Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-17
By M. QUAD
Copyright. 1919. BY Associated Lat
erary Press.

"W-what 10 1t. Jeptha r she gasped.
"The-the goat!'
"What about him"
"Came ON the run and struck me with
his head!''
But l don't sec how he'-
But she did zee. The goat came
bounding on like Z cyclone and bowled
her over and over until she struck the
row Of sunnowers. The deacon got
hold Of bean pole and kept the goat
of, ana they got into the house, famed
in every joint This was the outbreak.
1t was the end Of the goats serenity.
Men had to be called to help tie him
up. and those who hadn't looked upon
him before now came to gaze. Nobody
! wished the animal ILL On the contrary.
1t was generally held that grief had
driven him to desperation. The deacon
was advised to sit up all night and
watch to see that Billy didn't commit
suicide by hanging.
Two days passed quietly. but on the
evening Of the second the goat quietly
slipped his collar and set out to see the
sights of Romeo. While ranging around
he encountered six different persons on
their way to prayer meeting. He took
them in as fast as he came to them.
Some went rolling into the ditch and
some against the fence. but all under.
went the same sensation. They thought
tree had fallen on them.
Even a good man can't escape conse.
Quences If he Is the owner Of buttine
goat. Next day six limping people
wanted to know what Deacon Carter
was going to do about 1t. Like the
square man that he was, he offered
them So apiece and made settlements.
IF 1t wasn't that I had promised
Hammer on her dying bed he said to
his wife as the last victim limped away.
II know-I know. Deacon" was the
reply.
"we'll have to keep him."
I'VE WILL"
"Durn his hide!"
"S-s-s-h! There he stands in the
doorW
That night the goat was shut up in
the barn, but there was a window
through which he jumped, taking the
sash and glass with him. Mr.. Griggs.
the grocer, had locked up and was on
his way home when some white object
flashed before his eyes and he knew
no more for half an hour. The sexton
Of the Baptist church has spent two
hours sweeping and busting, and had
started for his Preside with his hands
clasped under coattails. He went down
like ripe barley before the sickle.
Abraham Davis, the undertaken, was
taking little walk before going to bed,
or had stepped outside the gate to take
one, when he went down with crash
and was out Of range of the wireless
for ten minutes. Then he crept into the
house ON hands and knees to ask his
wife how the earthquake had affected
her.
There were half q dozen others that
were treated to various surprises and
sensations, and this time 1t cost Dea-
con Carter $50 to settle. He was .
good man, and he had the interests Of
Romeo and the United States at heart.
but his fellow townsmen didn't pro-
pose to b butted into insensiblity for
nothing.
We'll have to sell him." he said to
his wife with a sigh.
But think Of Hammer looking down
from heavenw
Then well give him away to some
good family"
"And Hammers ghost will haunt us!'
The goat was chained up. and for
two days he was quiet, reflective AMI
NAL. He stood most Of the time with
half closed eyes, as ii seeing his past
and hoping to see his future.
Then Sunday came. and the people
gathered at the church. The goat
worked some sort Of hocus pocus on
that chain and was once more at lib
erty. The doors of the churches stood
wide open. - II inviting goats to en-
ter with the sheep. and this goat enter
ed. He entered on the run, and within
three minutes he had driven out the
congregation. Those that were little
slow were given aid.
Could such thing rs that be over. |
looked and the offender forgiven? You
know It could not With pickets pulled |
from the fence. with clubs and rocks |
and umbrellas, they swarmed for the
goat, and though he fought back they |
were too many for him. They finally |
hemmed him in on the bridge, closing |
in to take his life. when he went over
the rail into the creek and was
drowned.
II s'pose Hammer Is an angel" OBJ
served the deacon's wife a. they sat
together that evening.
ayes, s'pose 80"
"And she saw It allr'
EYES"
''What do you think she thunk?'
Probably that she had fool for . |
father