The Meeker herald., 1892-04-23
NANNY MULLIGRUB.

OF cow and u dog she managed to
MI II pretty full The thing came
about In this WAY;
Nanny Muliigrub's cow Is tho
pride OF tho old isdy's heart and II
line. large creature sho Is too; but
like many other animals rhe some
fact. she can be- as cranky ms mn old
mad hoolmnrm when she take, u
notion.
Now. Nanny has stnkci out tho
Old milk factory yearly all summer.
and after the cows offspring got to be
some days old tho old lady concluded
u resum. this custom. 10 she once
NOR, anchored tho wh.y-producor To
birch peg b. mean, OF tho clothes
limo. lios,y. however wa, left mt homo
shu, up in the farm. yard TO bawl ANY,
his breath NIL day. rs II he had been n
hired ho~lcr nj n ward caucus And
b. did IT. too
Toward nigh, Muicy decided that
to- happiness and peace o! mind. II
no, her very III. depended upon seo.
Ia. tina, calf Immediately. and sooner
than that II po,,iol. So sho tuggcd
away nj her i.ihcr until tho stake
broke md then started for the yard II,
= break neck pace
\ fcw minute, later n terrible rack
81 NJ the coward attracted Nanny.
attention. an running to tho door to
Investigate she saw old Mul-y paw
Ia. and believing n, III. gate with
her nose in tho dirt and her tall In tho
air sh' waited her calf and she
wanted him thea.
Fur Il. l.awd snkc! " faint da,
ar syow!' said old NANNY as sho Sc,
her spectacle. iI,,io higher up on
tho broad black dab OF flesh that nn.
swcrcd hcr to smell with 10 order To
:ns. another sguint she. done
bus loo,p and kim fur hor caif m 81.
don't lot him out .h.'il done bury
herself dar fur .huah."
So saying III, old lady 'ro,,.d to tho
fnrmyard rai, and let out tn. calf
who Immediately began trying -
chew OF tho accustomed portion of
his maternal relative. physical .y--
:cm.
''sh.'. 40 handy ! ba.' 81, n bacsc,
an strip her" said III. old lady TO ho,-
sslf. but jus, ns she wa. eoin. to pas
her plan into ofcc, tho do. appeared
and took u hand In tho game
Now bo.-y was not acgua n,,d With
old Tows,r and what was nor, h,
did not feel inclined TO 20, acquainted
with animal. o! n standing inferior to
Ills own; 30 no lot out hs hind logs r.,
u tho Old Nick ~-r, after him instead
Of Daddy Null grub's pet Watchdog.
Mullcy not like to stand II II md
SEQ h-rrclf abandoned IN TIM, heat
loss manner. 30 sh. started OF in plr-
'ui'. Nanny had To wig1lo hcr fn,
limbs quite rap dly in order to ca, ii
tho rope before sho ~as completely Gu,
Of reach. She managed TO d, 1,
though. and secured the COW by tat.
Ing few turns around a young pen,
tree that stood close at hand.
hut Tow-cr's sporting propcnsiiic-
ucrr fully aroused. and after that cni'
he wen, Hs II rs very existence de-.
pended on getting n calls tail t.,
luncheon immcd n,cly. Nanny tried
ngn!n and again to cali him OF. but In
vain.
Tho cal! took circlo around the
excited COW and equally excited old
Woman for no did not like In GO; too
far away from his mother. hut still
old Towtcr followed in hot pursuit
Finally ,hcy passed so close that
nanny seized tho dogs collar and
clupg to 1, desperately.
lis got yc you good fur muffin
brick icbblc you. she pulled. Chase
DAT caI till he's done tuckcrcd all out
viii. YEP Wen SEQ 'bou, da, Reckon
kin fix yc."
Nanny carefully tied tho other
end Of the COW rope TO Towscrs coll
lar; then she stepped back and viewed
tho situation. Apparently both dog
and sow were hiichcd fast
Stay dar while l gifts dc milk pail.
you no. account purp. YOU she grur'-
blcd. what daddy wants to- keep
scch worthless ting Ms you Is fur
can't fur de life oh mo imagine III ]
hal my way Id Gu, you's bob tail oil
snug behind yer cars dat would"
And thus scolding nanny wnddlcd
of TO the house after tho milk pail.
While she was Con, Towser ran
nbou, tho pear irco two or three timcs
md 80 unwound the rope with which
both he and the COW were hi'chcj.
As soon rs tho calf saw him coming
he SC, of again and when Nanny
70, back he was in full flight Mulcy
and rowscr both started in pursuit
but unfortunately they didn't go in
quite tho same direction. All ut once
the dog fol; u sudden ,wi,ch Mt his col.
lar and concluded he would not 70
amy farther. So he stopped suddenly
and braccd his feet
But n seven hundred COW under
good Roadway will give quito n yank.
ana Towscr found IL out too. He did
no. stay stopped rs long NJ no in.
tended. but was dragged in triumph
at tho chario, wheel of the conqucring
COW, so to speak. When Nanny re.
turned with the bucket there was
quito lively race going on in tho
field.
Dress dc Lawl, I mus stop dat
caif or he'll run hissc'f ter def" she
calculated rs she fell in behind tho
rather rapid procession.
Ahead OF verything went the call.
by this time terrified almost on. OF hi.
eensea next came the cow bound to
go wherever her offspring went or die
in tho effort then old Towscr some.
times one end up but o'tencr tho