Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-01
WRESTLING WITH A COAL

AZ Embarrassing Adventure With Mate
Gsat While Taking stroll.
"liy worst experience was VIA n Ront-
a long horned, bewhiskored hligRont,"
said Bert I.ongan in yarn swapping
crowd at the iindell ''At ono of the littlt
towns IN the northwestern part Of the state
where ] sold pretty good bill once D
mouth fair Dulcinca' resided. She was
just ont Of Vassar, and ! nnttcred myself
that my leaving Princeton uncorcmonious
w in my sophomore year did not hurt rnt
any with her She was bright and witty
aud loved fnn. and my house wa gcttine
ready 10 inquire into my rc;s5ona FOR max
Ing that town 10 often, when the iredcul
] refer 30 occurred We hid one lit,ee tom
when we took walk In the suburbs thai
j rather dotted on. and every tiuo I rolled
into town I would 70 By her house as SCOT
as possible and we would take a stroll
along that street.
~ was making efforts 20 rcnch the town
one Sunday, aud was trying 20 do two
stations on Saturday, when / slipped of
one OF the customary country sidewalks
and dislOcntod my right arm. 10 W..t m
once put into place and Ia a fow hour J
was going around about as usual but Ga,
doctor cautioned me 10 be- careful, FOR N
made another break the result might b,
serious After thinking the matter over
decided 90 run down and gtt some genuine
Vassur college sympnthy from Miss Mary
a. we will cnll her because that iBn't hcl
name Sunday morning, carry Ing my band
aged arm in n sling, J went up lo1kius
very pale, and got q bushCl OF sympathy
from pair " limpid blue eyes the yor9
first play
take a walh' Yes, and alongthc snmt
street ] was stuck on. You know how 500
in some towns, everything runs 90 large
hogs, cattle, sheep and even hillyg0atg
Wen, CHS Sunday morning a William
goat Whose antiquity would have beer
supposed 10 guarantee bottCr munncr
planted himself In our path and told uG ri
plaiuly aa words could TO get out. Mis-
Mary apranR back With little scream M
Sir William came nc me My right arm
was usul,SIs Of course. but / stepped nimbly
10 one one side aud caught the doughty
warrior by tho horn us ho came past viii
head down.
Ever tackle "a William gogt' A renlly
wide awake, tGmhunctiOua William goat
MOI Well, don't want TO thrust my nd
vice on you, hut don't AZ Toast not uulpa
you have moro than one hand. Ia fact
should cay mot unless You have half q dozei
hands Mybillygoat i ahould say, was un
usual-ut least / should hope Ho ahouit
hesitate TO believe that any other bilyronl
has, or ever hud, tho suulo number OF com
pound and complex steel gpfiugs Ia hb
anatomy. OF course / froEo 20 him.; Il had
90. And every time ho would double him
self up aud lot himself ont tho figure wt
would cut must have been attractive. =
admit my legs arc rather loug aud nature
evidently intended my foot Tor Chicago, but
81 that any reason why follows Rlr
should glt on a fence and hurt hurtcl
laughing whilo ho Is playing windmill u
the alri How long did ~ lnsti Oh, %
seemed likoawock ore bat / guess 10 wiu
about ma hour
"iho iolta wrru an ComngNomc from
church 0s Sir William and / erlwled oul
from different sidca uf Llo black muddy
pool by thp side OF the rond, Ca the bottom
OF which we had finished up our lua
round We woro both willing TO call II 4
draw, and didn't blame the acandalizco
church people who looked on in horror
Even the bllygoat's owuor didn't know
him, FOR no was whltu when We ilrst entered
thc ring, Dat then 40 VIVA /, aud i had Z
tic and collar and n hat aud tcycral Other
similar httlo addonda TO q gentlemani
toilet, which woro shed IA spots over the
commona Explanations No indeed.
hoard Tho rumble OF an old freight trrdn
and ns there was a crossing nnar, at which
| n bad 60 stop, | ran over and caught a.
| My fair Dulclnoai Married understand
! have never been back There sincs - 81
| Louis Globe Dofuocrpt