Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-03-17

Ter explained to the women the work he
desired them to perform, and after admon
ishing them not to attempt to pry abouS
to discover the lodge secrets, that doing go
might result in some misfortune or unfore-
seen injury to themselves, retired. One of
the women employed to do the work was
an exceedingly p1rtly lass from the Emer-
aid Isle, the other lean, lanky sort, cf
the Yankee type, both being of the class
that knew everybody's business but their
own, and never missed any opportunity
of prying into business which did not con-
Germ them.
Well, soon after they began their task,
the portly one exclaimed, 'Begorra, me
ould mon tould me as how the Ma
sins hive a goat; bedad 1 think I'll be
afther lonkin' fur MIN"
The slim woman cried out, "For Gods
sake, don't you do it, for if you should
find the goat and stir him up perhaps he
would kill and eat US up"
But Portly replied, "And do We be
aftber thinking 1 wild bs afraid of a goat
hey win l wis in ould Ireland l raised
goats"
On this the slim woman exclaimed,
what if you did raise Irish goats; you
may doubtless find the American goat q
different sort of fellow to handle, ard if
you stir him up he might raise you, and
further, my neighbOr says the Masonic
fellows only feed their goats once month
and in consequence he is awful vicious"
But the portly woman needed not her
warning nor that Of the Tyler, but
desiring to show her pluck, and
that she feared no goat, started out on
search for the Masonic secrets by examin-
ing into every nook and corner OF the lodge
room, and even went go far as to open the
dark closet door but IS it was dark she
failed to see the goat, (aud as we suppose
the goat was asleep failed to observe her,
being satisfied there was nothing to be
seen in the closet she attempted to close
the door, bat in her haste LETT it ajar, and
as there was no place she knew of in the
lodge room to pry into further, she enter
ed to her work, singing, ''Niver goat is
in this hall, never a goat, at all at ALL"
which exclamation seemed to relieve the
anxiety of the slim woman, who feared
there was a goat in the lodge room and
did not want to see him stirred up.
Their work vas being rapidly per-
formed, and late in the day the women
were about to flash up their work. The
slim woman was finishing her scrubbing
at the Lodge room entrance, the portly one
was completing her cleaning at the top of
the stairway, when the goat doubtless
waking up and noticing the door of the
clolet partly open, bolted out straight
across the lodge room towards the door TO
make his escape, but In so doing came in
contact with the slin woman, who had
stopped down ut that time and WAS Just in
the act of lifting q tab foil of water from
the floor, and in cC2seq the woman
was plunged heading into the water con-
tanned in the tub, and before she could OBJ
serve the cause of her sudden bath the
goat was out of sight, rushing on for free
dem, but on coming to the stairway the
goat came in contact with the portly
woman, who was bending down at that
time wringiDg her flOoT-cloth In bucket
of water, and heels over head went the
woman, with the bucket of water and the
goat, to the bottom of the stairs; but the
goat arrived there first and was gone be-
fore the woman had time TO observe what
caused her sudden evolution.
The women repaired hastily to the lodge
room to arrange their dismsntled toilet,
and were enquiring of each other the
cause of their misforturtune, when the Ty-
Ter appeared on the scene and listened to
tn story of Their misnaps, and for which
they could not give the slightest reason.
But the Tyler happening to cast his eye
across the lodge room saw the door of the
dark closet open and knew then what had
happened. and exclaimed "Some one of
you have been prying into the Mssons'
secrets, and in doing so opened yonder
closet do and let the goat out"
But the portly woman sang out:
''Niver goat is in this hall, niver
goat at all, at al, " but just at that time
one Of the brethren led into the Lodge
room the goat, he having clp:ured it but
q few moments before on the street, and
which he promptly placed back in the
dark closet. The woman no longer doubt
ed that their misfortune was caused by
stirring up the masonic goat and retired In
haste, and from that time until the present
the Tyler and brethren are compelled to do
all the cleansing of the Lodge room when
needed, for no woman can be employed to
do it for they all fear the goat. H.