Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-30
THE COLOR OF THE CALF
AN ACCOUNT OF A WONDERFUL IN
RAJ MYSTERY.
a Calf which Was sometimes R.,.
and as Often Red and Whi,e
UnrIe Jerry'S story.

yer, Sa,Q Uncle jerry, as ne mODped HI,
red face vigorously. Cum cen an :,
down: I've got sumpin' ter tell yer. pva
been down ter Princeville, an Eve o.,
Their best joke on Fred Beach yer eve,
heard Yer see, Fred he went ter q sal.
sum time ago an bought a red COW q,
SIS. Quite likely ole COW she wer
too. an wer sed ter be good mikor
Well, Fred he brought ther COW homa
an turned her inter Dan Hitchcock,
paster. He uset ter go down an salt be.
wonct in a while, an one AFTERNOON be
went down, an, be-gosh Their ole COW
he'd a leetle roam caff 1t were a yerr
peart caff, too, an butted Fred ma
thing. He wuz much tickled an wen,
back home ter tell his wife ez how hm
ole COW he'd roam catf, That eyepi
they both went down ter milk ther COW
ez she wuz a great mixer an Civ morer
Their caff cud drink. When they got ter
Their paster thar wuz Their ole COW. bu
Their calf she he'd with her wuz red An
white one. Missus Bach she atTed an
sed: Fred, | reckon yer putty 1000
ledge NV thur euler Nv catf; | thotye.
sed that wuz a roam Catf.
9 T'm blamed eff it wuZn't roam ca1
when | iced it fust, said Fred, scratch
IN his head an lookin' troubled
I" See here, Fred, sed Missus Beach
student an sharp like, hev yer got cm
agin 2
erred wuzn't much surprised, e.
feller'd naturally suppose he wud be, fl
he'd bean drinkin' putty hevy NV late, an
wuz thinkin' NV ii himself. He just scd
Il reckon kind NV mccklike, en- sol
down ter milk thJr cow Nothin' wm
sed durin' Their milkin but both Nv EN-
KEEP a-lookin kind Nv anxious ut tha
calf, ez eff they wuz expectin' it ter change
euler. When Fred got thru millin he
TUX long look at ther caff, hove big
sigh an sed We'll, Mary, I'll come
down here an do ther mikiu' tcmora
mornin' an eff that caff changes cule
agin, III go ter bed an send fer Doc
Marcy"
Fred an his wife ct supper mighty
solem that night, an Fred didn't take
his appetizer ca usual He mopcd arom
town that night, sayin' nothin' ter no.
body. Next mornin' he went ter the
paster mighty nervus and when he elm
ther fence an looked over at Their ole COW
blamed eff ther calf wuzn't roam agn.
That settled it, lie wuz so shaky
an scarf while he wuz miillin that he
cudn't git ther strippins, an lost all thel
cream. When he got home he shuckcd
his buds an went ter bed, without sayin
a word to his wife. She lCnowcd what
wuz up, for she he'd tended him manyo
time when he wuz ther same way. She
went ter Their butcher shop an got sum
ice, an called Doc Marcy on her way
home Doc he sed it was a mild form
an wudn't last long, but Fred he looked
powerful bad. An long in ther arcr
noon his mind begin ter wander, an he
laid thar an mumbled roam an rcd an
white, an roam, all AFTERNOON.
''In ther evenin' ther COW cum up her
self ter ther house, an Fred heard ther
caff bawl, an he rolled over an looked
outen ther winder an ther cali wuz red
an white agin. An then he shut hls eyes
an shuddered kinder, an called his wife
Ter another drink NV ice water An 50
ther ole cow kept a-comin' up night an
mornin's ter be MIXED, an every uther
time tner calf wud be roam, and every
luther time it wud be red an white; an
every time Fred he wud look outen theI
winder an see it, an then roll over ah
drink more ice water
"But thcr fun NV it wuz, yer see, thai
Missus Beach she wud see Their cali the
same way Fred seed it, an she got scar,
too. An finely she seq ter Fred
guess yer amt got em, Fred. Brace up
now, like a good fellcr, an git up an DC
well. see ther caff just thcr same q
YOU do, an ther amt nuthin' wrong WIN
me, an so thar amt nuthin wrong WIN
you.
erred he looked at his wife KIM
solem, an seq: Il don't care Mar,, ho@
you see that caff; | kin sec it too, a.
changes euler twice a daJ, reglar ha'
amt no. animal in Their wOr cz KIN 90
that, Mary. 'cept the lcpcrd in tIicr BlO'G
guess yer hev got 'em ycrs"l Dl'
didn't think you'd drink. Mary. II yer
drinkin' that liker | got rum tTanh
Hitchcock yer'd better stop it, fer yer Il
see snakes instid NV calves inside wv
week. sure
'-An' so ther ole COW KEEP conn W.
an ther calf KEEP a-changin' euler ln
Fred waz a-gittin' wuss, ill one a"y
leetle boy cum ter ther dor rs 800
house and knocked Missds Beach -.
wuz out, an Fred hcllered fer him TO 'l1-
in. An the ieetle boy he cum IN an So
IPEeze, Mister Beach, yer ole COW Is 'tT
m her an her two calves IS on thet 'N''
road track, an will git III over. -,
1.-TWO calves,' yelled Fred, aJunF..f
out NV bed Great gosh. why di1h
think nv that aforen IN, be puIlco y