The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-02-27

MIKE HELD on LIKE :. Porous PIASTE
he'll break yer legs if &c do. Faix, he
| has head as hard as stove pate so
he has
Mixes face was dripping with perspt-
ration. lie trembied with excitement
and fear. Patsy locke on and chuclled
Mike cursed his luck, the goat, and
Patsy; but he held on like a porous
plaster. He dared not let 90. By this
time a large crowd OF Co4ey Islanders
had collected. They leaned on the wall
and laughed until the tears ran down
their faces.
"Arrafl, Mike. dear" said Mrs. Finn,
with gentle sarcasm. "vo mustn't be-
tired holdin' the dirty basic. Lave go
of him, that's dear. Faith, yc II be
stranin' your arrmms. Ha. ha,''
.'God forgive yc, woman" rasred
Mike. as the ram jcrkeG backwards,
nearly pulling his arms out of their
sockets God forgive We fur yer sins"
I'VE hav' him, Nike, Sec" said Mrs
Hoolan sweetly. ale c'u'dn't get away
from ye now if he was twict as strong,
cud he. NJ ke?'
Mike only groannd and glarcd in re-
ply He and the ram had tram ped down
twenty square feet OF meadow land in
the struggle. The ground was soft and
they sank two inches into the soil. The
fight HAD now been going on twenty
minutes. Mike was rapidly getting ex-
hausted. Various suggestions were
made t. him b. which he could relieve
himself OF his horned antagonist.
'tiive him the fut and throw him
down; then ye can jump the fince," said
the best W esther On the island
Mike tried to put his idea into prac-
ticc. but as he was holding the ram at
arms length it didn't work.
.'Ye might try HIM collar-and-elbow,"
suggested the phlanthropi. neighbor
with grin. If ye dropped yer hoult
on wan horn AMI pat yer arrum around
his neck ye might throw him aisy"
IF | get ont o this alive Ill break
your back, me beauty" exclaimed
Mike. as he ran backward, urged on by
the ram.
The oulo Jllers now nun hered nearly
a hundred. They came running from
every direction. the shouts of laugh
ter drove poor Nike wild
is thare ere a wan as is man enough
to jump the fence and graz houIt of his
tail till we cn~r" i'm a.-nss the lot and
dump him on the other side Of tho
waltz said Mike in despair.
After long consultation with his
mother Mickey Finn volunteered to as
sist Mike in carrying the goat. When
he had SC ured a good hold Of the rams
tail, the animal was partly dragged ann
partly carried across the lot. and with
heave-ho, was dropped over the sto
wall into an adjoining lot. Mike how
deemed himself safe. and was walking
back painting from his exertions. when
shout from the crowd warned him
that his danger was rot yet over.
CHANGING over h.s shoulder Mike saw
the ram charging across the lot in
his rear Little Mickey being feet OF
foot escaped. but Mike. owing TO his
exhausted condition, could rot run asst
Just before he reached the fence the
ram caught up with him. and a a result
he was knocked on his face in the mud.
Before he could regain his eet the ram
had loo eHei his skin in several places
below the knee and seriously inter cred
with his ribs.
II nee the remark made by Mike in
regard to pitch orks at the hcCInn ng OF
thi> story, and hence the recent rise in
sticking plaster in Coney Island. =
Mickey Finn" Jerrold, In New York
Sun.