Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-01-29
GOAT AND DONKEY.

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GOAT AND DONKEY.
They Hated Each Other and Nursed
the Feud to Death.
| There has been a feud between val
entine and Proteus. 1t Is ended now
unless some of Valentines relatives
care to take up the quarrel AS this is
unlikely, it is probable that the feud
is over. The duel ended it.
Valentine was a trick donkey. Pro-
teus Is a goat. You will notice the dif-
ference in tense. 1t Is full of meaning
Valentine was" Proteus still Is.
The goat which "is" was the cause
of Valentine being in the past tense
to the sorrow of her owner, John F.
Williams of Chicago Lawn. Mr.. Will
liams has a troupe of performing AMI
mals-goats, donkeys and dogs. Miss
Valentine was the star. She was a
cake walker, and an artist in dozen
lines.
The family was happy one until a
couple of months ago, when two new
goats were added to it. Proteus was
one of the two. He made friends with
all the performers except the donkey
Miss Valentine.
The first outbreak of hostilities oc-
Cured one day while the donkey was
eating hay in the barn. The go +, be-
ing a jovial fellow, seemed to get the
idea that he had done wrong In per-
mitting a coldness to exist between
him and the donkey. He went up to
her and wagged his beard good natur-
edly.
To this salute Valentine made no re-
sponse other than to lay back her ears
and look at him out of the corners OF
her eyes. Proteus saw the flattened
ears and knew enough Of donkey to
know just about what they meant
He shrugged his shoulders and walked
away.
Afterward he returned to see If there
were any better chance for an under
standing. This time the donkey PAID
no attention to him, and he walked ur
to the pile of hay and began eating.
There was a sudden flash of hind
feet, and Proteus found himself In a
heap, not hit by the feet-he was toe
quick for that-but tumbling there In
his jump to get out Of the way.
From that moment there was war
Proteus was back at the unfriendly
donkey with his head lowered prepared
to butt her through the side of the
barn. The trainer interviewed and the
goat was led away.
It was thought the goat had discov-
cred that Miss Valentine objected to
his attentions and that he would quiet
Ily desist, through courtesy II not
through fear, from bothering her any
more. That Is where they did not
know Proteus.
The goat kept discreet distance fol
several weeks. He hustled past the
vicinity Of Valentines hind feet, but he
might have been observed frequently
standing at q little distance from her
eying her pensively as If considering
lust where it would be best to plant his
head. Each time he would shake his
head and move away. Therefore the
trainer thought there would be no diff
Guilty with Proteus.
The goat in reality was nursing q
deep laid plan for revenge. His chance
came last week. Valentine was suffer
ing from a slight indisposition-a fact
that seemed known to the goat. The
lot in which the animals had beer
turned loose was covered with Ice
This was another fact which the goal
seemed to realize was to his advantage
He took poor Miss Valentine all of g
sudden. She probably had just beer
thinking to herself how she had thai
poor goat scared to death. He dashed
at her suddenly from an unexpected
quarter, and the donkeys feet flew ur
in the air. BY the time she had scram-
bled up Proteus had launched himself
again.
The lot was filled with scattering
animals. The trainer was absent, but
his assistant came running to the field
of battle with a lash. This he laid over
the back of the goat, who paid no at
tention to him or to it.
AS rapidly as the ill-fated donkey
Il
He landed at will. Time and time again
Valentine went to the mat getting
weaker every time. She was unable to
find an opening for her hoofs. The ice
gave her poor footing, and before she
could wheel on the battering ram tina,
was launched at her it had struck
her and she was stretched out again.
For a half hour the assistant tried
to beat off the goat. The duel ended
when Valentine, mortally injured and
too weak to rise. gave up the fight
Then Proteus walked contentedly away
A half hour after Valentine had CIV
en- up the fight she gave up the ghost
in spite Of everything that could be
done for her. The only marks on the
goat were those Of the lash.-Chicaga
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