, 1879-07-17
TIE Old HAN IND NERVOUS COW.
St. EIt.kN!at,
Thsrc Naa an OLD man who ssld, "IIov
Shall 'scape from luis horttnte COW!
Iwill stt IN the etlic,

Tie old man Wa8 Walking tnouGhtiully
th1ou ugh til. field, with his hunds behind him,
when ucryuus TOW saw him, She wasn't orli-
nurIly padnaturel COW. hut she VAS mad tus&
ulr,l. An agRrayattng ly had hecn biting her
half the morning, aud, just rs tho was drinking At
the bruox, frog had jumped up with cry md
bitten hor nose. Thcsc th ngs had completely
unsettled her nerves.
She was ready to run ut anything, and. the old
man being the only livil'r thing IN sight, she
plunged toward him.
What could Le dol lie was short, stout old
man, and eoutd not run very fast, at,d. though
he tried Ills best, he ouly just managed to searh
tue stile and plump down On It, all cut Of
breath, a. tnc cnx neared him.
Tcu he suddenly remembered reading some-
where thai II rou looked right iuto an animals
eyes, It would rtiu away from you.
"AhW thought hcI all look straight ut her,
and II | smile at tllc ea,nc time she won't have
tue heart to hurt me-"
So he put on a smile {of course It was not
very beautiful Que, for he was tn hurry, but It
was the best he could dO), aud etared straight
Into the cows eyes. She saw that smile, antl It
so toucheu her tlat she stopped short. THEN
eha suuntrrrd back little why. but the thought
O! thu. aggrayattllE dv, md ,hut awful irog,
Yas too much for her poor nerves. and, turning
nUt
Iu ano'ltr minute, tic poor old man-cane,
Itttie legs, smt!e, alld all-wns up iu tile nr.
hc allghtel IN tlle top Of hfcEurr tree. One
branch gEazcd hss eye, Two run INTO Ills leCs,
while mother held bis smile stfff and straight.
THUS he staid uutta an cagc caught sight of
him, pounccd right DOM. utsd few OF with hlul
to hes nest. which was gu hucc rock that ross
straight up Into the cold air mud made the sum.
NIT OF q mountain.
When thr old eagle pumped the llt,le old
man down into the nest, Just imagine. II You
cAn, now nstoulshed the eag!ets were! Thc1
opened their beAks a. wclt rs Metr eyes and
:" WHAT'S this, mothers What Il thisl"
..Oh! lt's on1y lnau, II cr1cu tho old ea2te.
al found him roostins IN the top OF tree
Doutt EnoH how hc got there. Suppose he @ns
trying to tly, and couldn't. Tell us how it VAS
Old man.
"Talki'' said the eagle. "Or conrse he eau
talk. And hu can tell stories, too, warrant
you 50: 4 you Ike you may kesp him to tell
" Ob, won't that be nice! Tell. US 9 story
right oil," they ali srrcsmcd, Jerking the olu
man dawn fn.o thu nest,
"But tt's @ dirty herc,"' sud be, looking
me st OF, the edge of the nest. won't you1-and
| III tell you oil li,e stories yuu want."
tfou'll tal' OVER"
"oh 10, won't: ~ hola on w'th nv cane
! won't louK ao snyAke, and ltsten.h
10 tie old lnau uercI!ca hilnsslf ou the edge
| OF ti1e nest. lhe eagless took hold OF his cont
F! with tsler teak to keep btu, from falling. a,li
| he told them tile story OF YAH uaha atiti the
| Fnrtv ruiyyss II; ami when that was s,atd an.
| other, un1 lisrn another.
| liz lHilt't cat n,lcn Bunper that night, for
| tbvy had not any convenience foE cooklllg. And
| l,r in1ptt sleep we'll. either, lur whenever ouc
q M liz ~ earIets woke up IN lnr hight, it always
ptuctel hi,lI With lis beak, 10 lukU sure he wus
there. So lte resolved 10 got away as soon ~ he
| could. ... .
,Lrru i,u stalu an.l told stoE1rs tll ha Ion1ed
to wiring the nccaR Of Tie uap!ng birds thut kppt
asking lin, for tn0re.
Sow. nll Tits timu tbs cow had been getttns
muge anu more nervous Every day size thought
am, htt sweet old smile, anh 1ubt how hs coat.
tuII8 looked ss he went up, till at last she laid
alur head dowu on tuft Of aFass by tho brook,
| and crlrli- regularly boo-!looed.
Ilayiue thus relieved her toeings, she became
| cal,t,, nlltl rtsllI.., sad:
"l'li 90 = hjs @ ',o9se and ana out how and
wllerG he Is, II l cau."
Bu oil size started. But the house Tas shut
III and tlrgo WAS Ilo ono except tile c1t.
Very much lrlglltsllcd tlle cut was, too, when
The toss pusnea up tlic pantry window with her
hnrns; u,ai believed:
| Where's y0tIr u,uaterfh ...
| ~ tluuft 6l1uw,h sud The cat retteQGpc to
| far curper, with Eia back up. ~ haven't set
| eycs M him since lsst SuDday.h
| - tlear!' sighed tllU cow, dropping The via.
VITA s;9in t I'LL FRI o two OF s
"Whal's tt!e nattrs with 3oul Aud what do
| yuu want Ut liz old ma., I" asked Tahhy, bouul-
lug ous through onc " Tie broken panes.
lbss COW told him.
declivefY. ~ quasi ~ go with you ulld help
you louk for tbs guoL.naturrd old creature"
10 1l,cy tourueyed vi, askuIg everybody they
met Auoas liz old nau. But nobudY knew, VA
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