El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-08

SHE SAW A LITTLE CALF RUNNING TOWARD
HER
and the clover field to the blue grass
pasture. There, down in n hollow, next
to the oat stubble field, was Old Jersey
quietly feeding.
where is the little calf?" asked Mil
lie.
81 don't know" said her father. 1--WE
must look and find it,"
So they went into the pasture and
looked into all the fence corners and
into all the places where the grass
grew tall. but no calf could they find.
"Old Jersey must have hidden 1t, per-
haps down in the swamp" said Mil
lies father. You and will just drive
her back there. and perhaps she Will
show us where 1t Is"
So they drove Old Jersey beyond the
pasture into the swamp. But Old Jer-
sey only browsed among the bushes, as
IL to say, My little baby is safe. and
am perfectly contented to feed down
here If you wish me to-"
1t was now fast growing dark, and
Miles father said Old Jersey must be
driven to the barn and MIXED.
I'VE will bring her back to the pas
ture in the morning" he said, land by
that time 1 think she will be glad to go
and see her baby calf, and we can fol-
low her.
Mile was disappointed. and she felt,
too, that the poor little calf must be
left aloe all night. She made up her
mind to get up very early the next
morning. so as to be ready to go with
Old Jersey TO the pasture. When she
went to bed. she thought about the lit
tie calf and cried. The little bossy is
all alone down in the swamp" she Sob
bed.
Then her mother came and told her
the calf was probably fast asleep now,
and they would find it all safe in the
morning.
The next morning AIillie awoke very
early, and before she could open her
eyes she said, 81 want to go and find
the little calfie."
By the time she was dressed and had
had some breakfast her father was
ready TO go. They went out through
the barnyard. and Miles father OPEN
ed the gate to let Old Jersey go into the
lane. Then Old Jersey walked away
very fast. and they walked fast, too,
and followed her back to the pasture.
her calf she only mooed a little and
then began feeding on some clover that
grew down in the hollow next to the
oat stubble field.
well. daughter" said Miles IA
ther, II will leave you and Old Jersey
here while 1 go and look through the
swamp for the little calf. She must
be hidden down there somewhere.
think Old Jersey doesn't mean that we
shall see her"
But Miles father was hardly out of
sight when Old Jersey stopped feeding
and began to moo. The mooing sounded
different from the moos she made when
she came into the pasture. At the same
moment Millie heard a sound off at the
farther end of the stubble field. She
looked. and what should she see but a
little red and white calf running to-
warl heri
When the calf reached the fence, 1t
ran along to an open place where Old
Jersey stood. Old Jersey had gone to
that open place to wait as soon as she
saw the little calf coming.
1t was n happy time for Millie as she
watched the little bossy get its break
fast of fresh milk and then lie down by
Old Jerseys side to rest.
When Miles father came in sight,
half an hour later. quite discouraged,
his little daughter ran to meet him.
Il have seen the uttle calfie, papaw
she cried. "Old Jersey called her to
come just as soon as you had gone.
She wasn't afraid to let me see her lit
tie calfie"
And then they went, all four, up the
lane to the barn. the little red and
white calf trotting along by Old Jer-
sey's side and Old Jersey keeping a
sharp eye on Miles father.-George
]. Hume in Little Folks.