Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1888 — WHAT DID THE BUTCHER BOY BAT? [ARTICLE]

WHAT DID THE BUTCHER BOY BAT?

A Pnmole for Little People Which May Not Be Very Vuzaling. ' JVXaa Ralph, tn St. \ Six or eight p ; geons« were resting and sunning themselves one morning on the corner of the bare aero is ths street from my house in Brooklyn. The pigeons and the bam belong to a rich gentleman, who leaves them in charge of a gardener, a very faithful man and known to be the relentless foe of the enterprising boys of the neighoorhood, who cannot always resist their desire to cross the fence that encloses this great man’s garden, with its fruit trees, flowers and household pets. As the pigeons sunned them-elves a butcher boy cams along on my side of the street, lugging a heavv market basket. He saw the nigeons and stopped and put down his burden. He took from one of his pockets a bean shooter, loaded its leather pouch with a tiny stone, took aim at the pigeons, drew the elastic as far as it would stretch and let fly. All the pigeons spread their wings and all but one rose high in the air in rapid flight. That one fell flattering headforemost [to .the ground. Up to this point the only fact remarkable was that the boy should have succeeded in hitting one of the pigeons. But, after that, everything that followed was astonishing. In the first place, the boy did not ran; instead, he picked up his basket, crossed the street, and rattled on the gate until the gardener came. Could it have been that he did not know how faithful the gardener was and how likely he would be to fly intd a passion and beat the off ander, or call the police! The boy said something to the gardener, and the gardener went away leaving the boy standing at the gate. Presently he returned with the limp, soft body of the poor pigeon in his hand. He stroked the dead bird fondly a moment; then handed it to the boy, who threw it into the basket and went away whistling. Now I want to know what the boy said to the gardener. I have tried again and again to imagine what he could have said that caused the gardener to act as he did.

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