Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06
tCopyright.l


4 ND so the old COW that paint
- "a ed pictures with her tail,
~ growing tired of nothing but
buttercups and sweet clover
to eat painted picture of a
field with a haystack in it, and, walking
into that field began to eat the hay. Her
friend Bill Mosquito, could not ENJOY nay
very much so the old COW painted for him
a nice tender. pink baby lying on the nay.
Bill MOSQUITO had taken only one tiny bite
when the baby began to cry: and at lie
yerv first .Y-a-a -a-s-uck-a -a-h' the baby $
mother ran around from behind the nay
stack with rolling pin in her hand She
smacked Bill Mosquito in the face and
ierked up her baby: then she began TO
beat the old COW with the rolling pin. So
the old COW ran and ran and ran, untll
finally she came To the cave of the bear
with the sore head. She was just gong
To hide in that cave when she heard the
bear growl and of course she ran flSiit
gu, again. She knew that the pear "ouu
lie after her so she hurried up and painted
a tree and as soon as she had ii painted
she climbed the tree in a rush
\ slight giggle interrupted Uncle Joe.
Il am very much annoyed, Sdiu It,
looking reprovingly at Miss ElZner-
Miss Eliza beth meekly stlf1ed her I'M
seemly mirth.
Il beg your pardon said she, most
humbIy but it was sudden. Ana
doesn't it seem. even to you, TO be ralhei
well-say, unconventional-for cow 10
climb a tree?
oh this cow could put in SkeeZicks
with the solemnly unquestion1nS falth Tor
which he had such a marvellous capacity
1T could do anything 1t wanted To-
couldn't it, Uncle Joe?
Exactly replied Uncle Joe feasting
his eyes with much pleasure upon MS TWO
auditors.
Miss Elmer sat in big leather chair
with Skeezicks snuggled affectonately on
he" lap, and Uncle Joe sat before them
on q hassock, near that he couiu occd-
SiOnally-just by accident, OF courSe-toucn
the white hand that hung over the arm
OF the chair. He could even if he felt so
disposed, brush his cheek against the mana
by leaning over tribe. Whether he dld
this, now and then. is none OF our affair
And then what happened? SKeeZlchS
asked with eager impat1ence.
Il hesitate to tell you, replied Uncle
joe casting at Miss Elzner another Sc
we're glance, though really not 90 Sc
we're, for fear there might be other III,
terruptions. The adventures OF the ola
COW who painted pictures with her tan
are too fragile and evanescent to deserve
being shattered by trivial doubts or
quibUles DIS to mere verify. Anyhow, the
vast moral ana instructive underlying
truths that form the foundation of this
remarkable narrative are past the COM
prchension OF any boy who wears long
trousers or any girl who has outgrown
piGtails
Miss Elmer. who would soon have to
dress for luncheon anyhow, quietly
reached up and with tantalizing deftnesS
of taperng white fingers. took out any
where from seven to eleven hairpinS, let
ting a long brown, shining pigtail drop
over her shoulder. Much Modified by
this mute apology, Uncle Joe laughed as
sleefully as any boy, and patted the white
mol no
compelled to give the pigtail an affection
ate tug before he could proceed, much
to the unrest of SKeezicks, who regret
fully saw good time going to waste.
K
Before / 60 on" said Uncle Joe, with
gracious allowance for grown-up igno-
rance of unnatural history. lis there any
thing else you would like to know?'
Since you ask me-" replied Miss Els
ner, Il must confess to an intense Gu
riosity as to what the old COW painted
her pictures upon.'
'Oh, didn't l tell your was the con-
trite reply. "Why-er-why-ah-w
she painted them on the easel bird. of
course. It's careless in me not to have
told you about that. The easel bird. as
you probably know. is a good deal like
the Tyre bird. only, in place of bearing
d useless and muSicess musical instru-
grows sheets of nice gray canvas, and
as fast as you use up one canvas another
one grows in its place. 1t always goes
around with the peculiar species of cows
that paint pictures with their tails. and
is never found anywhere else. It's like
the pilot fish and the shark. And now
hope that you are satisfied"
Il am agreed Miss Elmer; land I
presume that the paint birds furnish the
paint; the red birds and the blue birds
and the yellow birds. the canaries
and"
Mrs. Freeman that is to be- said
Uncle Joe Freeman, sternly, there are
limits beyond which"
"oh. you may go on hastily inter-
posed Miss ELMER.
Yes. please. Uncle Joe. do tell what
happened next" exclaimed the almost
despairing Skeezicks.
Well. of course the bear with the sore
head came out and climbed the tree after
the COW: but the COW was away ahead
OF him in the top branches. so she hur-
ried up and painted railroad train and
got on il, and it started whiZZing away
with her before the bear got up to her.
The bear grabbed the hind coach as it
went past. and he began to go lickety-
bowlegs through the train up to the
baggage car. where the COW was, so the
cow hurried up and painted lake with
boat on 1t and got on the boat. The
bear jumped in the water and swan
after the boat but before he could catch
ii the old COW had painted a balloon:
then, seeing that she still had a little
time left, she thought an airship would
be better. and painted that She was
just putting on the last strokes when
the bear climbed on deck after her. SO
she wasted more time, but jumped
into the picture and took whichever came
handiest. She happened to get the bal
loon, and went sailing up, but the bear
got the airship. and, pointing it's PROV
straight at the balloon. he whizzed after
her tight he could go. This time
he caught up with her. The old COW
was busy painting picture of black