Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-28
Billy TWoshoes

4 Billy TDOShOeS
Ted and Nina Faber lived in the
smallest house in town down by the
river, and their one trouble was that
they had no pets to play with.
Not even kitten" sighed Nina.
Nor a chicken" added Ted. What
good company Billy Twoshoes would
be If we had him now!''
Billy Twoshoes was chicken they
had found last summer out on the
river bank. He had hurt himself or
some broken glass, and his two little
legs were bleeding. Ted had washed
them and covered them with court
plaster. The plaster was black and
made the chickens yellow legs look al
II he were wearing black boots. So
they had named him Billy Twoshoes
Afterward they had found that he be
longed up at Rosebank farm on the
hill, and they had carried him up there
and given him to Harry Clinton, whose
father owned the beautiful place.
Billy Twoshoes was darling-just
like little round, yellow ball. said
Nina.
Look here!" Ted sat up straight in
the grass at sudden thought. ITO
morrow is the day Harry is going of
to the academy, and he asked us to
come up before he went. Let's go
right now. Mother said we might
stay out all the morning
The two children liked very much to
go up to Rosebank farm. 1t was like
! ~ Pot
boy Of fifteen, was always ready to
take them over the big place and show
them all the calves and lambs and pigs
This morning he told them he had
| something unusual to show them.
1--we had him for a year. he said,
"and know you never saw, anything
like him.,
He took them out to the hen houses
and showed them a handsome white
rooster in little house by himself.
Looks just like any rooster, doesn't
he?" asked Harry. We'll, now, you
watch"
He opened the door of the coop and
the rooster marched out. Harry took
up small harness of silk ribbons
which was lying on tiny cart, like a
dolls cart, near by. He put the har-
ness on the rooster and hitched him
into the little cart. Then he said,
Ger long, Billy" and the rooster
marched off with his head up, drawing
the cart behind him.
He would back and turn when Harry
spoke to him, and when his driver
threw the reins over his back he would
f; stand like a well-trained horse. When
Harry embarrassed him he marched
S11O al hi
and ate the corn the boy put down for
him. So
"There!" laughed Harry. You
If you hadn't seen it? People come
/ way down from the city to look at my
/ trained rooster l haven't told you
about him before for reason had.
Don't you think he's an interesting
pet? He always acts just as if he
liked the fun when I'm playing with
him. The cart is light, you see, and
of course I never put anything in ut.
The harness is made of old ribbons
mother gave me, so it would be easy
Ieeling."'
Nina and Ted talked about the train
ed rooster all the way home. They
could hardly eat their supper they
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about It.
What will Harry do with him when
ne goes away" asked Nina. He,
can't take rooster to the academy"
Next morning when the children came
out of the house after breakfast ttey
found something blocking the way. 1t
was the trained ROSTERS little house Of
Stats, and he was inside looking out
at them. On the front of the coop
hung large sheet of paper on which
Harry had written:
! This Is Billy Twoshoes, and he be-
longs to you now. l always meant you
should have him when l went off to
school, and 1 kept him quite for
surprise. Didn't you guess that he is
the same little yellow chicken that
you found and took care of last sum-
mer?"
Here's the cart and harness on top
of the COOP" whispered Nina. Isn't
it like having a present from fairy.
land?'
| But Billy Twoshoes only put his
head out between the Stats and blink
ed at them as much as to say, #
you're so glad to see me, why don't
YOU give me some corn?"
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