Milford chronicle., 1892-01-08
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fsancs 20 Everybody.
sometimes happens, a soil
ich chick is reared at the house
,es iuconveniently tame. we
.alle1 Jackie, and it was often
6is nuisance. Alt little darlues
~. Mace had a lively dread OF
y u, they sat on the ground ~
M T. 18th plates Of boiled pumpkin
a - ~i,.a in their laps Jackie would come
and. stretching bis snakehKe ne1A
o5..x their heads or under theif arms
would coolly help himself to the con
tents Of ono plate after another. Occa-
s;oralIv he would make for the unhappy |
,,onnosters in so menacing a manner as
= srigbten them into dropping thelf
0Iates altogether; then, while his VIC
inns ran away crying, he would squat
on Ills heels and regale his enormous ap-
petite at leisure. d.
But one day retribut1on came peine
free to run into the kitchen-slnipiy "
cansa no one could keep hiln out-he was
NOT long in observing that the puHpAln
and nee always came from one parVieu-
a.. o., ,,,t and the idea suddenly occurring
20 t. ~, that he could do no better tnah
~ ~ 80 straight to tho fountain head toI
~ ~ efavorite dish, he walked up fun oi
/ iovful anticipation, to the nre "Heie
tS;s not WAS boiling. The cook-who,
-, ,,,other to several of the lHused
children. did not love Jackle-oll9Lsu
no friendly interference to save nm
from his fate, and plunging ms olli ln'9 nv
tbe not. he greedily scooped up "iu
18th The lightninglike rapidity OF os-
..;oIes tossed down his throat Dig
,nonfbful of the boiling rice.
Tben there was what boys would can q
..,ircns" Jackie began dancing around
,be Kitchen. writhing with agony, shak-
;,,o bis head nearly of and twisting ms
neck as if bent on tying II IN AnoV'
FINALLY he dashed wildly from the mouse,
o,,d the last seen Of him was little clouu
oF white dust vanishing on the horizon
, ua returned a sadder and wiser Dird
and it was long before he would YenIur'
c again inside the kitchen.
e when about a year old Jackie was soi'
t 60 a farmer that had long coveted MIN
e No doubt he soon repented OF ms pun
e obase The bird was now now stron;
o,,I,,,ol, 70 give a good hard kck-that /
]. the way ostriches fght-and Oelns
a more daring freebooter than ever an,
h no respecter Of persons, ho would marc
I -, md attack any one he saw carryln
n ,Ibat he thought might be food endeaV
y zinc nv well aimed blow, to strike
L o,,+ ~ their hands; and he was genei
+ ally successful A-ir
81 4t last his master, tired of hearln
No complaints about his conduct, and lmp'
E; tent of his perpetual intrusion INDOOR
n tried putting him into camp ihcioss
c bv a wire fence. There, however
If obstinately refused to remain. as 500
n os he was put in he would squat dow
" lov;no his head and neck on the groun'
= then making himself as fiat as posslol
>. ba v0ould souirm ont under the lowe
b. wire of the fence. ,,;-
n Bnt Jackie soon ceased from trou0lin
st His end. as may be imagined w
ct brougbt about by no other cause than d
rs o,,,n moral obliouity. One day he wa
yn dered down to the river where some ma
e 6r women were washing clothes, the
n children. a groupo little animated nn
bronzes. playing near them. One ht'
fellow. who was eating, was OF cour
\, Instantly spied ont by the greedy al
iy ,,o,arous Jackie. The marauder, no
= ever this time paid the pena' y OF
as \ .a5eiessnsss, for in rushing to kick
ger little darky and thus capture the fo'
she he fell down the rocky bank Of the III
~ and broke his leg. Then Jackie, IKE
apt other broken legged ostriches, had to
~ ~ killed.-Philadelphia Times.