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Show QO0SEY, GOOSEY, OANDER. W The new people next door kept geec I kept a garden I did not openl) object to my neighbors' geese, even when ny slumtvitB broken b) the shrill squawking of their etrly-mornlng concerts Hut nnM commenced to Invite each other to luncheon parties on m) trimly kiptlB ,nd grass holders I decided that It was time to resort to stringent mncM I bought a fox terrier pup christened hlm Kitchener, and set him thtj-.B clearing my lands of marauding larties of the invndcrs. for my lawnfcM nlng to develop an alarming tendency to baldness Kitchener perform,) duties admlrabls. capturing the wing of a goose ono tiny nnd chaslniijB rander-the Denet of ms neighbors urmy-lhrough twcnty-slx panel of cumber frames on the next K He did not succeed In catching Dewct but ho scared him so badlrltrH never dared enter m territory ngaln Llko nil great men and dogs honfl he had one weak point Hla weak point was a ounc gosling of txtnntS boldness nnd defiant demeanor He not only failed to chase this blrltiH iropert) but nctu ill) grew on such filendly terms with it that heioulliH it to eat off his own plate and lo sleep In his own kennel Indeed, rnrlH of purposo nearl) gave way when I found Ihem sleeping placidly tojeltr.B goslings downs head mnly pillowed on Kitcheners softly hciving rlbi EjV hardened my heatt I look the gosling b) Ihe ncek nnd carried him 'TaijB tn ni) boundaries I inounteil tho gniden sent that was piarcd beneath tH red brick wall which divided my gallon from tint of my nclshbori I'-tW threw him kicking recking anl mlllel, into hla own territory, thtiH alighted with a fluttering bump nnd a scattering of gravel, hunlng hlicMjB v,ou horrid ciuel man' cried a voice V I nm not' I answered hnll) If )nud put )Our head over thti.'JM see what )our old geese have done to my lawn sotid npologlze for theteB Its as bnre us the bnhara ' I am sorry our geese hive ealen )our grass,' said the voice onthrJH side of the wall but I think Its perfectly horrid of sou to throw lhit:H bird down on the hnrd ground like that ' H I dldn t throw him down I protested I threw hlm up AndKtiiM n duffel of a goose that he can t fl), he-he well, he ought to learn totftH all . . . He can t fl) responded the voice niter a pauc, ne a nmy a louuissss his wings are clipped And I don t want to put my head over sourntH caue sou might sciew my sturid head off my neck, or -or eat nuiiH slutting H 'I sa), nicnt sou Miss Dolderwood? ' I asked, for I knew that cH neighbor waa that oil and peppery Indian wnrrlnr Col Tlollerwood I m Miss Nancy Ilolderwood not JIlss Ilol lerwood-that s my (iittrtH corrected the voice B rhen Miss llolderwool I pleaded, won t nu honor me by lookltiB Irto my gulden and bearing witness to the iliinuf,e our tcese havedonrH Hell here I nm announce! Mlsa Noncv Ilolderwood nllowlng l'H lips rlier than nn) e herr) to appeal nbove the wall wienthed In aduilitll for Ihe greater dlspla) of a row of teeth tint would have made itiyicJH pearls look foolish Is thut )our lawn-' ' H lhats It" 1 replied helplessl), paralysed b). so much beauty, H 'What a bentlful gniden' ' she exclaimed H ' 1 m so glad )ou like It1 ' I replied gratefulls ' Ion ore Mr farel-sa aien I you? ' she asked H tapt Careless I explained 'I whs going tn cnll on Mr! BofiB this afternoon I woull have called befoie but 1 did not like tountllPB Milled down In your new home" 1 added untruthful!, foi until Nancy'B wood had lifted her pielty face ahovo the g irden wall I had no lnt("B breaking ni) seclusion and calling on the t olouel and his wife aH I m sute llnmeo couldn I have enlen nil th it mid Miss Nancy, fWlB she survesed the bnrren patches of my gias H nomen' Whos Itomeo' 1 ask d wonderlngly ' Ilomeo Is ms pet goose jnu threw hlm over tho wnll Just now lm aw full) sons about that ' I answired earnetl), 'If Idorljt that he was sour goosn I wouldht have thiown him over the wall for' Hut why do sou call him Romeo' I He looks so much like a soung man In love when he's eaten a loti nnd rolls Ids e)es she explained N-a a a a-a-nncy' mated a slenlorlan volco from the MH Na-n-anc) I must go now soil Miss Vine) lints pnpi, nnd he wantiM Pupa Is like a lion ' shu added, he nlw lys roars when ho wantiw1 Dear pat a' ion will come and look at my lawn ngaln'' ' I pleaded, as ll" iMl from sight behind the Jenlnus acieen of brick Of toutso 1 shall' laughed her volie from Ihe Colonel s garden. Nancy often tame In tulk over the gaulen wall after that P1 fought ahy of in) gaiden By all I bs, when Hi1 nit had grown so tint Nancy had cllroMd'J ladder on to tha top or li) garden wall und I li id cllml cd from my Pj to sit Is her sldo on the top of her gaulen wnll Romeo used to flopP1 the garden wulk lielm. with a bluo satin ribbon round hi neck iw dttlnful light In his cyo thut expicsacd his wonderful opinion "'""J As Ihc Biimmei drew tn It close we hu 1 three days of lain, soil tn vain for Niuuy at the gaulen wall On the fnuilh day sho came I th'iuglu you wcie never mining auid I ,, 'I thought that I would noier comn agnln' I mado up my t"" would never s.eak lo you again hut hut I c c c touldnt help comltlc )ou If then hasn t been Mime horrible inlstnki i ibb d S'nnr) . ' Whit on earth do ou mean, Naiic f I uske 1 afchast, ' Whc" donn'' ' 'louvo killed Romeo, nn' oaten lilm' walled Nniii), "Just Wcin jour grass ' ' I killed Romeo' I exclaimed ' Who has dared to sny that I '' a thing' ' 'Well he s gone'" sobbed Nsne "And nnd )our servant to" tM who l-t.t-tod nur servant tint )ou ito t,iosc yeHlcidu).' I waa silent a moment Icertalnl) hud gnose for dinner yesterday I teplled, butlt,nl1 "lhen what gooso w is he' deniHiidfil Nnncy. Then It flashed nnoss mo how Hint wiclchel gooso hnd arrive!" post, how l ha I orened the tarrel myself, m I wondeied who eould M"' nnd how I had taken It In in) housekeeper merely rem trklng that111"' goose nnd that she hn 1 ellei ei ok It fu illnnei i "Wont )ou lelleve mr when I iissuin sou that tho goose I M " yestenlay was uu urn nymous pouso, sent mo by inicels post by """ other?' said I Rut Nancy dl I nnt unswei Then an Inspltnllon strut k me as, fur across Ihe garden. my glint oi while) in the shnde or Kitcheners kenntl ,, Wat a moment while I Cet in) gin! uci'b ladder. Then I ' come Inln my garden Nnmy I plendeil .na"1"1 ""''T"1 hy "" feilousness of my tone cease I cr)lng '" TkKIZ'XI'Z"? Bar,Un lor """ '"' "" 1 me ", " lowBiTkT-Hi,.,h',i T' Kitchener slumbering peacefully hlle ! 1Z hlm 'l"ly on bis friends neck, Itumco nestled In l thsthl."eh!LNnn m ' my heart beating tumultiiousl) '" 1 in lonely L i '" "" '"nnel t0 l, t"mo tn kce" h'm Then Nancy smiled n honvenl) smile. .heV:r0Vrerrne(ekrth,Ra,,,n"n" '" 0B " |