The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-08
Billy Whiskers
By Frances 1reeo Montgomer,


 At last, after the goats had gulp- ed the milk as fast as they could. there was a strangling sound from Billy Junior, and a mighty kerchoo! from Billy Senior. As he sneezed there was a shower of milk that had gone down his Sunday throat. This served as warning to the dairy clerk, and she flew to the outer room to see what was anliss, to behold the precious milk flowing from both spigots. She quickly turned them off, and then ran to the door to sec if she could find the culprit-but ths goats had made good time and wer@ far across the plaza.
 Certain that such 8 prank could never go unpunshed, and fearing i'm stant and hot pursuit, they h@tr plunged into a mass of people, all pushing forward to the amphi- theater, as they afterward learned the place was called. Many 8 man has found that the best place for concealment is in a teemfng throng, and so seeks the crowded city in stead of the sparsely settled pla1ns when his desire is to drop out of sight quickly and effectively. This was the motive that prompted wise old Billy to lead the way straight l into the heart of the crowd, and he | pushed and prodded his way through, and his son followed in his waka.
 He had no clear idea of his desti- nation, but knew they were safe as long as the crowd pressed them so closely. Imagine then. if you can, his surprise when suddenly they emerged from the throng, and found themselves facing a great, sweeping semi-circ1e of people who l occupied the seats of the immense ~r~Ix l front of them stretched g. long, steep, narrow aisle, leading down to the lower seats.
 l On the stage was a man in evening 1 dress making some sort of a speech, and back of him was stretched a great | white curtain. He finished, and the vast amphitheater was at once p1ung- l ed into darkness No one had of l fered to disturb the unusual specta- l tors in the aisle. To be sure, there l were a few in seats near by who might have passed a more comfort | able evening had they not seen the | pair. but evidently there was on one | brave enough to undertake to lead | them out, each one leaving the task l to some one else to rid the house of l such menacing creatures. So it came about that the goats were unmo1est- 1 ed and it was not long until both l were intensely interested in the pie lures being flashed on the sheet. l How Father William lived over his 1 younger days that nightl For the l pictures showed the inner workings 1 of @ circus-how the special trans 1 pulled into the town before day. | break, how quickly the cars were un- | loaded and the long line of wagons | started to the circus grounds. How | the tents were pitched, breakfast | served, the animals cared for and fed, 1 dinner cooked, hurriedly eaten, and
 the afternoon matinee put on Now
 the lights are lit. the crrers are at ! their boxes, the evening throngs 1 surge in, the performance Is over, and
 the work of moving begun. The train l is loaded. each great cage on it's truck | car, and the engine gets up steam. On its rushes through the darkness -on and on with greater and still
 greater speed and then-then a crash l and down the embankment into l dreadful misery and perhaps death | plunges that train, carrying men and l wild animals alike to destruc- | ton.
 CTomorrow you'll see how this af- l fected the goats.)
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