The morning call., 1894-11-18

reasure, beautiful bay FLY, who, as he
stood waiting for Betsy. came 10 he bars
and DoZzled about him, searching for the
apple she was sure of finding in some one
of his pockets. Two years before vaua-
bic mare, pastured on the hillside, had
fallen down ravlne. In the night, break
ing her neck. The FLY was then only a
week old. and the owner of the mare, sore
and discouraged over the loss of favOrite
driver, and having Du accommodations for
raising the equine baby, told Nathan ne
might have 1t II he cared TO raise the
creature. So Nathan took the little thing,
feeding 1t with fresh mi k, many times
daily, and caring for it like a babv, until
she grew big and strong, following him
about the place like dog. She had been
broken. now, for two or three months.
He rode her occasionally to make her
bridlewise, and occasionally drove her,
borrowing a cart for the purpose, but she
was still too young for much work. She
was unmistakably a beauty, breed and
speed showing in every line of her, and
there was every prospect that she would
make a traveller some day Joe Deems,
the one horseman of the locality, pro-
nOunced her very promising, and had even
offered Nathan $50 for her, which Nathan
would not look at. de would never sell
the fllly-she was like a little sister to
him, he said TO himself
He took two or three fresh eggs with
him going down the hill that night. He
had few pullets that had just begun lay
ing, and eggs we're high now and the little
teacher was Enthusiastically i'll. Perhaps
they would taste good to her. She had
failed steadily all summer, and lately sat
a good deal by the window in the sunny
front room. looking even to other than
Nathan's ewes very beautiful with her
clear, deep eyes and brilliant color. To-
night she received the milk herself and
was deliphtad with Ihe eppS
II was wishing to-day | had a nice fresh
egg" she said. "But they 90 cost SO much
now"
She made no secret to Nathan of the
fact that they were very poor. When
first her failing health began to prevent
her from going to her pupils she told the
boy she must do with only pint of milk
thereafter, but he had represented to her
that the tactical fluid was only going 20
waste on the hill. Betsey gave more than
they could use. so while the little teacher
only paid for pint he continued to bring
a quart. good Scripture measure, "pressed
down and running over" saying nothing
about it at the ranch, for it was no ones
affair but his.
" Next morning Nathan had fed the pigs.
MIXED Betsy and groomed the FLY, and
was just starting to plnw the upper field,
where Silas Bennett meant to put in a
crop this year, when the gentlemen whose
by the roadside came across the pasture
to the barnyard. where he stood. adjusting
the collar on old Jim's neck.
Boy" said one Of them, rather sharply,
whose COW IS that yonder? '
Nine" replied Ma ham,. proudly.
De you sell any Of the milk?"
= Yes, sir" foreseeing a possible Gus
toner.
well. see hsre, my boy, you mustn't
do it any more. Pm the State Inspector
I've been looking at your COW. She's in
the last stages of tuberculosis. She'll be
the death of you all if you drink her milk.
You'll all have consumption. Her milk is
rank poison. Yon ought to kill her! ~
- XIII herr! echoed Nathan. ''She amt
no beef -critterP
Beef critter! / should think not!
would condemn the meat so quick il would
never get out of the yard The cows got
consumption. She's poison. Her milk is
poison. You must kill her-get rid of her,"
just then Silas Bennett appeared and an
angry debate arose between the three men.
which Nathan was too bewildered to com
prehend. 1t ended. however, i'm Bennett
telling him be must get rid of Betsy, and
so. following the Inspectors suggestion. he
that afternoon led the old cow to the bone
yard, parting with her sorr0 wfully and re-
ceivng q round silver dollar in exchange
for his faithful pet.
In the evening, still keeping his own
counsel, he repaired to his customer down
the hill bearing quar- Of milk procured
from neighboring dairy. He got little
discount because he went for it himself.
and the difference between the price OF a
quart and the price paid him by the little
teacher he made up out of the scanty saw
ings of former payments made by her.
1t was nearly week after the untimely