New-York tribune., 1903-03-29

, stepnAd or. Then he walked across the flower
beds and trampIed down all the flowers, in short
cut to the pump for he getting thirsty.
On his way TO the pump he thought he saw
man comins down the road, SO he hurried along
and went up on the vcranda of the house to stand
in the shadow until the man went by Tor ne Kne"
that men often interfere with a goats pleasure
even II II is only moonlight stroll
The man having passed, he walked around the
veranda trying every now and then to look IN az
tire window to see what kind of house his ne"
master had. At last he came to the front door'
and he could help trying to taste the bell KNOB
II looked so much like knob Of salt in the moon
light To be sure he knew that it was not sat-
] but II did look good &c eat, and he hao oIten
eaten things before that not down on the
diet list of a goat, he took another chew out'
horrors! what that" There was g. terrlole
ringing and changing in tie house-it sounoed
like a frebelI: and the next minute MI wagner
| stuck his head out of the window and wanted to
| know who was there. OF course. there was no
answer and Billy stood still as possible 10
| listen and see what Mr. Wagner would DO next;
bespd 5es3 Mr. wagner say WHO is there? Can't you
or are you deaf ana @ Gu9 afd or bac
gave another lick at the bell, which Immediately ely
ya anGnF sh6 R Hqd nearS eS him a WeF coe
and break your stupid head for yqu wakenIng peo
fhs u he 'HS thought It was time to- 60 he scooed
around the h2use and went A aao Ia ad S dow WI D n
the he So,s sS SonF anE
his head to Sc dPgnken a m tramp M hsa
in sight only Billy Whiskers. apparently asleep
Hello! Billy. old fellow. how are you getting
But BiiIy only bnked and laughed in his skin to
MI ra can6 9 dropnns a o5 his
bald head.
bed we3 he thought m he SHG saw wS in the mooght
figure come out OF the sned and &c toward Sne
aRa ESPi @n0s oSoq
fe e S e 3e
to s and that he wiz Ct dPk M
VIM just get my shotsun and FIRE a shot to scare
So. grabbing his gun which always stood by the
i. 0 spss he or fafd I'll shoo S1 again
As the words left his mouth an & object started on
stopping xh;s but spPPosnS
cloud. and there in the moonlight lay poor Billy
Whiskers. stunned and nearly frightened to death,
xhat hs Ssd done m and that fsH as only
too mad to even 80 to see If the goat was dead or
su6dued The children bathed his wound with
~sf aPs !ssdE ie5 play ~GFk toS va, a as
You Just wait and see that goat viii get into more
%Ren she asd SS She did rot know Of the
midnight meal of her nice lettuce he had had in
the garden.
siy aid !. not +, get into much mischief during the
rags, which were hung on the lilac bush to dry,
and ali the flowers Of the oleander.
The next day was his unlucky day, maybe be-
cause il was Friday II happened in this way: Mr..
wagner had some extra nice strawberries, which
he had taken special pains to pick and hx up, in
tending to send them to friend in town. He told
the boys that they could take the goat cart and
drive into town, with the berries and some nice
back
The boys were delighted at the prospect of drIv-
in nicely. and hitching Billy up drove out of the
lane in hne style, on fast trot. Everything went
well until halfway to town, when Jimmy Brown
commenced
Billy Whskers made plunge for the dog. missed
him, but gave the cart quick jerk. which spilled
the boys and the berries out in great shape and
then the scrimmage began. The boys went for
Jimmy Brown. and the goat for the dog dragging
the overturned cart With him. and in two minutes
ne mad sent the dog flying over the fence with his
sh3rp horns. He then proceeded to walk quietly