The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-10-31
with his head"
But l don't see how he

| But she did see. The goat came
bounding on like a cyclone and bowl
ed her over and over until she struck
the row of sunflowers. The deacon
got hold of bean pole and kept the
goat off and 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 look
ed 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 desper-
alton. The deacon was advised to
sit up all night and watch to see that
Billy didn't commit suicide by hang
Ing.
Two days passed quietly, but on the
evening Of the second the goat quiet
ly slipped his collar and set out to
see the sights Of Romeo While rang
ing around he encountered six differ
ent 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 underwent the same
sensation. They thought a tree had
fallen on them.
Even a good man can't escape con-
sequences if he is the owner of but
ting goat. Next day six limping peo-
70 hat
ter was going to do about it. Like the
square man that he was, he offered
them SO a piece and made settlements.
IF it wasn't that l had promised
Hammer on her dying bed"--he said to
his wife as the last victim limped
away.
II know know. Deacon was the
reply.
"Well have to keep him."
1--WE will"
"Durn his hide!"
"S-s-s-h! There he stands in the
door!"
That night the goat was shut up in
the barn, but there was 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 had spent two
hours sweeping and busting and had
started for his fireside 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 just stepped outside the
gate to take one, when he went down
with a 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 earth
quake had affected her.
There were half a dozen others that
were treated to various surprises and
sensations and this time 1t cost Dea-
con Carter $50 to settle, He was a
good man and he had the interests or
Romeo and the United States at heart
but his fellow townsmen didn't pro-
pose to be butted into insensibility
for nothing.
''We'll have to sell him." he said to
his wife with sigh.
But think of Hammer looking down
from heaven!"
"Then well give him away to some
good family"
"And Hammers ghost will haunt u.s.
[, The goat was chained up and for
two days he was a quiet reflective an
imal He stood most of the time with
half closed eyes as If 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 church stood
wide open as If inviting goats to en-
ter with the sheep, and this goat en-
tered. He entered on the run and
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out the congregation. Those that
were a little slow were given aid.
Could such thing as that be over
looked and the offender forgiven? You
know it could not. With pickets pull
ed 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 oyer the rail into the
creek and was drowned.
81 s'pose Hammer is an angel" OBJ
served the deacon's wife as they sat
together that evening
Eyes, s'pose So"
what do you think she thunk?'
Probably that she had a fool for
father"