The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-28
THE EMANCIptrEp ooW.
Points About Her That Reminded Her owner
of Seth Low ana tho C,t.

OF seth Low ana the cts.
Eyes, Low and that COW certainly have points
In common" The speaker faced about in his
chair as no said this. and tho visitor pricked UP
his ears.
"wo kept house on tho cooperative plon this
summer" continued the lawyer. Economical
scheme, you understand; five miles from town;
my family, my wifc's family. my mothers fam.
lily, scventccn.odd OF us, six babies. tables must
have milk at once; no milkman; ergo, we must
have a COW at once. Accordingly | started
forth one broiling day on foot, with my young
prep brother. We rented a COW nad decided
to take her along with us, MS the babies had been
making their hunger known.
ibid you ever drive n COW Not We'll, wo
hadn't, either. Daisy was the animals name
and her reference was as satisfactory as an Irish
cooks. As long as tho farmer was looking she
ploided along steadily. II not with the grace OF
n Dclsnrtcan, but the minute She turmoil tho
corner sho b~ccOme-well, unwilling. Still. n
taut rope in front and a sharp stick in tho roar
persuaded her to accomplish three mile, OF tho
road between us and our Dime Then lid the
wilcs of Daisy begin. She role hrr eyes to
heaven, spread her front legs n MT like unruly
stills. and fell over in a dead faint.
Never hal n COW faint on your hands, did
you No Well, we hadn't either. We didn't
exactly know the etiquette of the situation.
Famed her with our hats, but it didn't 90 any
good. Finally / dashed to the nearest house
half a mile away, broke my college record for
running, camo back with a pail Of water and
three farmers, to find the cow-dcnd I On, no.
chewing her cud and eying the landscape
scrcncly.
"Green. did ! feel green with those 'hrcc
staggering farmers pointing at me and tho COW :
We won't continue that subject, IL you please.
tied the COW to u tree and loft her there
until night. That's what she wanted. you know.
She went nome then mild as a lnmband cropped
till shc got tired OF it: then she stood back
twenty feet from tho wire, counted three. aud
Ghsrs wI1b s ber Nth through %s. Il Gar FnI .b six c, sta,
back ut milking timo; so. after she h d broken
out ha,f a dozen tines il, we tied Ii her up IN the
daytime. She must have made that barn lively.
though. All, the barn cats LEFT, and the poor horse
camo after which. But we had peace until the
mosquitoes ca G., Then Daisy made her decla-
did yoni Nor Well, they're not good eaten
quito netting and rush out looking like yelled
statues, but we always swallowed one mouthful
2f mo o,a9Sbo5 ana %dny AWAY, b Di IRE " we s got back shd
1T wasn't pleasant. ! didn't blame Daisy much
when she came past the house on n wild gallon,
thirsty MOSQUITOES; but tho babies dinner was
going with her; SO we had TO give chase.
,huSlll nGT on. %, lhhJ JliIb VIC ulu. No
were twice our natural size from mosquito
bites. though. and Daisy looked thoughtful
in the pasture again. At first she refused to
eat. then she grew calm, and ] felt that mis-.
s seo 10 J jump psf but she n nosed fa ali aroma dn that sfG fonee ;
till she came to the turnstilc. Then she calmly
walked through it as she had seen us DO and
went straight over to the apple tree, blinded as
she was wi h the board, and ate every green
apple lying on the ground. Next. she studied
the tree with sidewise glances until she had
fixed the greenest apples in her mind. Then
she used her board for a battering ram, strewed
repeated the until gray dawn and
Yes, those apples nearly finished Daisy, but
die. She knew Just how far she could 90 with
She sas m was n ,noonIe 19p Ss H ,hou ,ne i end , 1U5 et gTeen
apples dried up her milk for z week, That's
te"s, 50 she didn't get away that time. She was
as docile efter that and as open 10 suggestion al
course in Christian science, But it was
a deceptiye calm. We relaxed our vigilance
at that time the dog bit my small daughter and
frightened us almost out Of our wits. and the
Of bad road hetween US and civilization.
- Then did Pntsy exec execute 2 coup d,e,at WORTH rhE
ing and evening the call OF the milk boy and the
necessity OF nature forced her 70 the milking
stool. But at last she disappeared.
In the morning the horses artery sprang q
leak again. and we worked over him until 1C
o'clock. We hoped against hope that Daisv's
welcome moo would sound in our ears till 4
farmer drove pell-mell up to the door and came
rushing at me to ask about his missing calf. HI
had followed it's tracks TO our door. and where
was It'll
IAN awful suspicion took hold upon me.
went TO the other side of the house, and there
were The tracks of Daisy, and beside them the
little footprints of the calf, headed toward town
I showed them to the farmer. He made som.
uncomplimentary rem rks about Daisy and
drove Off to find the pair.
Il saw tho cows whole plan now. 1t had beer
fermenting in her brain all summer. She hac
started for other COW wards to stump il fol
Daisy. She had heguiled tho calf with fail
promises OF mutual benefit. and now with that
patent mixer beside her she was Independent
forever of that animal man. The board wa,
over her eyes. She couldn't see an inch before
her nose. but the little calf could lead her. Let
you know what becomes Of her Oh, yes; hui
she's almost Mt tho end of her rope. She'll die
of disappointment or a broken heart il she:
caught again.
Hello! lu cb tlmei Yes" the lawyer So, d
in conc usion. THAT cows uncommonly like
Low. She says t her sis cr COWS, j can't see
but III show you green pastures an still water:
- = my ca'' will. and l. w; well, he means tn,
Same thing. He says il IA little differently, that
all; and that cal Is like the Cts. But, there
l wont spoil your comparison for YOU"