The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-06-24

The COW was standing with her tawny calf peeping from beneath her hairy neck, and I stepped carefully toward her, focusing as went. She was look ing right at me with flashing eyes, all the while paving the earth, and occa- sionally letting out a boarse grunt,
 with such force that it shook her body from end to end. I continued to ad- vance. aware of an occasional warming word from Morrison, but anxious to get fair-sized image before releasing the shutter. But I never got that picture, for the COW put her head to the ground, ! and I knew exactly what that meant. reached a certain tree before she did, and the next instant we were all play ing tag around the trunk of it. Fortu- nately. the calf decided not to follow, and with a parting snort the COW went off to join him. ......
 The next chance I got was on the other side of the yard. There was a handsome COW well out in the open with a very young calf. of a slightly lighter shade than the others, But she
 was angry to the very roots of her short tail, which stood erect in the air, fairly twitching with the violence of her emotions. A line from Kipling ran in my head:
 Tt ain't no Christmas dinner" etc,
 but it seemed a good chance, and took | it I felt certain that she would charge.
 and only hoped that she would control herself until had made my exposure. 1 And she did 1t, too, though what it cost | her in patience, no one will ever know. As I approached very carefully, she shook her head and rolled her eyes, and half wondered if she was just walt | ing until she could quite make sure of
 me. I crawled up until felt she would not stand another foot, and then I
 touched the button. The COW did the
 rest. Hardly had I heard the soft buzz
 Of the focal plane shutter, when I saw
 the shaggy head drop to the earth, and her well-curved horns, glittering like the crescent moon, were coming my way with every ounce of her vigorous strength and speed behind them. The nearest tree was little more than a sapling and the race for 1t came very near being a dead heat. Just as I Edodged. the great head came up with
 a vicious jerk, the horns ripped the air lclose to my right shoulder, and | felt the rush of wind on my face as she
 went by. Right well she knew that she I had missed me, and tried to check her. self But she had such way on her
 that she slipped down on her haunches
 and slid along on her tail. But only for an instant, and then she wheeled. and came charging down on me again. l There was nothing to do but dodge and tkis did, for the life, smashing my l camera against tree trunk in the op- eration. Then. having missed me
 again, the angry COW went off to seek her precious calf. ..a.5s
 | And as came from behind the tree, IT. met coming on run. brandishing a I big stick in his hand. I was laughing, l but he looked very grave.
 \ By the gods, sir! she came yarra near. gettin you that time. An was coomin' as fast as ah could. but 1t < wouldn't ha' bin ony use. Ma, na, she ! wouldn't he tore yo all to bits; that Is
 dnless her calf had followed her, but
 you wouldn't ha' done ory more work { for a year, I'm thfnkin'." ...... ... ..' ....sg
 Then we went off to get the camera