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Show A PLAYFUL COAT. llo Had I.cnrned In l'liy Iltdn nnd Seek itllh llli Oitnrr. A mountain gnat that I onco kept in confinement was about ns cunning ns tho average street nrab, nnd, had he lived fo miitiirtty nnd kept on acquiring acquir-ing knowledge, tho cliHiicesnro I would have had to movoout nnd give him the ran'h. He usually followed me on short ex-rurNiona ex-rurNiona Into tho woods, and generally kept right at my heels; but on ono occasion oc-casion he lnggcd bohlnil, nnd, although I called him suvcrnl fines, he paid no heed. 1 finally walked back to ace svhat he ss'aa Interested In, aud found him busy feeding on some mnsj that grew nt the roots of n fir tree; so I left him and continued con-tinued my tramp. Hut after I had got away n short distance the thought oc-currsd oc-currsd to mo to hide and sco how he would net; so I slipped into a hollow stump closo by tho trail and nssulted tho result. Presently 1 heard him coming com-ing bounding along tlio trail, and nfter ho had passed I stuck out my head to watch him. When ho got about twenty twen-ty feet boyond mo ho stopped nnd commenced com-menced looking around, nnd tho comical com-ical cxpiiiluii on his faco as he scanned every object that bore nny iu-semblance iu-semblance to a, human being caused mo to hurst out laughing, when he turned nnd ssw mo. Then ho commenced to sulk and would not go any further, io 1 had to return home. Tho next day ho followed me, as usual, but In the midst of snmo thick brush nnd down timber I got Interested In n bird thnt I was following up, and forgot tho goat, nnd when I camo to look for him ho ssas gone Wflking back to shero 1 Inst saw him, I called but no "Hilly" camo in sight. Then I commenced a diligent senrch and presently pres-ently I caught slftht of something white beneath n brush henp. Stooping down and looking In I Daw tho little brute culled up in a heap, and not a more could I get out of him. Reaching in I caught lilm by tlio leg and pulled him out, nnd gave him n good cutting ou both sides of Ids head. Hut lie did not mind It a bit, and seemed to enjoy the joke immensely, capering about in his usual manner all tho svoy home, us If ho would say: "You hid from me yesterday, yes-terday, nnd I hid from you to-day, and honors aro oven." Potest aud Stream |