The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-15
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B0ssY IN. The GIT Y
Not Accustomed to Messenger Boy
chaperons She Becomes .
BIT Mixed.
An Early Morning commotion On
Hennepin Caused by Coun-
try Cow.

So. TO ehaperon a COW is sometimes diff
cult
The crowd thought so soon after I
O clock this morning In Hennepin avenue
near Fifth street. They were watching
a uniformed messenger boy In the per-
formance; Of his official duty He was
carrying out the advertised promise OF the i
messenger company fthat.it will supply
escorts and chapero ones for all occasions
Satisfaction guaranfe ed. z
The qua dian thtla furnished to protect
timid country COW against the pitfalls
of a wicked city was red-headed. The
COW herself was auburn haired. Both the
guar diansand the guarded were manifest
~ blessed with the vivacious temperament
that accompanies glowing locks.
The couple had been walking tran
GULLY down the avenue in full enjoyment
of a fresh spring morning. The better to
retain his friends attention the boy held
zone end Of "a sort Of bead chain that
isswung sjanntilys about her neck. :-Sss.
| At Fifth street the chain dropped The
boy reached for it and stumbled. Mis-
tress Bossy smiled broadly, firted a hfrta-
| tious horn. and scampered into Fifth
street, moo-fng ironically. Lady clerks,
tpeering from the sidewalk beneath their
lofty pompadours, We're sure she meant to
giggle, We'll, I should say not!'
i Two women IN dog cart were equally
| certain that they were about to be the
/ victims of a ferocious Spanish BULL The
woman driving glanced about at the Vi
4 brating horns ducked her red hat like
Niobe yielding up to fate, and shook the
reins, one in each hand The fat steed
before the cart climbed upon the side
walk. but refused ito, walk into photog-
4 rapher's plate -glass window
/ A possible. neighbor- of the cows was
driving a hay-wagon southwark He
I.yelled "sookt sock! sook!" in an intimate
i tone. The animal returned friendly
4 glance, accepteda cud Of timothy from
j the "sooker'sf wagon, and passed on.
The messenger. IN eanwhile, was complet-
I ing a wide circle about the hay.
i A. Fifth street butcher, clinging to his
Icleaver, ran out from his shop to irves-
tigate. His eyes longed for the wander
Ing beef. He might have been saying
4 "a little off the loin, lady? Yes, prime
cuts are UP a bit to-day"
4 While the boy was emerging from a
barricade of horses his red charge halted
an, omnibus. It was a. hotel bus hurrying
to a railway station But Whist is the
travelling public to a hungry COW? She
!, beat slowly up to- wizard and noored
herself in front of the bus beside some
fallen ragmentsaof the hay that she had
sampled. Perhaps she heard the bus
drivers cracking whip. The crowd heard
all his naughty words. But sheswitched
her tail without emotion; rnaneuYered her
pink tongue cautiously, until, she had
removed from the pathway Of the bus
leach souvnir OF Miss Maud Muller,
4 At Nicollet avenue the boy caught the
rope, jerked it, and frightened the, stroll
, ling COW "critter.""s Her protest upset the
boyAupon his hands and knees. Then she
ran, and many a girl ran with her. That
she was in the middle of the street and
they upon zlte s1dshAAs Shid not bring her
out the victor. .-sfg.
The soang women were leaving her be-
hind when she stopped and n1oo-ed In
quiringly. She had heard an appealing
EVQice, note that went to her smotl1er
beart. She turned about ard saw an
automobile. It, too, was red. And It was
) moo-ing plaintiveIy exactly in the accents
, of her most recent calf. Boo hoo" went
5 the auto. "Sook! Sock! Cuss yere Soolz!'
cried dusty No. s1s, Selling thes rope with
both hands. s.ssss:s
, Mama Boss stuck out her tongue affec-
tionate as If to lick her recovered baby
with the queer brass eyes. But the mes
S senger yanked his protest. The COW
: turned p1acidly in5the right direction. The
!; girls stopped running and laughed; thu
men smiled; b the auto coughede con
tentedly. Satisfaction says the mes
senger@ conpany9is guaranteed"