Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-12-13
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81 clYnE PARsoNs.

woman. old or young, has lad
and We know she has-why blame
Miss Nora Lee for having one. too y
wasn't great big TAD and one %
keep the police busy and the babies
on the block awake o. nights bat a
reasonable fad. and was not seriously
objected To even bg people With
crouch
Miss Nora was not moving picture
hend. she did not go 10 ball games
more than twice in a season. she
did not attend the races at all her
fad was--cats dogs. rabbits Not AZ
ali She layished her affections on
goat, and he wasn't anything OF a
beauty at that Ia fact he was a
scrub goat He was built on the lines
Of a saw-buck He was homely from
the tip OF his nose 10 $he tip OF ms
"a lie remained gaunt despite the
food set before hin He evinced no
gratitude for her love and care and he
wasn't a bit proud when he was led
along the street With yards Of blue
ribbon streaming in the breeze aud
a silver bell around his neck
Mistress and goat we're bound TO at
tract attention when they walked out
Adults stared, small boys INDUCED in
levity. and dogs seemed 70 have a
longing to try conclusions with
Billy"
However, a fad wouldn't be much
OF FAD unless il attracted atten-
ton. and while Miss Nora tried TO look
calm and unconscious, there Is no
doubt that she feli glows of pride as
she caught such remarks as:
Did you ever!"
Can you beat Il,
Why don't sh We a hippo"
Hasn't she ar or a mother
"A hobble Skin d pet goat
thunder"
Miss Nora vas dead and
her mothers to her fad car
red no weight
Does Billie any oner" the
daughter WOULD
"of course not
Does he bark disturb us?"
No"
Does he cost any more to keep
tlan a dog?"
Il guess not"
he isn't handsome but isn't he BET
ter locking han bun dog?"
Yes"
Then what's the matter with my
keeping a goat?"
.It's so unusual
Wasn't the split skirt unusual two
wears ago."
Living half mile away was Mr..
Burt Wiltshire He had fad In
stead Of leading a goat about the
streets. he led a pig. II was a black
PIG with red ribbon for collar It
had been trained so it could be led
like a doe That pig was also
an innovation as veil as a fad The
police had tried 20 suppress il but
TIE courts had held that II had me
same rights as dog and was not
Eal a dangerous
Like the goat. the pig attracted
much attention when out for an air
ing. and like Miss Nora the young
man al the other end of the lead re-
ceived such expressions from the pub
Tic as
SIS he an escaped IDIOT"
Does he belong to side-show?"
can the pic tell fortunes with
cards2"
Il might have ben figured out by a
mathematician that there was just
one chance in ten thousand that the
girl and her goat and the young man
and his mir would ever meet on the
street IN a head-on collision That
che chance came 70 them II was so
willed by The Destiny that shapes our
ends Al nine o'clock one morning
Miss Nora and her goat were taking
a promenade for their health and 9th
er reasons There was an abandon
about them that was charming That
q. thew occupied nest Of the Sidewalk
and their motto was. he public be
hanged
Al the same hour Mr Burt Wilt
shire and his educated black pig set
out for heir stroll They had here
tofore taken one particular direction
This morning they took new route
Destiny would have it so,
Get on TO the goat"
"Where'd he get the pigi"
That's the latest thing at New
port"
oh Lord what things We do see
in a town."
AS the public exclaimed the human
and animal objects gradually ap-
preached each other
they finally met There was no
record in sacred or profane history to
go by-no society rule laid down in
the blue or red book. Therefore the
sim dandy scat and the educated pig
bumped against each other
Sir" demanded the girl
Miss," replied the man
You have got a nasty pie theret"
And YOU have villain OF a goat"
Don't you dare let your pig
And your goat"
II was too late No work on natur-
al history-no writer on heart throbs
in the yellow journals. has told us
that when pig and goat meet there
must be a deadly conflict. but a rec
ord has been made with this story.
The goat was the attacker but the pig
stood to his guns. The goat used his
horns and hoofs; the pig used his