direction and threatened TO
use il if he did not 'stheer tn boat
ashore.
/ In the meantime the sluice gate Of
/ the pond had been Lifted ia order 10
/ relieve the dam Of too much pressure.
4 Tie raft swung around into the cur
/ rent made by the sucking sluice gate.
1 The dog began TO howl aud tug At his
cord The goslings ran hither and
/ thither upon the raft and their feeble
/ peeping wrung Mrs. Firms heart with
4 anguish.
'.Ahl vera. vera! me gosIin's'l go
/ down tn mill race!"
Ali the time Mickey was working
with all his might with the pole, and
at last succeeded in getting the raft
out of the current Encouraged by bis
/ mother pleadings, and frightened by
his fathers threats. he poled the raft
toward the shore on which his parents
were standing. The water was fall
ing rapidly. and the raft caught upon
post. Before little Nike could re-
lease ARK from its precarious posi-
Iion it began TO cant alarmingly.
The dog became alarmed. and break
ing loose, sought refuge near the bill.
This old veteran. who. through all the
excitement had preserved his equani-
NIFTY resented the dogs intrusion on
his territory and BOWED him into the
pond. This reused Mrs. Finn to =
paroxysm Of rage. She shook her list
in the direction Of the billy and shout
ed hoarsely while the rain beat down
on her unprotected head;
wait till ye come ashore. me laddy
buck. wild yer wicked horns! Won't I
fix ye, though! Won't bate your head
in wild me istr'
By this time a clothes line had been
procured and the raft showed signs Of
breaking up.
Mr.. Finn was becoming alarmed for
the safety Of his boy, aud he cried out.
as he whirled the clothes line around
his head:
Now, Mickey. grab hold o this an
we Il pull ye ashore. Niver moind tn
animls!'
But our hero was made Of more
horoc stuff than to desert his mena-
gerie. He tied the rope around the
nanHy's body and she was drawn by a
dozen willing hands. kicking and
splashing through the water. Here the
rope flew through the air again aud lit
tie Mike proceeded to lasso the billy
To this the billy had pronounced OBJ
jectionS Despite bis struggles. how
ever, the rope was secured around his
horns, and with a 'heaye no altoUcth-
err the angered animal was ierked in
to the water and towed iguominiously
ashore. He landed dripping. but mad
as a hornet. The crowd parted re-
specially to let MIN 90 through. but
Mrs Finn, forgetful of her usual eau.
ton, ran up to the goat and shook her
fist before his glowing eyes There
was cry of alarm from the crowd,
cOmmingling OF laughter
and cries ofterror. a glimpse
of flying skirts and rampant object
with wavery horns and a dripping
beard. Then the skirts disappeared
over the hill. and the "dIvil wild wick
ed horns" faded away into dim sDeck
against the eastern horizon in grim
pursuit.
Mickey put the goslings in his pock-
ct secured board from the raft, which
was fast breaking up. and swan
ashore. His father received him
warmly. In fact, so hearty and I'M
restrained was his welcome that Mr..
Firms horny hand were stung by the
force Of mis- punishment There was a
time when Mickey would have cried
at such treatment from the hands Of his
father, but that time had now gone
by. Secure in the rectitude Of his own
motives he bore this little misunder-