The Portland daily press., 1900-07-18

the mock gravity of his own face in the
presence of the goat, so he had him care
fully concealed under the speakers stand
until the proper time for his entry on the
stage of action. Colonel Lassiter was to
deliver the prizes with a fitting grafton.
That part of his speech which was to de-
clare the premium won by Allen Piper,
by Swann's decision, was duly embellish-
ed and memorized Allen sat prominent
in his rows of benches prepared for the
occasion in front Of the speakers stand,
the whole ceremony being outdoors on
the bermuda sward. Allen was a believ-
Ell in cent cotton, frequent barbecues
and the third party Given to hilarity
by nature, Joe had warned Allen to look
solemn on this occasion, but had made
the mistake of supposing that the fruit
of corn liquor might add to his grip on
solemnity. Allen struggled to contain
his risibilities, but the result was only
more redness of face and a certain swell
ing of neck that made explosion certain.
Near the speakers stand Joe had tied
with a convenient slipInot a certain spe-
cies of dog hard to classify by ancestry,
but facile princeps in local reputation for
tackling any form of man OF beast he was
set upon and for holding on like a mud
turtle. His tail had been amputated
while young, and what remained stuck
out and up like a banana inverted. His
neck was biggest in the middle, and his
ears, about the size of a peach leaf and
mostly gristle, except a little flop at the
top point, lay close to his head. The
shade of his sides suggested the brindle
slate color of sOuse meat, and that part
of his nose between the tip end eyes was
wrinkled and sunken, giving his phiz the
appearance of being all mouth. Trim Of
legs, bowed Of neck and eyes as big as
two glass marbles, his upper lip snarled
by nature to show his teeth.
The colonel: 81 now come to prize No.
Z, for the red petrol (Here billy was
released and pranced into the arena. Miss
Corabel's spaniel, lying sleepiy at her
side, looked up, then bowed his back and
growled. Aliens jaws swelled out like
football, while he held his hand against
his mouth and nose, which seemed in dam
ger of being blown off at any moment)
cred petroleum goat, which / am hap
by to present to you as a specimen Of
what cam
Joe loosened the knot, and the dog
Maize bounded into the open space near
the goat, with the hair about his top
ing a moment to perform canine courte-
sy and throw the dirt back with his hind
feet. The goat looked at him, shook his
fantastic beard, snored loud and smelled
strong. Allen blurted out like a school
boy when something funny has happened
in the schoolroom and he is obliged to
laugh, though he knows the master will
thrash him. Corabel was tittering be-
hind her spread handkerchief. The whole
company watched the belligerent atti-
tudes of Billy and Maize.
Attention once called to the goat by the
orator could never be diverted. The colo
mel spread his wings to soar into the
beauties of pastoral life when the shep-
herds watched their flocks on the hills Of
Persia and Spartans slept with lowing
herds among the wales of Syracilla."
The goat lowered his horns and sprang
seven feet at Maize, who squatted at one
side and snapped at Billy's nose, but
missed. Billy wheeled and caught MAZE
under the ribs and tossed him straight
up. Maize turned entirely over in the
air and landed with his jaw clamped like
wise in the heshy part of Billy's ham.
Billy bleated loud as he whirled to repel
the rear attack; a freckled face boy with
coppersas breeches and paper collar ran
out in the open and yelled: eat him up,
Maize! Hold y'r holt, sonny! Hurrah,
bully boy"
1t was Maje's master. The audience
rose up to see the fight. Goat and dog
rolled over and over in the dust. The
colonel forgot his piece and stared wildly
around him. Allen, with eyes running
water from much loud merriment, ran
and caught the goat by the horns just
as the overseer seized Males hind legs,
pried open his jaws with his hickory
walking pole and slung him against the
speakers stand, kerblam!
The arena had obscured the forum, the
goat and dog had spectators, but the ora
tor no hearers. The colonel retreated
| through a side gate already espied by the
Billy, and he, too, was retreating.
The colonel was on the track and Billy
was the engine. Kerthump, the wild
eyed, war painted savage, struck the rear
Of the colonePs knee joints and backward
he fell on Billy's back and was borne
outside the inclosure amid such applause
as no orator ever before or since received
from the patriotic and liberty loving sons
or Reubenville.
How quick the transition from comedy
to tragedy. The overseer, believing Allen
to be the perpetrator Of this plot, turned
hercely on him and was about to break
his walking pole over Aliens head, while
he protested his innocence and swore
he never seen the burned goat before"
and the major had to interfere to pre-
vent riot, when Allen laid off his coat
and declared he was ready to keep up the
| show if the overseer didn't believe it..
Joe Swami steered clear Of the colonel till
i fir11o csoff I,
sorry for the colonel and now tells the
whole story to her grown children.-At-
lanta Constitution.
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