The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1901-09-12

hammer Jcnt down with Jury. lie be.
came angricr each minute until Mt
last, In n blind rage. he ran TO the
edge OF the pond. brandishing In his
hands pair Of tongs.
| lie swung them around his head
and hurled them nj us with the ut
most strength OF his brnwny arm.
"rnkc that goose vuncc." he cried.
aud the toDgs went straddling
through the air aud fell kcr-chur
right In the middle of the pond.
We boys really knew more about
the history of that goose thnn any.
ne suspected or we cared Ia tell.
All Waters had caught her IN u
fence corner and had imprisoned her
In his fathers unused stable, and all
| To hear what IA fuss Colcby would
make, for nothing cnrngcd him so
much as u depreciation committed
on his geese.
Three nights after having taken the
goose. All tired of his sport. and
tnking her under his arm he carried
her to Colcby's coop. Colcby's coop
was locked. What could AR do? lie
had no intention of keeping the
goose. for he was one of the best fell
lows that ever lived.
"Now," thought Az, 81 will put
poor gooscy where she viii bc com
| Portable for the night. and IN the
morning she will 20 home herself"
The first place Az Thought of was
| the upturncd boat the fisherman used
for u COOP and IN i've minutes the
goose was comfortably settled on the
ground with the two ducks aud drake,
while the three chickens slept on the
roost above.
There! Ar had done his duty. and
| II was just IN time, for scarcely hnlf
an hour aftcrwnd Colcby and the
| fisherman met NJ the coop door. aud
each thought the other u thief.
The summer days were filed with
the round Of boyish pleasures. and. al
though say II with regret, we boys
frequently requested C"lcby. in our
most musical tones. to bring hack
that goose" Aud Colcby himself be-
came so angry at us that we would
scarcely dare To 60 near his shop.
| But there came nm end Ia our teas
ing and his imgcr. and this was how
IL happened:
Colcby's pond Is made by dam
built across Fall creek just half mile
above It's union with the Ohio. The
dam had been built ~ long time, and
the mill that stood by u was out of
repair We boys used II for general
amusement purposes and the fisher
mnn ncpi his boats there.
Below the dam on the side next the
old mill was deep pool. IN which we
boys delighted Ia swim. and into
which we used to dive from u long
beam that stuck oui over II. This
beam lay on the floor of the mill, from
one side and end of which the wcnth-
crbonr'ling had been torn by dcstruc.
tive hands. From the beams end
danglrs rope which secured one of
the iishcrman's boats as u lay ON III"
water below.
one aftcrroos Az and went down
To the Old mill Ia see the boys dive,
We met Coleby's geese as we went
across the common, and they Missed
at M. for they liked us no better thnn
did colcby himself. We cared not n
bit for that. so we went ON Ia III"
pond.
Ed sawyer, Sam Parker and Tom
Rummcl were to have q contest for
the championship In diving, and were
To take the plunge from the long
beam.
Wncn we arrived nj the mill, there
sat six OF eight boys on the floor along
the pen side OF the mill, with their
feet dangling over the water that lay
cool and deep six feet below. They
were talking Of the merits of the boys
who were TO dive. Each one hnd his
champion. and was asserting how
much he would distance his compriii'
ora In the contest.
"I,unmcrs going Ia win," said i'i'l
IIaincs. II saw him dive under coal
barge nj New Albany last summer and
come mp on the other side. and
know Parker or Sawyer can't ben'
that"
Sawyer can" put In Rob wilkins
getting up and walking Ia the end
of the beam Va look out over the com
mon. "und he'll soon show You that h'
cnu, ior here he comes. and Parker
IL with him"
We all went Ia the opcnsidc of III,
mil aud greeted the boys with cheers
Tom Ruinmcl. TOO, was seen coming
along by Coleby's shop.
, The geese wnddlcd along IN the patti
! hrT,rp him aud In "A spirit pf fun Ii,