"
"But, Billy dear, they may tie you as they have now, and then you
can't get loose," said Nanny.
"Oh, yes I can, when they leave me alone, I can chew the rope in
two."
"But can't I go with you, Billy? I feel so terribly at being left
alone and, think of it, we have not been married two weeks."
"What a pretty face that little Nanny goat has," said the
circus-man.
"Yes," answered the farmer, "they both came to the pasture one
day and joined my goats and have been here ever since. I never
knew where they came from, or whom they belonged to."
"Well, here we are at the barn, you must run back, little Nanny;
I can't take you with me to-day, though it does seem a shame to
separate you two lovers," said the circus-man.
As Billy went through the bars he halted a second to give Nanny a
last good-bye kiss; and with the tears streaming down her face,
Nanny stood and watched him until they were out of sight.
The circus-man tied Billy to the back of his buggy and whipping
up his horse he started for town. Billy had to run fast to keep
up and though he got out of breath, he could not stop unless the
horse did.
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