San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-14
SHOWING THE BOY.
He Didn't Know How to Manage the Heifer.
So the Owner Demonstrated.

So the Owner Demonstrated.
On balmy spring morning, just as the
robins, which were out arranging to nest
again, were caroling joyous carols in the leaf
less tress and all nature was answering the
breakfast bell, singular or rather double
sight might have been witnessed on the outer
confines of Seventeenth street. In double,
acknowledgements with-but-a-Single-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -beat-lile-on style, there
went cavorting down the street a small, mouse
colored heifer and with her a well known and
exceedingly popular ticket agent of the city,
whom | shall not particularize farther than
to say that he is called Charlie for short, and
that everybody, including his wife, likes him.
1t seems that Charlie possesses a 2-year-old
Jersey COW, gentle creature with large, pa
tent eyes, a quiet disposition and most
lovable COW on general principles. The win
ter being over and gone and the grass that
greens in the spring having arrived, Charlie
thought he would bring the Jersey out into
society, and arranged for pasture privileges
for her down on Franklin avenue. Having
thus provided for her summer vacation, he
ticketed her through by means of a small
bow, who for a suitable cash remuneration
agreed to HE with her to the pastures green
each morning. and then to HE her home at
night But the attempt was a failure, and
the boy reported that she would neither lead
nor follow, and that he could rot run such
excursion train as that.
Charlie knew-did not gueSs-that the boy
lied that the gentle jersey could be relied
on to calmly follow any reasonable schedule,
and so notified the boy that the next morn
ing he would lead her himself and show the
youth how the thing was done. Thus it was
that on themorning in question the procession
started, the Jersey and her owner in the van,
and the small boy bringing up the rear,
silent but interested spectator.
Confident that all would go well, Charlie
attached the rope, one end of which was
around the cows horns, to his own good
right arm This, he informs mo- was not
because he had any suspicious of the cows
docility, but in order that he might walk
calmly along and enjoy the beautiful morn
ing time without fear of dropping the bell
rope.
He enjoyed it.
The birds sang sweetly, the Jersey ambled
placidly, and all was serene for about half
the distance when the small boy came up to
congratulate Charlie on his success.
He congratulated
With wild toss of her gentle head, and an
exclamation of panied surprise ct the boys
presence, she broke away
So did Charlie.
But the rope held
And as the procession went whirling down
the erstwhile peaceful avenue, it presented
golden CLEANS and dun colored shades, man
and COW; ticket agent and heifer in one mad.
tumultuous onward rush.
The train was running Wild
In vain did the conductor tug at the bell
rope, in vain signal to the engineer to ''slow
down" The Jerseys blood and tail were mp,
and she rocked of naught but flight Their
speed increased. Houses, telegraph poles,
fences few past in set array, and the small
boy was hopelessly distanced.
At last, in an extra burst of speed, Charlie
put the helm hard aport and the craft veered
off towards convenient telephone pole, al
which for one brief moment they parted,
only to meet again face to face on the other
side, the rope forming the connecting link.
Up to that time everything went; then and
there everything stopped.
Dissolvng the attachment that existed be-
tween himself and the COW, the twain pursued
their Journey But a GOODNESS now exists
between them, and when Charlie drives the
COW hereafter there will be no rope tied there
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