Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-03-15

his head down the hill. When b,
had recovered his senses, the seconC
time, he raised his head, and ther
stood the calf at his feet, with tn
same indomitable gaze, and discov
ering that his feet We're where hi
head should have been, was rejoicet
to think that he had changed hi!
front, and thought he would be able
to make his escape, for he had be
come greatly alarmed, lest its mother
should come and gore him to death
with her sharp horns. He now
thought he was sure of escape, slowly
turning himself, face downward, il
tending to get upon his hands and
knees aud crawl away down the hill,
believing that as soon as he showed a
disposition to retreat, the calf would
let him alone; but the poor fellow
was doomed to another disappoint-
ment; just as he had gotten upon his
hands and knees, and made the start,
the calf came upon him, with tre-
mendous bound, raising him about
two feet in the air and sending him
about four feet down the hill, by the
time he would touch the ground, the
calf always being in position, would
raise him again and again, carrying
him down the hill, leap after leap,
like some monster frog, his google
eyes projecting from their sockets /;
finally throwing him some seven or
eight feet upon his face. He lay
there for some time, completely out
witted and frightened almost to fren-
zy, thinking its mother would surely
be there directly. Presently, an idea
came to his relief, and he thought he
would surely fool the calf this time,
which was by initiating an animal,
few degrees lower in the scale Of
animated nature than quadruped-
He extended his arms as far as could
reach, taking hold of the grass near
the ground, dragging his body down
the hill, like some huge serpent. Af-
ter number of such movements, he
peered over his shoulder, and to his
great dismay found that the calf was
not to be fooled in any such man
ner, for every time he moved the calf
moved also, preserving the same dis
tance at all times. About this time
he heard its mother coming, blowing
and snorting with rage, his blood ap-
peared to chill in his veins, the cold
perspiration to exhale from his skin
as dew, his hair stood erect-his dear
parents, all the loved ones he had
left behind, the passed, the future, his
destiny, all crowded into his mind
in an instant. She bounded up in
about six feet of him and stopped
suddenly, fixing her eyes upon him,
with the ferocity of wild beast,
whose offspring was threatened with
danger. She stood a few minutes,
painting and tossing her head, scat
tering the foam that was issuing from
her mouth, then advanced slowly,
few feet, lowering her head, as our
hero thought, for the fatal plunge
The perspiration now stood in beads
upon his whole body, his head grew
dizzy, his heart sickened, he tried to
repeat in his mind, short prayer his
mother had taught him when child.
After standing few moments, she
advanced another step, still lowering
her head, snuffing and gazing at our
hero, who was lying as close to the
ground, face downward, as it was
possible, cringing every time the COW
moved, expecting every moment TO
be killed; but at the same time, try
ing to play the dead man. She con-
tinued to advance, slowly, smelling
and snuffing the air, and moving her
head up and down, until she was
nearly over him. She remained for
some time smelling and shaking her
head; presently she gave a light
touch of her tongue to the seat of his
pants-he nearly tainted. Presently
twas repeated, again and again with
less caution and more relish, increas-
ing her operations little faster and
a little faster, and finally she at
tempted to get the loose part of his
pants in her mouth. Our hero could
not imagine what she was doing,
whether he was being eaten up or
not, and commenced slowly raising
his head and turning it, in order to
learn i'm what way he was most like
ly to go. He at last got his head
raised, his large eyes nearly popping
from their sockets, turned full upon
the COW, and witnessed the operation
of mastication for a few moments,
with utter disgust; then gradually
lowered his head and passively sub /
mitted and thought to himself, "that |
d-d bag of salt is the cause of this"
Presently he heard the sound of
horses hoofs against the ground
The COW instantly threw up her head,
listened moment, moaned to her
calf and they both darted to the ad-
jaeent woods. Our hero jumped up,
feeling himself very much relieved,
to receive the congratulations of his
friends.
ONE OF THEM.