New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-31

"All right" he thought No supper. no perform
am fed, But viii and something to eat even nj, If
they won't feed me- for goat can eat almost any
The man who had tied Silly had scarcely gotten
nnt two VI s snd when when 1t dopped
oyer and commenced to eat the eePn od B,V 9o 70
stop and go his own SUPER but B III yeyDaa
not b eeae5 Toqa that ne ' hs any
expected to go supperless. Now If he had only
fp end fRs ss he gladly given
Of his o s9Pps a Bo R but Waf kept en
the % # s $40 he n nety HIM rom s
ground set him on top of the lions cage that was
standing near. Billy was more surprised when ne
tSan h e Pad erar baaa on fs only
MINUS for ne n fbe Canvas of f the Hs he
ran away he heard all the animals laughing, though
byena a cali and above all the racket he heard
the head animal keeper asking what an TINS racket
by each giving his particular call. he was too stu,
pid to understand animal talk SO lost all the run
OF Wien Ths 5I Billy came through side Of the tent he
found himself near the tent where the horses ana
va In and while talking to his particular
friends the Shetland ponies, he helped hlnseI 10
little Mexican Burroetta that was destined to be,
his closest inst anf his beieh of
mouse color with white streak down Its spine
and four white stockinged feet, but the most pc
cuiiar thing about its looks was it's exceedingly
long ears-ears that were as long as Blllys horns
Saw and hf he safns most beaufu large liquid
looked as mild as a dove but was quite deceiving
for 1t was as fun of the "old scratch" as Billy
himself It must have been this kindred spirit that
drew them together from the first.
That night the people had come to the circus
tent; several OF the things on the progra Ine
had been gone through with and IL was Bily's
to perform next and still Billy had not oeeh
found.
Every man and woman on the place had been
looking for him, but though they had hunted every
where and inquired of every one If he had seen
large white goat with long whiskers, no one had
him and they were about to substitute some
thing else for his performance when one OF the
men, coming into the ponies tent for something
Here, Billy, you rascal. come along with me-
We have been looking everywhere for you
And Billy was led off and made to go through
his performance. But tonight he was cross and
still angry with the ringmaster. SO when about
through with his imitation of the professor, he
the book and chewed them up. Then he stood up
in his chair with his gown and sDectacles on, and
! before any could stop him he had jumped
down and run of the tent, with the spectacles
still on his and his gown trailing after him:
The excitement and confusion this caused IN the
discovered that the astrooger was nothing more or
less than ordinary goat, and that his voice had
3 come from who q ventriloquiSt. hid
under the platform, their disgust was complete and
II broke p the circus performance for that night.
Rilly chewed wriggled and pulled at his gown
and disappeared in the darkness outside; and he
was careful keep in the shadows away from the
light so no could him, for he had sense
/ enough TO know that he had done wrong and would
be punished if caught
CTo be contnued)