"THAT BRUTE OF A GOAT."

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2787, 4 October 1910, Page 6

"THAT BRUTE OF A GOAT."

Np?r Rufi\s was V-hfllygoat. .. ?; -, !^M!^:jeieT lilhJ such lamentable weakness and lack of discretion as I did in bringing ,a .*S»a|*,.-, tq. ? the^. .....pbildren, : .-it •'bootf foT tdr J lic|ulre. it ,: tb ours, Sprungett, gave this "Wicked beast to me one day when I was onj^m*;jEHjd? natively :: ia'Bistect;; upoh J "my taking it away ,^^|,;^^her«^dj: t thieni| ,-- !Kaid. qMfeela peW'i%ndV will just do for the children." ._., ~ And it very nearly did. "Thank you, my dear Springett," I "but..! couldn;%, thinlfe Missing youlioQt, or ;of# taking advantage of your generosity. You see, I've no experience of goats." '"Ten minutes of this goat will alj r you, want*'';be replied, which. statement , was literally: true. Springett slipped a dollar! and chain, on the. animal, and I started down the street with ..', "an# I sped down the road: after himy passing on :my way a "fuffing" cat, an astonishedlooking organ-grinder struggling to bm feetfrand :an: overturned old' lady ;Who< had sat, with awful violence,- on the pavement. ; ; !;; '■■■'■'■ ; ---;--- :

r 1 neither 'stopped to' help nor Sptrght', 'tqmake inquiry, into these happenings. .1 thought ', : ' it; better hot. After all, people must take care of themselves, and

~1 was ruaning past; ; ,a ; • butcher's ■|h ; o,pf s ~,at "^tne'',.moni|n£,. and,,, witnout ; waMhg of'-ahy sdrt; bht 6amt Rufus at. about, a thousand miles an hour. He ran cleahA§<letj?hji; ?eet-}and the next moment I ; was "on, the .floor" at full';'length!..;..': iSlowly, and v sorely—:surel ; I mean —I got \6n to. my; legs, and; grabbing RUfug's > chain, 'found myself' facing theivate : butcher.' ■

;this brute's ;yburs,' is:' it ?'» sa r id!'' the m'ah of hiuttori ;angrily. " fe's hutted my hpy-into the pickled pork tub, and now 'e's run off with %na#eak4-twd pbunsß« ajpd :a 'arf,

It was, indeed true—the steak was Rufus's right.. horn,, and giving.' roiost..sanguinary.appearance. . it: wag-useless to contfist.thej point-rthe joint evidence (excuse.'--that unintentional : joke) of t his '/hut-chief smd : the steftk was uncontrovertible. l % 's'ighed,. and put my hahd lit my pocket to whilst th.e> er£wd ''#&&&-. eced Jte w f>-isssZs i! j% k sDves i 4fiej% ; and; qibald expense. "Tfeft'-,'._, t reflectively, " sn' there's 'arf-a-crown damages for the boy as well. You yourself wouldn't like to be .forwarded into a pickle tuljj £''' I hastensd to With and, leasiflgr the ¥aluef of "the 'plus half-a-crown for £ tie Soy, y] started once more, and safely home without further trouble.

So delighted :wej?e- : my yig.' : y»angsters with tfe pe|w| their pleasur| JjLs<x& to me for my recent suffering and hrmiliation. We Sty St^? ,?tf-••ad-miring group jftufus !j.in the garden. I I and s: stooped in an unguarded moment to pat my youngest -oh'the 1 -head l , ! wnen '*Biff V*'-'' and ; I was sprawling on the r grass pn top of my last born:; i} was th4t brute of a goat again. Mt,;Wftß, ; nevey. ;a. frontal,.attack; one had to : fear; with Rufus? his charges Insidiously deliverepfrottpfi |»6lnt' outside the range dTt'he .victim's" ! visiorii-tfox Rtfssell, ifm .;Mag4«p. ;*:'■,";;;