New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-10

were allowed to do when the weather was fine. and
tonight was an ideal night. with low, hungry
moon that lit up everything as bright as day.
know you anxious 10 hear what the COM
motion was all about, 1 will tell you Billy and
Nanny were to be married by the old parson goat
OF flock. and then they were all going to break
through the neighbours fence into his turnip patch
and eat up all his turnips
The wedding went off beautifully, and the groom,
minister and all others kissed the bride. After
the wedding they all skipping and jumping
over TO the turnp patch. and when they got there
Billy Satan and two other old goats thre" lhelr
weight against the fence and with crash II caveo
in and the whole flock of goats climbed over the
broan rails into the field where they Toasted until
daylight.
The farmer who owned the field happened tc look
out of his window next morning while dressing ana
saw the goats. He hurried into his boots and
hatless aud coatless. started out OF the mouse cd
ing to his dogs to follow him.
And the first thing the flock knew several ooss
were barking and biting at their heels Billy KEPT
close to Nan and when dog came up TO them he
hooked him bowling up into the air Soon the goats
were all on their side Of the fence again ana the
neighbor was fixing up his fence as best he could
scolding all the time he did so. saying:
..Tu sue Farmer Windlass for the damage MS
pesky goats have done so will. for the hateiui
things have eaten up ali my turnips, tops and all!
Several days after this when the goats were ali
in the meadow, and Nanny was lying down under
a tree for nap Billy who was tired OF the monot-
ony of going day after day 10 the Same pd0e S'Oo
off and went UP to the house 10 see What @ihuse
ment he could find
When nearly there he came to whtewasheu ran
fence that separated the pasture from the lane
that led the house. This he went over easily py
taking it at a running jump. Then he followed
the lane until he came 10 the house, the yard OF
which was separated from the lane by picket
fence but as good luck would have it. the gate was
omen so Billy walked in and went around to the
Kitchen DOOR for he heard voices in the parlor
in thew
generally entertain their company in the sitting
room. Immediately Billy knew they must nave
I'm lucky" thought Billy; Il have come Just in
time to get something good 10 eat Pu % drive
me back to the pasture. 1 will walk on the grass
SO er my h no SndoW and when the COOK leaves the
kitchen will go in and steal something , so Sl head
cooked to one side listening he noticed sda 70 t ne
down cellar and see. what he could find. fer he
knew they would put all their good 10 t mn table
Tpoeing his wsy along he sneaked d1 DIV the
cellar a as N saaG ali @ On and ready to
be sefved The salad was delicious as it cool
sPf s5f ea aad
ss ne been al wss BAD 70
u hss 0 o ssss hesped up s' high and Dotted with
t BART of s on getting sfh his head
with Next he sss several N cakes s s sa
sed c with dfea fn e sReh Row &c
ice cream before, he thought IL must con-
tain something good If he could only get the top
off RI what inside. In trying to get e OF
he upset the whole thing. and as the ice rattled
ont on the floor, making terrible noise, he lett
everything and for the cellar door just n time
10 escape the cook, who had heard the noise and
had come down the inside stairs TO see what was
the matter. .
Billy ran around the house, and, seeing the front
door open and no one around. they were all in
the dining room. he went in and upstairs. Here he
nosed around smelling things and upsetting Things
generally, when he came to the bed where the
Fades had laid their wraps. On of the hats he
saw a bunch Of green leaves: of course, he thought
them real until he tried TO eat them and the wire
stems we're in his mouth. Then he tried to eat
beautiful red another hat, with no better
success he left them and was just leaving the
rooun when he saw another goat coming in. He
stopped to look at the goat, and the other goat
stopped 70 look back. Then he lowered his horns
ard shook his head, which the other goat did also
Now il made Billy mad to have goat mock every
thing he did so bleated for him to stop inmedi-
steIy or he would hook him down the front stair.
IRE other goat opened his mouth TO bleat. but
sound came from 1t, and Billy stared at the new
conner harder than ever but the stranger goat only
stared back. Then Billy bleated. You get out of