The San Francisco call., 1904-06-05

Now the tousfed-headed boy stil cher
isbed feelings of wrath When ne saw
the snectacles on the COW he gasped
with amazement.
BLAMED if dat guy amt put glasses
on dat COW to make her think sne IL
eating grass" he murmured-
lust then he happened to slip ms
hand into one of his trousers pockets,
Among the usual treasures slowed
away in a boys pocket his nnsers
touched two pieces Of glass. He drew
them out They were red ana rouii'-
and with a little trouble might De
fitted into the rirns Of the spectacles
the COW was wearing. And into the
mind of the tousled one crept sug-
gestion OF how he might have revenge
on Middleton and little fun on MS
own account.
Cows amt so fierce as bulls"
thought the tousled one. But dey
don't like red a bit better"
He took the spectacles from the
cows nose. pushed out the green
glasses and inserted the red ones He
replaced the red-glassed spectacles.
Then he hastily climbed into the hay
NOW and awaited developments.
When the crimson spectacles were
adjusted the cows peace OF mind In
stantIy vanished To the right. left,
and in front was to be seen only the
hated color-red. Her wrath was
stirred She made a charge at the
crimson haymow. The only result was
that she was thrown back. bruised and
bafned. She glanced around in
anxiety and terror. only TO find that all
the objects in the once familiar barn
were the same odiOus color. Then
she began a mad rush about the barn,
mooing with all the force OF her lungs.
The tumult aroused Middleton. who
ran from the house and threw open
the barn door. But when the COW saw
a crimson man standing IN the door
way, her terror changed to wrath
Plainly, here was the cause Of all her
troubles. She made a mad charge at
Middleton. He side-stepped with an
agility which would have surprised his
business acquaintances. The COW was
unable to stop and thundered through
the doorway. Then she turned and
prepared for a second charge. Just as
Middleton was planning precipitate
flight an unusually angry and vehe-
ment shake OF the cows. head shook
OF the glasses. Things once more re-
sumed their natural color.
The COW stood for a moment. be-
wildered at the sudden change in her
field of vision. then began to walk
slowly back to the barn. Middleton
saw that her rage was over, but was
puzzled to account for 1t at all.
Green is the color of a good part
of the earth in summer time" he
unused. Il don't see why green spec
tacles should affect a COW with sud-
den insanity"
Then he saw the spectacles lying on
the ground. He picked them up. As
he did so he noticed the red glasses.
He understood what had happened.
THAT young rascal must have
changed the glasses II catch him
I'll give him a lesson on the evils OF
interfering with experiments in scien-
rest Of his life"
The tousled-headed boy, hidden in
the haymow. wisely gave no indication
of his whereabouts Middleton ad-
justed the green glasses and tried to
replace them on the COW. But that
particular COW had had all she cared
for OF spectacles Of any sort. whether
provided with red or green glasses.
She shook her lead In such a threat
ening manner that Middleton finally
abandoned the attempt
"a scientific experiment that might
have made a revolution In dairy farm
ing spoiled by the malice OF a red
headed boy" he sighed as he trudged
back to the house.