Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-07-13
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| 81 t0oltldn't, Roy" said Mamma,
gently. But Ted was not hearing; he
was down from the fence, hopping
about in great excitement.
where's it from? Do you s'pose
it'll come here? Where's its mother2
How do you s'pose it got lost9 How
can we catch it?''
Inc little stranger was in plain sight,
and, blesting pitifully, it was trotting
toward the corral, where the cows and
calves were calling a welcome to it.
'One OF the rangers calves" said
Roy; some of the settlers have taken
1t in; 1t would never have strayed away
from its mother of itself l don't see
why they didn't keep it after they had
stolen it"
Cant you catch it?" asked Mamma;
perhaps it 8 old enough to drink"
The little red fellow stood short
distance from them now, and they
could see plainly how thin: and weak
he was.
1--WE can try it, said Roy; "but they
can run as long as there is anything
left of them. 1 presume he is too
wild"
Cautiously they crept toward him
but at the last minute impetunus Ted
made dash and flung his two arms
around the "other kids neck; and as
quick as flash he was lying In the
short buffalo grass while his little guest
was off across the prairie, his plsintive
bleat coming back on the breeze,
Ted listened in chagrin to Roy's
comments on his haste, until Mamma
interrupted with: "Just think of that;
the poor little baby out on the great
prairie all alone this dark night, and
think of his poor mother too, 1 am SO
sorry" and she put her arm tenderIy
around Ted's neck as they walked
back to the house for the game of
checkers.
The next morning they heard the
greatest commotion out in the corral,
the cows moOing and the calves bleat-
ing. Fearing stampede of the
rangers" they rushed to the door
and saw the cause of the uproar. A
large, handsome red granger" was COM
ing at full speed toward the corral, her
head tossing and her frantic voice rem
dering the cows and calves in the i n
closure wild with sympathy.
''It's that little calfs mother" said
Mamma, her eyes full of pity. 1.-The
poor thing is just crazy with grief; how
cruel If we only could have kept her
baby over night What can we do?"
There was nothing to be done. But
the distracted mother, who had track ed
her baby to the corral, would not be-
lieve he was not there; and all the
forenoon she made the air ring with
her mournful calls. Finally, despair
ing, she ran off toward the creek. All
the afternoon Mamma, Ted and Dell
kept thinking of her and hoping she
had found her baby: but at sunset
again they heard the same little
cry, only fainter than the night before,
and soon up to the corral fence stag
gered the little red calf, thinner and
weaker than before, but still, as Roy
decared, liable to run like deer if We
scare him."
Mamma was half frantic herself now.
fWhat shall we do? We can't have
them coming here this way and Just
missing eSch other until he starves; we
must catch him. Do you suppose his
mother is anyway near?
The COWS were uneasiiv answering
the call OF little stranger, and an idea
came to Dell. "Let's all bleat as loud
as we can, then the cows will; and if the
mother is anywhere near she may
, hear"
Roy laughed; but they all went down
near the corral, and on the signal from
Dell, there arose from the Dean ranch
the strangest uproar ever heard. Roy
beloved with all the newly acquired
strength of his lungs, Ted bieated at
the top OF his shrill little voice, and
Mamma and Dell joined earnestly.
The Jerseys in the inclosure thought
that at last some terrible thing,
which they had been expecting ever
since they left their Vermont home, was
really about to happen, and lifted up
their voices in fright, until Mamma
and Dell we're fain to abandon the
effort and flee to the house; but over
in the direction of the creek was heard
an answering moo. ''She's coming
she's heard usT' shouted Ted; and he
was right On came the red Granger"
wilder than the day before. When she
came in sight of the little starving
,, animal by the corral fence she came in
great bounds, and when she was sure
She had her baby, and the calf knew he
found his mother, how great was the
, reioicingl Over and over she licked
him with her great loving tongue, and
level, rs Roy said, it seemed he
was saved from starvation only to die
OF overeating." He did not die, how
ever. When he could drink no more
off they went into the darkness, the
proud and happy ranger stopping now
and then to caress her recovered treas
ure, he giving, meanwhile, loving little
bleats.
There's one kid that knows how to
appreciate his mother ''said Roy, re-
flectively. 'even if it is on an old
Colorado ranch;" but Ted and Mamma
we're halfway to the house talking OF a
game of 'Reverse" and ignored him
entirely.
That night when Mamma had blown
out the hight in her room she heard a
voice from the little bed In the corner
say: "Mammp ''Yes dear, said
she. going and sitting down on the
edge OF Ted's cot. ''Ain't You awful
glad that little fellows got his
mother?" Eyes inded," said Mamma,
| and then waited. Pretty soon it came;
two arms went round her neck, and
some one said, with convulsive hugs
between every word: "Id rather
have you than fifty ball mines, or fish
ing, or to ride on that safety or-or-
. anything. I do preciate you more n
that calf does his mother, don't L?
And Mamma knew Just what to do and
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