The Meeker herald., 1892-04-23

turf In the vain effort to put down
brakes and lastly old Nanny. puff
ing along. milkpail In hand. as fast as
her fat limbs would carry her and
gaspins 80 dar" as often AS she could
manage to make her mouth 20 of.
But the COW didn't So worth n cent
Al this juncture Daddy Mnlligrub
turned up on the scene OF action. and
being little short sighted no could
not SEQ why Towser was allowed to
run after the COWS
Gall OIL dat dog. Nanny" he
shrieked; but NANNY only pegged
away harder than ever and all the
sound she uttered was the hoarse and
husky wal o. so
'Why de debbls don't ye call OF
dat dawg" he cried again IN II rage,
but still there was no reply. Instead
the legs tails and pett!coats flew
faster than ever II possible.
Just then the line OF battle wheeled
sharply around and by making tor
rifle burs, of speed across tho corner
nanny succeeded in catching Towser
by his hinder continuation Just as hes
husband fell into line behind her and
she hung to IL iii II threatened TO como
un!oln,ed every instant
10, go dat dawg's handle" be.-
lowed daddy. Yen done pull 1t out
by the rute, Of 30 haIn't keeriul." bu,
mammy's hold never relaxed
Tho dogs fee, cleared tho ground n
yard as the COW and NANNY tagged
on him in opposite directions and
Towser must have thought that he
---..is. i.- .---i-- -.---.. s..I...i- t,..i .,
crisis wa, ht hand.
Spying u small opening In thorny
hedge the calf dar,cd through IL with
u blair. of terror After him rushed
his mother anlni cing the holo some.
what but str.aking her sleek side,
with numerou, long and bloody
scratches Mex; tho 'or,unata
Towscr was hauled through the under.
brush. and then
Well. tho caravan wa, under such
Roadway tina, Nanny could no, have
lot 30 Of the dogs liitl. end even II
she had wished Through tho hedge
she also went speedily coming GU,
again on the other side with u lI,tl. of
hsr wearing apparel still on In spite
OF tho afec'ioun,a cllng.ng OF the
thorns and br.ors And sllll tho race
continued.
DANDY had crawlcd through the
hedge also and now he ,rioi hi, hes,
Ia head on the strange tandem bawl.
lag away nll III. tlm- In "a terrific
has, yoIcN 'co' boss" 'gli out. Tow.
ser" and stop yer brack ole fool
niger" In about equal proportions,
Bu, 'hoy would not seem To co. /"
git out or stop"
Suii.nly and unexpectedly tho
whole procession sw.rvod toward tho
almost exhausted Daddy. IL. tried
hi. hes, tn SO, out of it, lin. OF march.
bu, hl. rhcuma'icky old log. ~,ru no,
.pry enough. iio succeeded In dodg.
In. tho COW. bu, tho clo,hc. limo took
him across the .hins with n violence
thu, shifted ond. Of him In an instant.
II. was hurled NOR. than ton Zee, and
cam. down on hi. head In II duck.
pond. above which two tnon-,rou,
bro.ans ioa,-d for nm instant like
twin ihundcr-cl clouds above mountain
gorge. then h, wen, under aud .hu,
III. door.
'Osi os' owl 10 roar-d tho v.-y
instant hi, head appeared abov, tho
surface, again. ID, d-bblu', don, go,
mo fur .huah. - La~d. bah sna..y
on di. po' ole good fur.nuf'in braos
nlIrof- soul"
III. old man scrambled md foun.
dcr-d ashore In paroSy.m OF terror
dragging out tho supposed i,yil who
was skill cl!nging to ono q. his legs;
and worse looking devil prob
ably never was -crn - but IL was
was only wha, was ici, OF old NANNY.
She had boon snapped OF the tail end
Of tho limo when /, collidcd with Dad.
dy's leg. and she also had found mn
unsnvory baptism in tho foul md
muddy depth. Of the duck pond.
Slowly ana mournfully .hc democrat.
izci old dnrky llmpsi OF homr~ard.
and for moro than week l, was nil
that NANNY could do To crawl nbou.
tho house Tho COW. accompanied by
her calf. was found tho next day In mn
adjoining township. n small chunk oi
grit: sausage meat still trailin. from
her neck nj the end OF fuzzy looking
clo'hc, line. II was all there was lc',
OF poor old Towsrr
''Dc !dcc oh hi,chin' n syov tor n
dnwg'. n.cls tor milk herr" snor,ed
old Daddy when ho heard tho facts In
tho ease Any ole fool Niger mou,
N known bci,cr'n dat Bu, dnr!
some won't lnrn muffin cbcn II dcy does
lib with n projidy oh wisdom all dcro
na,'ral life. "-chicago sun.