Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-03

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-. No, use crying for spilled milk" replied
Dick, hot with anger and much racing about.
Keep your cows in their yards nights, IN
stead stead OF letting ZEN, run around the neighpor-
hood, getting into folks crops"
They unatched the gate" replied Phil, de-
fensively.
Didn't half fasten it, I suppose; or, per-
haps your cows are so knowing, they can
unhasp II without your help" retorted DicK'
sneeringly.
"Wel if you had fence worth rye straw
they wouldn't have got into your corn. ~ -
always ready to tumble if creature swltcheS
its tail at it," replied Phil exasperated at
Dicks sarcastic implication 80.
"Our fence is as good yours any tlme;
which amt saying much, I'll allow, But l
have you to know that people amt ophge9
to fence the road against cattle rakng around
nights, and if / find 'em here again, ~ qgEe plI
em to the pound!" Dick screamed after Fhii;;
who. belaboring the inoffensive beasts, nau
set off on run toward home, fearful Oh con
sequences it he stayed longer. -,
"How could Dick insinuate that l would
be so mean as to let out the i,' COWS oppoly on pel
cutting off thistle heads and golden rous as
he ran along.
Connected puppy To think there amt ia any
fence except on his fathers farm" cred Dleki
looking about to see what damage ne nau
sustained. =,
It did not prove to be so great as ,lne ne had vt
feared, as. evidently, the cows had but JUST
got into the field He was somewhat moill-
fed, and felt that, perhaps he mish' nave
been little less precipitate .,..: g
AS if fate were against the reeoneliiaVon oi
the two lads, the next week Phils corn snow s
ed signs of having been molested some Ia
its ears were nibbled and the yellow KERNELS
scattered about the ground.
Phil rushed over to the Hadleys at once;
cts your old cosset, Dick. You must UtANe
care of her, or | will.
t'She couldn't get over row oea.d Of TurGeRps ninp
without stubbing her toes" protested OicN'
"She never leaves the cows
''It's sleeps work without az douOs' A'nd dhg
yours is all the one there Is ,5n ABOUT rve for an
old cosset So | say take care Of her. ~
There was no help for it. Topsy must be
yoked, and the poor eve went oil, tne hehe tIe
morning, prancng down the iane, a WI, Ml,n her
neck, while her two lambs followed piea'i"s
and afraid.
However, the next morning there was anoth no.
er complaint from Phil The yoke was hoI
sufficient preventive. Topsy had asaih niOoio'
the prize corn.
In vain Dick argued that it could !, l.o1oS not
have been the cosset, and, indeed 1t looked
fairly reasonable that she might nave oesn zen
the thief the patch OF corn lay PS; near +ban n
to add a fetter to the already hampered
sheep, and, accordingly, Dick filed s;nt with IN.
dignation at his young neighbors inconslst-
ency and want Of feeling, put on one
e"Too bad!" he muttered, seeing ms pet , mop
bling off painfully among the haro-hAcN
clumps in the pasture. e .so oo,ys
At sundown, when Dick went for tne cows, ,t
Topsy was not with them at the bars; put
he could hear the lambs bleating plaIntNeS
off in the woods. He followed the souhe' any any
soon came upon them in hr thicKes, anu anu
between a rock and an old pine stump lay poor
Topsy dead
Tears of grief and indignation sprang into
Dicks eyes.
''He never could forgive Phil-never! The
obstinate pg"
And the next morning, when Phil made his
appearance with his old complaint hotehead-
ed Dick found himself in an instant in close
combat with his once bosom friend, their hats
off, faces flushed, pushing, striking, shaking
each other, while Dick shouted out the story
of his wrongs.
Uncle Sammy, emerging from the woodshed,
seeing how matters were going, essayed to
shout to them but his laggard tongue refused
to do duty, and still trying to articulate, he
rushed to war dthe combatants, milk-pail
in hand. - ------~.4 ------------~.
'B-b-boys avast there!' Consarn the p
p-prize! It's nothing b-but a b-b-b-
Here get along with vel" he cried, at last
catching his breath, and greatly exasperated
b--b-break the hull ten commandments
Dick crept off into the orchard, too much
ashamed to respond to Aunt Polly's call to
breakfast.
Phil ran home with many emotions con-
hicting in his heart He felt that he was
in the wrong, and that it would be long be
fore Dick would forget the loss of his ccsset.
"I'll buy him the very best one I can find
If get the prize," he said to himself.