Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-23
CHAPTER II.

1 man rs he went 70 the cinnamon
4 .he shelf and took oura long stick
4 anon bark to chew.
ves. of course | am, but what
4 To- thinking Of that:' asked the
4 man as ne went TO the desk and
4 the boys father with half ia
i ut cinnamon.
a m do the goats hunt when You
4 ,sa fresh candidate"
4 of course not. The goats are
4 ones. that have no life. and we
them and put pillows over their
i 50 they can't hurt anybody" said
4 ,.ry man as he winked ut broth
81 Fello~ who Vas seated on a sug-
4, ri. looking mysterious. But why
\ ask"
& nothin, only | wish me and my
Il mad muzzlcd our goat with a Pill
4 Pa would have enjoyed his becom-
member of cur lodge better. You
h. had been telling US how much
4 fine MasOns and Odd Fellows did
,7id we ought to try and grow up
4 80 we could jine the lodges when
4 biz. and | asked Pa if it would do
Hurt for us to have a play lodge in
boom and pretend to nishiate, and
4 ,ii it wouldn't DO any hurt. He said
4 Md improve our minds and learn
h ta men. So my chum and me Dor
goat that lives in a livery stable.
4 l.l YOU know they keep a goat in n
4 stable so the horses won't get sick?
"A e.. used to the smell of the goat,
i "ar that nothing can make them
no, a CINE factory. | wish my girl
i al ia a livery stable. Then she
i ct used 10 the smell.
4 wa. home VIII her from church
IS NIT. AL The smell of the Go".
] clo-hrs made her SICK to her stull-
/. and she acted Just Ike an axcur-
Do -lr lake and sil if ! didn't go
1 lry myself aud take tie smell ont
j She wouldn't never 20 with gnr
She was just as pale IL, a ghost.
rnspiratiou on her lip was Just
had been Lit bya street sprinkler.
i ,aa. my chum and me had to carry
goat mp to my room when Pa and Ma
lr riding, and he blattcd SO we had
B. q handkerchief around his nose,
bis tea- made such Il noise on the
thar we put some baby's socks on
|lao-. Gosh, how a goat smells. don't
J should think you Masons must
strong sJuumiX. Why don't YOU
skunk or a mule for a trademark?
q mule and anoint it with lin
.aac-e. AMI You could nishiate and
candidate smell Just as bad as
q gosh darn widowed goat.
We'll. my chum and me practiced
that goat until he could buut the
Pure ot % goat every time. We Dor
auurk beer sign from a saloon man
hung IL ON the back Of a chair. and
goat would hit 1t every time. That
BE- Pa wanted to know what we were
D. up IN my room. and told him we
!. playing lodge and improving our
bis. and Pa said that was right.
Re was nothing that did bows of our
half so much good as to initiate men
store by useful nollidge. Then my
In asked Pa if he didn't want to come
and take the grand bumper degree,
Pa LATED and said he didn't care if
ld Just to encourage US boys in limo
paStlme that was so improving to
mtellex. We had shut the goat I'D
closet IN my room, and he had got
batting, so we took off the handker-
e. and he was eating some of my pa
collars and skate straps. We went
stars and told Pa to come up pretty
and give three distinct raps, and
sh we asked him who comes there he
81 say, a pilgrim who wants to join
! ancient order and ride the goat
Ma wanted to come, up too, but we
ler II she come in it would break
,Ae lodge, cause a woman couldn't
! a secret, and we didn't have anv
saddle for the goat. Say, if you
ef tried 1t, the next time you nishiate
"A IN Your Mason's lodge you sprin-
a ilttle kyan pepper on the goats
'' JUSJ atore yOu turn him loose.
ID ''A get three times as much fun to
square inch Of goat. You wouldn't
d. ], was the same goat. Well, we
al liked and, Pa raped, and we let
, III and told him he must be blind
','' ana he got on his knees a-laffing,
Ied towel around his eyes, and
I l turned him around and made him
HoWn On his hands also, aud then his
a was right toward the closet door,
l put the buck beer sign right
INST Pas clothes. He was a-laffing
1s Time and said we boys were as
! W lun as they made 'em, and we
q, nm 1t was a solemn occasion, and
", %ouldn permit no levity, and if he
- STOP iaffing we couldn't give him
~ TIahd bumper degree.
men everything was ready. and my
"a Aau his hand ON the closet door and
\. /. Ayah pepper in his other hand, and
- ,''p IA IN low bass tones if he felt as
,s' ne wanted to turn back or if he
Igr'e enough to go ahead and take
]sSree' warned him that it was
Va hangers, as the goat was loaded
go, y."'' and told him he yet had time to
"s' MS steps if he wanted to. He
n az wanted the whole bizness, and we
\; ago ahead with the menagerie. Then
W 10 Pa that if he had decidad to ro