The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-12
Billy Whiskers
By Frances Trego Montgomery.


 Say, Hat, let me have this one." Wheedled her brother as he looked at the two new pets. Hes biggest Just little bigger, I mean. And l m sure he's the Billy goat.'
 Course you can have him." con sented Harriet. This one," drawing cautiously near to Mamie, 'shas the finer coat. See how nice!" and she tinidly ventured to stroke Nannie's head.
 Look out. Harriet! Keep your distance for a few days. Until goat knows you for friend he's rather a menace to your comfort warned her father.
 The little girl backed away, and her brother followed-a little reluctantly, perhaps. but still he followed.
 T want to caution you now" be- gan MT. Dodge. mot to bring your goats inside the grounds this summer. You know they don't like to have dogs running loose, and Tine sure a goat is worse than a dog. So you may drive up and down the road, over ato Mayville even, if mother is along, but never go on the Chautau- qua grounds. I'm sure you will re- member. Now, I'll give your pets some straw for bedding for tonight, and then we'll go home, so you can be up bright and early. We may go
 
 two sets of harness"
 As he talked he brought several armfuls of straw over to where Billy and Mamie were tied.
 Don't you think they ought to be in the stalls?" inquired Ned, thought fully.
 Why, yes; a good ideal" agreed his father. Then I'll have the usual amount of room for the automobile. I'll move them right away" and he stopped to unite Billy.
 "Ho, ho!" thought that naughty fellow. Easy enough to give advice, isn't it?" and with one quick jerk he succeeded in pulling the leather strap out of MT. Dodge's hand.
 Needless to say, MT. Dodge tried to dodge that goat! Now this way, now that he ran, doubling on his tracks, to elude the ever-pursuing Billy.
 Open the door, Nedt" at last he panted, and the little fellow slipped along the wall and pushed open the door.
 Out sped MT. Dodge, and out went Billy, now warmed up to the spirit of the chase, and with mischief in his eye.
 "Oh. Ned, what shall we dor" wall ed Harriet, thoroughly alarmed.
 Do? Why, you better go in to your LaInaJ 1ra1dy cat!'' he answer ed.
 'Tm not 'fraidy catr' she main tained, land I'll stay right here to prove it!' and the little miss sat down determinedly on a nail keg to em- phasize her statement
 Well, there's really no use of stay in here. I'm a-goin' in," asserted her brother.
 :" "'F'raidy cat! 'Fraidy cat!" she eased. "And a boy!"
 I'm not! And I'll stay right here o prove it, that I wi1l!" And down 'at Ned on another empty keg on the opposite side of the arn.
 Mamie eyed one and then the other, wondering how she could slip he strap over her head and follow Ter brother.
 And likely the twins would be sit ing on those kegs yet. g1aring at each 'ther, to prove beyond a shadow of Ioubt how brave they were had not heir father cautiously opened the loor-he had gained the house in afety-and called:
 Med! Harriet! Come in," How good the summons sounded, oating out on the still summer air. nd how quick they were to obey. 'wo pairs of legs made record time ut of the barn, across the highway. trough the big gate at the entrance the ChautauQua grounds, and then own the short stretch of road to the lodge home.
 (Tomorrow you'll hear what hap ened to Bil1y) opyrighted by the saalfieId Publish
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