Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-01-31

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he would have taken it away. should
never have seen it again, and my whole
life might have been different. BIZ.
fate has always been against me. re-
piled, with perhaps unnecessary
hauteur. that wasn't a destitute MAS
dinner fund, and walked out.
1T was getting late, and had a
long walk home to my lodgings. /
was beginning to wish had never seen
the bird l estimated its weight by
this time to be thirty-six pounds.
The idea occurred to me to sell it to
a ioulterer. looked for shop;
found one in Middleton street. There
wasn't customer near it, but by the
way the man was shouting you might
have thought th:t he was doing all
the trade OF Clerkenwell. l took the
goose out of the parcel and laid it on
the shelf before him.
Whats this?'
It's goose, said; you can have
it cheap
He just seized the thing by the neck
and flung it me. l lodged, and it
caught the back of my head. You can
have no idea, if you've never been hit
on the head with goose, how it hurts.
l picked it up and hit him back with it;
and policeman came up with the
usual: Now then, what's all this
about?
Il explained the facts. The poul.
terer stepped to the edge of the curb
and apostrophized the universe gen.
orally.
look at the shop he said; it's
twenty minutes to twelve, and there's
seven dozen geese hanging there that
I'm willing to give away, and this fool
asks me if want to buy another
Il perceived then that my notion had
been foolish one, and / followed the
policeman's advice, and went away
quietly, taking the bird with me.
Then / said to myself: III give it
away. I'll pick out some poor deserving
person, and make them present of the
id thing passed good many peo-
pie, but no one who looked deserving
enough. 1t may have been the time or
it may have been the neighborhood, but
those met seemed to me to be unworthy
OF the bird. l offered it to man in
Judd street, who l thought appeared
hungry. He turned out to be a drunk
en- ruffian. / could not make him I'M
derstand what l meant, and he fol-
lowed me down the road abusing me at
the top of his voice, until, turning
corner without knowing it, he plunged
down Tavistocls place, shouting after
the wrong man. In the Euston road
stopped a half-starved child and
pressed it upon her. She answered
Not mel and ran away. l heard her
calling shrilly after me: Who stole the
goose?'
II dropped it in a dark part of Sey-
mour street. A man picked it up and
brought it after me. / was unequal to
any more explanations or arguments. l
gave him twopence and plodded on
with it once more. The pubs were just
closing, and | went into one for final
drink AS matter of fact had had
enough already, being, as l am, unac-
customed to anything more than an oc-
casional glass of beer. But / felt de-
pressed, and thought it might cheer
me. / think had gin, which is thing
l loathe.
II meant to throw it over into Oak
ley square, buta policeman had his eye
on me and followed me twice round
the ratings. In Golding road sought
to drop it down an area, but was frus-
trated in like manner. The whole
night police of London seemed to have
nothing else to do but prevent my get
ting rid of the goose.
''They appeared so anxious about it
that fancied they might like to have
it. l went up to one in Camden street.
called him Bobby and asked him if
he wanted a goose.
I'll tell you what don't want he
replied, severely; and that is none of
your sauce
''IIe was very insulting, and natur,.
allv answered him back. What actual
ly passed forget, but it ended in his
his intention of taking me
in charge.
81 slipped out of his hand and bolted
down King street. He blew his whistle
and started after me. A man sprang
out from doorway in College street
and tried to stop me. l tied him up
with butt in the stomach and cut
the Crescent, doubling back
into the Camden road by Bait street.
"At the canal bridge / looked behind
me end could see no one. dropped
the goose over the parapet and it fell
with splash into the water.
"Heaving sigh of relief, turned
and crossed into Randolph street, and
there a constable collared me. was
arguing with him when the first fool
came up breathless. They told me
had better explain the matter to the
and thought so too.
''The inspector asked me why l had
run away when the constable wanted
to take me in charge replied that it
was because did not desire to spend
my Xmas holidays in the lookup,
which he evidently regarded as q
weak argument. He asked
me what had thrown into the canal.
told him goose. He asked me why
had thrown goose into the canal. | /
told him because | was sick and tired
Of the animal.
AT this stage 4 sergeant came in to