The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-22
WRESTLING WITH A GOAT.
An Embarrassing Adventure with Male
Cont While Tnking o Stroll.

Goat While Taking q Stroll.
"My worst experience was with goat
long horned, bewhiskered billygoat,n
said Bert Longan in yarn swapping
crowd at the Lindell. "At one OF the little
towns in the northwestern part of the state
where / sold pretty good bill once a
month fair Dulcinea' resided. She was
just out of Vassar, and ffattered myself
that my leaving Princeton unceremonious-
ly in my sophomore year did not hurt me
any with her. She was bright and witty
and loved fun, and my house was getting
ready to inquire into my reasons for maxi
ing that town so often, when the incident
refer to occurred. We had one little tour
when we took walk In the suburbs that
] rather dotted on, and every time rolled
into town / would 20 by her house as soon
as possible and we would take a stroll
along that street.
81 was making efforts to reach the town
one Sunday, and was trying to do two
stations on Saturday, when slipped on
one of the customary country sidewalks
and dislocated my right arm. 1t was at
once put into place and in few hours
was going around about as usual but the
doctor cautioned me to be careful, for If
made another break the result might be
serious. After thinking the matter over
decided to run down and get some genuine
Vassar college sympathy from Miss Mary,
as we will call her, because that isn't her
name. Sunday morning, carrying my band
aged arm in sling, / went up, looking
very pale, and got lushel of sympathy
from pair of limpid blue eyes the very
first play.
''lake walks Yes and along the same
street was stuck on. You know how it is
in some towns; everything runs at large
hogs, cattle, sheep and even billygoats.
Well, this Sunday morning William
goat, whose antiquity would have been
supposed to guarantee better manners,
planted himself In our path and told us as
plainly as words could to get out. Miss
Mary sprang back with little scream as
Sir William came at me. My right arm
was useless of course, but stepped nimbly
to one one side and caught the doughty
warrior by the horn as he came past with
head down.
Ever tackle William goatf A really
wide awake, rambunctious William goat2
MOP Well, ] don't want to thrust my ad-
vice on you, but don't. At least not unless
you have more than one hand. In fact
should say not unless you have half dozen
hands. My billygoat, should say, was un-
usual-at least l should hope so. should
hesitate to believe that any other billygoat
has, or ever had, the same number of COM
anatomy. OF course froze to him; | had
to. And every time he would double him
self up and let himself out the figure we
would cut must have been attractive. l
admit my legs are rather long and nature
evidently intended my feet for Chicago, but
is that any reason why fellows girl
should sit on fence and hurt herself
laughing while he is playing windmill in
the arr How long did it iastf Oh, 1t
seemed like week or so, but guess it was
about an hour.
'The folks We're all coming home from
church as Sir William and I crawled out
from different sides Of the black muddy
pool by the side Of the road, in the bottom
of which we had finished up our last
round. We were both willing TO call it a
draw. and l didn't blame the scandalized
church people who looked on in horror.
Even the billygoat's owner didn't know
him, for he was white when we first entered
the ring. But then SO was !, and had
tic and collar and hat and several other
similar little addenda TO a gentlemau's
toilet, which were shed in spots over the
commons, Explanations No indeed.
heard the rumble of an old freight train,
and as there was n crossing near, at which
it had to stop, l ran over and caught 1t
My fair Dulcinea7 Married l understand.
i hare never been back thare rsiaoss n--.sss!t. - s.
Louis Globe-Democrat