New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-16

IF you will tell how TO get off this old ship
me. hate being cooped up here where there is
G grass trees or water nj to draK AID only n
run and skip or he'll fan down and break his
I know Just how you feel" answered the old
COW, for I feel that way myself, and the next
if have to jump overb6ard e and swim to Shore
You two can watch your chance and run across the
Sangplank and escape. but 1 fat and slow
that I am afraid I would be caught if tried 10
gone 10 bed I shall jump overheard and swim 10
the shore and hide in the bushes somewhere until
caught and Killed for beef than to stay t' this
6 d P re ap F 3 has a not n 9Hen bad 6a since
storm and we rock from side TO side like baby =
and the wash the deck until you
wet to the skin. and you have 10 lie down to keep
Oh I hate it! I hate it an walled the old cow,
and the two kids joined her in her lamenting ,..,
harbor. surrounded by sunny slopes, covered with
Oh, look Day. Look at that beautiful green
grass and those lovely trees! said the old COW,
Yes, | see it, ana am going 10 have some just
as soon this b ship gets III her Fo g9ngpank OUT
"B9t how Will you get loose from your rope?'
When no one is looking viii jump over the
me loose So ca5 swim to shore A19 tbe l1 f ier
some of that delicious sweet grass that have not
tasted for so long" she replied
dock the gangpIank pushed out and the two kids
Save e d there @or were 80 G9d St get
ell the time, and she had to en9re the agony Of
harbor eating the sweet grass she so much longed
Never mind" she said to herself Il will get
away yet when they are all in the cabin eating
dinner" This she kept saying herself as she
pulled at her rope and walked up and down the
small space she had to move in. 1T is cruel to
no larger than platter to walk in
She thought they never would get the ship un-
loaded: ana the new freight put on, or go below
and give her a chance TO get away. But as all
things must come TO end. this. too came to one
and all hands went below for dinner Now was
her chance. She pulled and pulled at her rope until
she nearly pulled her head off but ii would not
break. nor would it slip over her horns. and she
thought il be made of held together
tightly Then she tried chewing IL in two but
her teeth made no impression il, as they were
made for chewing grass and not for hard things
like rope.
While she had been trying 10 get loose the yes
sci all unknown to her had drifted quietly out
or the harpor: and when she looked up she saw
her coveted nils OF grass fading from her view.
This too great disappointment 70 be en-
dured; and without a second thought she jumped
over me side OF the vessel into the water But
horror Of horrors what was the matter? For
swim hard she could she made no headv,av
for the rope did not break she expected ii to
OF the sailors had seen her jump over and he He'd
70 the captain, and soon all hands were deck
making futile plunges in her wild endeavor TO
break it and swim shoro
The captain said Bring rope with a lasso
and will pull her up deck again as I have
seen them load cattle in South America
When he got the rope he threw ii over her horns.
and. passing the other end a pulley they soon
and left her a wiser but sadder COW. chewing a
bunch Of hay instead Of green grass she had so
All This time the two kids had stood on the bluff
watching the vessel sail away with their old friend
on board From the top Of the hill they had
watched her endeavor TO get away and her failure.
and they. too, almost cried with disappointment
when the rope did not break and let her loose.
(To be continuedD