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Show NOT ONLY DID HE I LOSE THE GEESE BUT $50 BESIDES Here's a yarn Of a man and a gun. three geese and the widow who owned the fow I. The man was an army officer, j armed with a shotgun, and prepared pre-pared to shoot a stray duck or bird that he might Chance upon While wandering along the weber river bottoms. j The geese wore three prize birds and t. swimming serene- j l on the Weber river, close by their own barnyard. The widow owned the propertj adjaoent to the river upon which the geese were swimming. Bang bang, bang, three times :pol Q the gun- Three geese, with wings outstretched floated on the water. The dOUglity hunter re- trleved his game,. Shots bad attracted flu- widow. j She aseei tr.iiu rl their source and colled Officer W. A. Jones, who lives near her pt&Ce. The detective detec-tive started In pursuit of the army officer. . . A mili -and-a-half rha.se ensued. during Which the officer abandoned aban-doned his game OUe poose at a time. Finally, exhausted. he halted- 'I'm an officer." said Jones. "So am 1." said the hunter. "I'm willing to make a settlement.' h continued. So ho settled lti$ extenl of fifty slmoleons. lie started to get his pee-' . The widow Objected Gracefully, the officer relinquished relin-quished his claim, and it Is reported re-ported that roast goose is grac- j ing the widow -s t'hrlsinias table today. oo |