The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-10-03

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boys ssfs Iospslns 90 tss bsnts Of COL
byf pend. II vss oeol there 10 ,b
thste. snd vs isli very comfortable ss VI
watched old Cslsby, the blacksmith. .
vofk 10 bis hot sfiDy sbep iust scfcss ih'
sheet oi vstsr itsi bore bis rsne, ans
skich served ~ ses fos biz ststel,
fsst Of geese.
Ceiety su 90 bcbesi cid German. II,
osed 20 msns Get, aud va careful thsl
% msn should long ovc him one.
Jasi md .Isci ia bis dealings, be ti
pecssd nee to be !ssi ard ersct with him
Nevertheless. he sss arfuiinps,e eroust
10 have provoked The mith Of Us boys.
snd. ~ We lay there 10 The shade thst
afternoon we smased outselyr 10 msl
Ger that pleased as Lisbly. bu, cent hin
TO the verge Of distraction.
Coleby, Coleby, biios back that eoosel
vs ciiee, With The rytLmic ssins Of ibt
voice. sltb which The cbsrcosi.yende'
eriss Lis ssre lhrongh The streets. Ool,
by, Coleby, briag back that soosel
oehbJ's goose -ths, Il, the one OF the
Il ,ok tb.i sss celebrated in onr monoio
uoos soog bad one day stfsyed from The
rts, SIS they plucted srsss on the common
py the road. and wss last seen, rs one Of
The boys told Coleby. near 40 inverted
yswI. isised few ieei from the ground
by stsndsrds. and used IS ben coop by
. fisherman that lived 10 the vicinity.
Coleby noarned the loss Of bis goose.
and suspected that ZONE OF bic di,rspnis
bic nsis hbors bad taken her.
Having failed to discover the fate Of
the fowl. be ssllied forth one night TO 10
vestisste. The first place be went to WAS
the fshermsa's.
Now. Coleby wouldn't really hsve gone
into bis neigtbor's coop without jusi
rssson. bat /, bad q right to bis suspicious
80 be only listened quietly cut iie, with
bis ear sgsinst the westher-bes yswL
Suddenly Coleby heard the dlowsy
'bonk' OF goose --such hoax IS home
sick goose might make i:she we're dream
log Of . voyage With the feet 90 ColCby's
pond.
Coleby well knew that the fisherman
only had three chickens, two ducks and
drake. and not . goose TO biz name, 30
be concluded that the fowl within was
bis.
Stestbily entering the 0 -op, be took the
goose under the arm. bot, unused to sucb
trestment, the goose made such al ont
cry sId fuss for freedom that the fisher
man was aroused and FASTENED TO the
coop door. where be me, Coleby, who had
hnsliy secured and queted the frightened
bird.
Here. til said the fisherman, whose
goose is thsi9
1t sind your goose already, cIi,d Cole
BY, It's mine goose.
Wbst do you keep her 10 my coop for.
l
Shame on you, said Coleby. for stealing
poor goose poor goose vat vas lossl
Steal III shouted the fisherman. l steal
'our goosel WHAT do you mesn9
How did yer goose get IN your coop II
'ou didn't steal in Coleby asked, Aogr'
,.
And so the quarrel went op,
The fisherman WAS enrssed, He said
,e hadn't stolen the goose, and didn't
ven know it Was 10 bis coop.
Coleby would listen to no explanation,
,ut went swsy triumphant, saying be
vouId have The law on the fisherman, II
ny more OF bis geese we're missing.
The next day the fisherman told II oyer
be village that Coleby bad been out raid
ps the coops, and had come for one OF
is ducks and chickens. bat the goose sl
eady stolen made snch 9 noise that il
roused him, and be came upon the scent
My TO be sccnsed Of having stolen
oose that be knew had not been IN bis
oop.
No honest fisherman, be said, would
tsnd being duped like tbst. and II was
perfectly plain that Coleby had stolen the
oose somewhere and took that ingenious
Isy OF throwing the guilt on some one
lse.
10 fact the goose happened to be mics
ne from The q ica Of another neishbor and
,eyer vas besrd OF sitter, go fsr ss ktoT.
Thus tie Joke was on poor Coleby.
80 We lay there. 10 the shade that sun
ner siterpooo, and with > persistency
hst never H,eged, We Gang 10 rhythmic
nonotone;
Col, by. Colepy. bring back that goosel
)oleby, Coleby, bring back tbst soesel
The snsil rang louder than ever and the
parks few msdly - Coleby' hammer beat
|own With iury. He became snsrier each
minute upiil st last, 10 . blind rsge, be
90 10 the edge Of the pond. brsndisbine
q bis hsnds pair Of topss.
He swupg them around bis besd and
Iurled them st us with the utmost
irensth Of his busny srm.
Take tbst goose vuncel be cried. and
be tor a. vent strsddlins through the and
ell ker-cbus right 10 the middle Of the
,ond.
We boys reslly knew more sbout the
history Of that goose than any one sus
,eeted OF We cared TO tell.
AZ Waters hsd caught her 10 . fence
orner and bad imprisoned her 10 his hth
r's unused stable, sud all 10 her whst
uss Coleby voald make, for nothing en-
aged hin 80 N uch o. depreciation com
ri.,ed en- tis geese,
Tus.e nights alter hsvins taken the
,oose. All tired Of bic sport, aud tskine