Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-06-12


Rarm-How he Cos the Cue 20 HIs Fnanre
Career.
81 had hired to the farmer late In
Che afternoon, and when supper was
ready made q grand charge, IN COM
pany with three others, upon the ban
qnet hall. We sat down 10 q supper Of
cold pork, potatoes and plenty Of
SKINNED milk. From the outset was
affected with . Discrimination 10 eat: 1
couldn't eat; that was ell there was
about it After supper the farmer said:
Ned, 60 out 70 the barn and help milk.
Look out for the brjndle COW, she is q
little troublesome sometimes, but /
'think you can manage her. Armed
with the milk pail I repaired to the
barn and confronted the brindle COW.
ssThe brindIe COW had o child-like
simplicity look in her eye. There was
. striking difference in her character
~ I afterward found out-more than in
any COW that ! had ever seen before, or
have ever seen since. She was raised
ia Texas and grew up on the freedom
Of the country, until she was just enter
ing girlhood, when she immigrated to
California and became the property Of
my employer. / approached her with q
great deal Of caution, she had nervous
way of switching her tail and picking
up her right hind foot that didn't like
end felt SOLICITORS about ] carefully
put my hand on the cows loins and So
laced her with those gentle words. $50,
brindle, So She seemed to like the
affection which I displayed. / fondIed
her until thought the coast was clear
and could get in my work and richly
earn my salary.
''T commenced milking, but somehow
or other no milk rewarded my labor.
The brindIe COW was evidently aware
that / was new hand upon the ranch.
I made one great exertion to exact the
fluid from her. The brindle cow-as /
was afterward informed-nervously
picked up her right hind leg and gently
tied knot in my abdomen. When the
concussion came shot up into the sky
like a rocket and in descending landed
head first in the watering trough, when
i Yves kindly removed to more congenial
quarters by the farmer and his two
grown daughters; the milk pail was
rent in fragments, while the corral was
badly Uttered up with the remnants Of
my clothing. To tell You the truth, /
didn't know 1t was loaded
ssIn the middle Of the night Of the
same evening that this accident hap
pened, was rudely awakened by the
farmer placing his hand on my bruised
Iegn, saying, Ned, it's time to get up;
come, rouse yourself
I thought in my waking moments
that the brindle COW had again struck
me. Getting up. lighted talIow can
de In my boudoir and laboriously
pulled on my trousers, or what was
left Of them. Coming down stairs, the
farmer said, Ned, as you had poor luck
ii the dairy last night, You can wrestle
with the wood pile awhile before break
Fast. As wentout doors D little faint
streak in the eastern horizon foretold
chat in tho course Of three or four hours
che sun would illuminate the surface Of
nature. sleepily picked up the saw
and commenced to lay the foundation
for an appetite for breakfast, was 80
sleepy and sore that I could not exert
myself, and laying the saw down. fell
asIeep with as much composure as the
e. boy il Pickwick.
az hadn't been asleep more than half
IN hour before ives roughly awakened
b. the farmer crying, Come, don't
pay you osleep. Ipay you to work. I
rot mad at this rough interruption to
nv dreams, and as the birds were just
beginning to carol their praises to the
morning dawn I left the farm Cor. good.
As I passed ont OF the gate heard the
banner remark TO one Of his grown-up
daughters who stood in the doorway, IF
I had 3 boy as lazy as that ] would
make an editor ont Of him. And nom
HAT moment resolved to Be Q news
paper man. The great success which
have achieved ii journalism Is largely
Inc to the iact that / ct one time worked
81 farm when q boy, FOR SO q month,
With board and washing thrown il Is Al
lnduoement for good behavior. Stock
lon Maverick.
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