The sun., 1910-07-13
THERE WENT EILET'S GOAT
SOHER0Di 70 a. TRIILINs WITH
nv OH NEES ILEIINsA
ssd ,sis~ n the isas island snS ssla~k.
smiih Dst,es ttiFa ln sheer Desp~rs-
tisn 80 Drtnk NSlls~ lsh stun IN .
Ibuteh Paaee AFTER the Oranss Parasir.


James K,ley. tho Fourth street blark-
smith. wasn't feeling we'll Yesterday
Somebody got his guat Billy junior
vas the goat pct nam. until he apy~ared
Ai kiley's chop AZ ~ Fo,irth street. Long
Island City. IN time for the parade In the
morning ell decked out with orange col
ored ribbon. and now the hoys call him
-Croppy lac Down
kiley. who II big and strong and good
natured and II considered the friend %
tho entire nsighborhood. comes from =
place in Ireland where on July - q dif-
ference OF opinion concerning the rights
Of OrAngemen TO parade and celebrate
was sometimes fought to a finish. Since
becoming a stalwart American citizen
Mr. Kiley has dropped his old pTejudices.
He has nothing against any Of his neigh
bors and he has no objection 20 Orange
men paradlng II they are properly guarded
by a regiment or two OF soldiers with fixed
bayonets and several companies Of police
and IL they carry the green nag ~ the
head of the procession. He says his aim
Ia 90 live at peace with his neighbors and
he is willing with a few restrictions to-
grant free and equal rights to all.
Even before Billy Junior put in an ap-
psarance logged out in his marching
clothes Kiley knew il was the 18th Of
July Before entering his shop to begin
his days work he glanced up and down
Fourth stree, There was hut one strip
81 yellow in sight and that belonged TO
the colors Of an Italian haG in a saloon
window opposite.
There's green there too said kiley
4 - al
Italian colors and ~ | arm peaceful
citizen III let IL go
Where's Billyp' inquired kiey of his
half dozen workmen on faihng TO catch
a sight ot his pet goat browsing in a sort
Of nest he had fixed up for himself in the
depths Of wornout sheet iron wheel
harrow Billy is the mascot OF the shop
and klley Was loath To hegIn the days
work and particularly work on July II,
unless Billy Was present at roll call.
sure. he was here few minutes ago.
replied one Of the workman. Mebbe
he's gone away wild one % the hoys
For some reason even the heated iron
glowed a deep orange color and kiley re-
remarked io his men that II was easy
KNOWN the day Right In the midst
Of the rush Of the morning a gorgeous
bundle of orange color"d rihbonS. ro-..its-
and ssashes smbled up Ia the door of the
-B-a-a-h' B-a-a-a-s-h'- sald III" ~eArer
Of the decorations
-Hiven help US, whats thiss An right
at me own door shouted kiley. Don't
stand there like wooden min! DO you see
that somebody dlsgrarln mei
-B-a-a-a-hl B-a-a-a-h!- said Billy
again. giving the hlg orange rusett" which
decorated his tail a friendly wag
Its Billy, an I'm disgrac~d. said
kiley Then catching up a red hot
horseshoe he hurled Il at the unsuspcctng
Billy. who with an eNpertness horn OF
long eNper"nCe dodged the dying missile
and started up the street toward vernon
avenue. one ~ the main thoroughtaTes.
with kiley and his men ia pursuit The
chase led to the entrance ~ the Niaduct
across the Newtown Greek. which ~
guarded bV Rig Tom trogan from the
Fourth street police station
Tom knew the goat a. toes every one
living on Fourth street, and he realized
kiley's plight
Some unchri-t,an hla"kglard- has
trimmed up me goat. an for the love ~
hlvin. Tom, he y me catch him t~tore I'm