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4 T JUGGER'e, under crasy-quilt
n IN darksned room. lies the tat
tered remnant Of once strong man.
That wreck 10 the indirect result Of
Jugger's great thought that. In order
to have fortune within his grasp, to
have the world by the tail. 90 to
speak. he must buy . COW.
TIE gentle beese has not yet
blown the dust of from the trees by
the roadside where the turnpike goes
over the hill. behind which the COW
that was to have made Jugger's for
tune disappeared.
On the shelf in the sitting-room II
the primitive cause Of Jugger's woe,
the Farmer and Stockman's Friend.
edited by an enthusiastic agricultur-
ist. Jugger read Of the happy own
ers Of those wonderful cows 80 often
met IN literature. but rarely else.
whore. that seem TO have consecrst.
ed their whole souls TO the giving OF
great bucketfuls Of milk 80 rich that
two shivers will make butter of IL
read and believed. and was filled with
. burning desire to go and do like.
wise. Like the owners. l mean, not
like the cows.
my dear" he said to his wife. I'VE
must buy q COW. Think of the luxury
Of fresh. sweet milk and golden but.
ter! Why. we can have all the milk
we can use and butter till you can't
rest, and we can have plenty to give
TO our friends. Then, think OF the
profits! Why. we can sell the milk
and butter and egg and the
cheess-"
"And the crackers" suggested Mrs
Jugyer.
logger paid no attention to the
ling. but continued:
There will be . calf to sell. now
and then. We can ssll the COW TO
the butchers at the end Of six months
for . good price. We ought to get
4s quarts Of milk and Ave or siz
pounds of butter-say i've per week
Milk brings seven cents per quart,
and butter % cents per pound
Ought's ought and figures . figure;
that would Be e4.es per week-call II
$3.50 per week-S234 per year. Add to
this the sum we get for the COW from
the butchers, say 40. and we have
ss7l. Think Of Il! Think Of It! De-
cidedly. we must have . cow!"
slt seems quite . profitable invest
ment," agreed Nrs. Jugger. especial
~ wheA one reflects that you only
had to feed your imaginary COW for
six months, having sold her to the
butchers st the end Of that time,
while you got the price Of the butter
and eRgs and calves and 10 on for .
whole year"
"Madam." said JuGgers. severely.
'win you oblige me BY keeping your
mouth shut7 There never was any
use In trying to argue with . woman!
They are fools! But We will have the
COW, all the same!"
That very afternoon the cow ap-
peared on the scene. She was tied
to the tail-gate of covered wagon.
which Was drawn by . pair OF rusty
looking mules, and chaperoned. so to
speak. by . gangle-shanked. plank
shaped man. with = mouth on him
Gu. remarkably decollete and .
beard like the whiskers on . cocoa
nut. Maybe Jugger looked like he
wanted q COW. At any rate they were
soon pickering and chaffering. and
presently Jueger parted with forty
one large dollars and became the pos
sessor Of the COW.
The plank shaped man tied her to
the hitchine-post. just outside the
front gate and drove away. Then
JusRer called his wife out to view the
prize.
"Gentle?" said Jugger. In response
to question from his spouse,
.'Course she 10! Gentle as lamb!
He said SO. And . good mixer?
Why, gee-fuzx, he says she will give
just all I can milk! That's what he
said. EAt7 Eats next 10 nothing!
He said so. Rich milk? Why. lawzy
me, it's almost clear cream. He said
twas. Skittish7 Thunder, mo-!
That's what he said. Believe I'll milk
her . little now. just to show you
how easy it island he added suggest
lively: "a good drink Of pure. rich
cream wouldn't taste SO bad. eh?"
Mrs. Jugger allowed that 1t would
Mt. and her husband went to the
house for . pail.
The COW Was not . beauty, but
looked robust and untroubled by ennui.