The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-18
Billy Wiliiskers
BY Frand 8 1rego Montgomery.

Stubby listened to Nannie's dues-
ton and he wagged his stub of a tail
in glad assent and barked:
Indeed I did bring you some
thing! I brought the best thing on
CIoverleaf Farm I brought Father
Wtlliam!''
And into view sta1ked the old goat,
well knowing the sensation he would
create. This was too much for poor
Mamie, and over she toppIed, COM
p1etely Frustrated with her joy.
Billy Whiskers had seen women
faint when he was travelling with the
circus, and SO now he assumed com
mand.
'fson," to Billy Junior, stretch her
out fiat on her back. Stand back. all
of you! She must have air! Get
that lid of a pasteboard box, Stubby;
and use it as a. fam
The intelligent dog seized the cover
between his teeth and swayed it back
and forth, thus making "a gentle stir
| of air over Nannfe's face.
With a long sigh she opened her
eyes, then weakly staggered to her
feet to greet Father William with a
loving smile.
And what did you Fring, STRIP she
| asked, for Father Wi1san1 occupied
q, large, warm spot in his adopted
daughters heart.
Il, why. II brought up the rear. I
guess he replied. and a hearty laugh
was the response from the group to
his witticism.
Well, now that Mamie has meow
cred, will you all come dn?" said Billy
remembering he was the host.
Eyes, do urged his sister.
So one by one they crept in through
the small door that always stood
open, and Mamie, model housewife
that she was, quickly made a. bed here
and another there, and then still a.
third from the hay she and Billy
scratched down from the NOW above.
And soon quiet reigned once more,
this time disturbed only by the regu-
lar breathing of five sleepers instead
of one.
1t may have been that the respon-
sibi1ty of entertaining three unex-
pected guests caused Mamie to sheen
lightly the rest Of the night, but at
any rate she was astir when the first
beams OF sunshine stole through the ,
little window that lighted the general !
bedchamber. With a. frfsl she was
up and arousing the others, giving
them a sharp warning that If they ex-
pected to keep their freedom. all five
must be away before the Dodge twins
should come, or a. possible caretaker.
If not, each one-Button excepted,
perhaps-wou1d likely be tied and
there would be an end Of all fun for
that day.
They realized the truth of her arg
ument and, in spite of a little stiff
ness from the long, hard Journey.
each declared he never felt in better
trim.
With a flip of his runt OF a. tail.
Billy the younger led the queer pro
cess1on out of the barn, and, turning
aside from the enchanted land he
knew lay inside the high IRON fence
that marked the boundary Of tha
Chautauqua grounds, he led his
friends across a green meadow where
daisies and golden buttercups raised
thousands of smiling faces to greet
the morning sun.
Here's breakfast for us all. and
each one to his particular TASTE" said
Billy. 'I see Button has already
hurried off on the trail of some field
mice, and there's Stubby lowering
over a nest full of some ground birds,
eggs. We will be vegetarfans. ana ]
feast on sweet clover. won't veg" ad-
dressing the other two goats.
But that question was never an
swered, for they were already too
busy enjoying the bountffuI meal J
Dame Nature had worked for J
weeks and weeks to prepare
CTomorrow you will hear of The
adventures of our reunited family. y
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