The daily Alaskan., 1912-12-28
By NJ QUAD
Copyright iTa by Arso-istss LH-
 erary Irres


 The goat was brought home and made to understand that u's future lines were Co be cast in pleasant places It was given the run of the yard. and for three days its attitude e.iriied sym pathy and commeudatio1 Co really shed tears over thp mistress and the home it had lost. md then % braced up and became playful
 The deacon had a tomato patch. and he went out one morning Co pick two or three tomatoes Co go with his break fast As hp gathered them there was a cUncussIou. and it was ten minutes later when his wife came out and found him just coming Co himself again.
 "W-what Is lt lenthaT she gaspod-
 ''The- the goat
 "What about himY
 .Came on thp run and struck unc with his heud"
 But I don't sec how he'-
 But she did see The r17t came bounding on like a cyclone and bowled her over and over undI she struck the row Of sundowers
 Two days passed quietly but on the evening of the second the goat quietly slipped bis collar and slipped out to see the sights of Romeo. While rang. ine around be encountered slE different persons on their way Co prayer meet ing. He took them in as fast as he came to them Some went rolling Into the ditch and some against tho fence, but all underwent the same sensation. They thought a tree bad fallen on them.
 Even a good man caDt escare conse- ouences fl he is the owner of putting goat Next day six impIng people wanted to know what Deacon Carter was going to do about lt Like the square mao that he was he offered them S3 apiece and made settlements
 'Tf N wasn't that had promised Hammer on her dying bed" be said to his wife as the last victim limped away.
 q know. know. deacon" was tbe reply.
 even have to keep him"
 "We will"
 .''Durn his hideT
 -s-ss-hl There be stands in the doorr
 That night the goat was shut up in the barn. but there was window through which he jumped. taking The sasb and glass with him. Mr Grigrs the grocer, had locked up and was on his way home when some white ob- feet flashed before his eyes and he knew DO more for half nn hour The gerton of the Baptist church had spent two hours sweeping and dUsting and had started for his dreslde with h.s hands clasped under his coattaiis Ue went down like ripe barley before the sickle Hls last impression was that meteorite bad fallen from the night sky and plunked hlm between the shoulders.
 There were half dozen others that were treated to various surprises snd sensations, and this dime it cost Dea con Carter S5O Co settle
 "weu have to sell him. be said to | bis wife, with @ sigh.
 "And Hammers ghost win haunt usr
 The goat was chained up. and for two days he was a quiot, reflective anl- maj. He stood most of the time with half closed eyes. as lf seeing his past and hoping to see bis 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 Iib- erty. The front doors Of the church stood wide open. as f Inviting all the goats to enter with the sheep. and this goat entered He entered on the run. and within three minutes he had driven out the congrcga tion.
 Gould such a thing as that be over. looked and the offender forEiven1 You fnow it could not With plckets pulled from the fence. with clubs and rocks and umbrellas, they swarmed for the goat. and. though be fought back. they were too many for bin. They finally hemmed him in on the bridge, closing ln Co take hIs Hfe. when he went over the ran Into the creek and was drowned
 'T gpose Hammer is an aneel,~ ob served the deacon's wife as they sat together that evening
 "Yes, | s'pose so."
 "And she saw it allT
 "Yea"
 What do you think she thunkT
 Probably that she had a fool for q father"