THE LAST STRAW.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 11

THE LAST STRAW.

i.I-Tb be good-natur'ed (says'a'writer, 'in the '■"Australasian") 'occasionally/leads jtp. a person y beiht' imposed upon'.; : A' friend, of •miiie who has. a'.large' lawn:that had' .been: allowed .to 1 overgrow suggested to 'a; inoighbour' .that .he- should'allow'his calf jtp. eat,, it down. This' animal had beett' jrearediaypet.'ahd.was.as full>of>,tricks as : a monkey.' ■He could' break v down fences-, /at 'his pleasure!' -Another had; '.-srastb 'turn-on .the-garden' taps. l, '-It ; .wa3 jpresently; suggested .'to -; the-WnerV that; he; .should remove''his pest, but hey'took no: inotice. ~That;day: t he calfJ.browsed'roy- : ,ally.'Upon'a;bed of .pansies- and pelargoniums, but in the night he surpassed himjself.; A.most 'dreadful..noise \vas heard '■■ from the fowlyard,"■ and the family, rush-, iing: thither,' discovered -that the : calf,.whp' '■.was of really, healthy, appetite, had "eaten , the fowls'.nests.and whilo: he was.'about' At- had' liberally.!chewed: the' tails; off-half • :a dozen -bf 'the .fowls'also W- The-'animal ; was- then; sternly' led .to the ■ garden gate I and ■ ruthlessly,/tnrned adrift upon V, so!Ciety."',.:i!'",'''.':!';".V''';.: i ii'"''.'-."'' ;Y '; :, - 1 ' '■'.■••■:■'. :"""■■> : . : '