The sun., 1908-05-07
lWOCOWSB TIE SPARE ROOM
! ROI IDE VARIETY FOR HOBO
MEN FIAT DWELLERS.
=, ,nss I1ossle MCQunde observed TO Her
Mother. Il Was odd That They should
IIe There, 80 That Is WIS the Why and
the wherefore l. Given In Some Detail,


the Wherefore Il Given In some Detail.
Nrs. Flcsse McQuade Of $50 Newark
.,.ct. IN the city Of lloboken, was hurTying
.r &, the front door and putting the last
,.lrh 10 her toilet with hand mirror about
o. o'clock yesterday morning when she
rau-od abruptly at the door Of the spare
Uriroori. which Is near the Newark street
end o.! the corridor u the ground floor fiat
-, Flossie is a stenographer in the ~,
LAM Building, Manhattan. and hadn't much
.nc at her disposal
Mother two cows, a white and black
cuware in the spare bedroom Flossie Caled
Ilu, over her shoulder. How odd that two
COW, should he where they are! hope that
on will give this matter your personal
rtenron, mother And 50 Miss Flossie
.urod out Of the door to catch the ferry
..i
Tho white cows name Is Agnes and size
.u hardly be called n COW, inasmuoh as
... -nll is mere calf, and incidentally
.., rupd 10 be wavward The full name OF
.l, nIack COW is Rebecca AZ the Well, but
,.Il Rehecca for short by Mr., Ezekiel
l'.IMNl, "a lhllilfl llNlll AAN kNAA'lHA A'ahh
..lnuod of Sccaucus, n. j., who was driving
.hr Youthful. wayward Agnes and Rebecca
4 the Well over toward the Henderson
,lrrct ahattoir agnes and ReBecca may
|.yr known what would come to them
ynou they should reach the abattoir, and
ran. they may rot have known hut this
.uh Is certain: Agnes who as has been
..rl has shown signs OF waywardness for
Irrg time out on the Socaucus dairy farm,
ii,d to have one last fling before perish
.rt. and 20 when she got right into the
,,1t ot the busy city life of Hoboken she
I'D end decided 10 start out and bust up
nal or two.
NII Ezekiel Stringer got up about i.3J
.r,cs Yesterday morning TO take Agnes
..t lcbeCca at the Well into town to have
.nr.r ,hruats cut. and at $50 O'Clock or
.orsti,uts had reached Hoboken's busy
,n.u. oi commerce. As he walked along
.,alug the editorial page Of his iavorite
r,wspaper few PAGES back OF Agnes
nj Eoiecca he VOTED him not OF what
.as ia the mind of Agnes
Qlitr had he overlooked the fact that for
Nuus tine, or ever since Agnes had reached
I'd. axe, Of reason. she had been inclined to
,.u, out in the meadows later than usual
.ui that always she had stood near the fence
,o>,st to Hoboken all the day and had
and l1ngngly toward the smoke that
lr-c from the factories Of Hoboken city
oIrr. For when 1t came to supplying
.rlk and doing the humble chores ofa young
.r,.sr on a dairy farm the heart Of Agnes
~ not IN her work.
,.lecca, who has seen several more
,a.un, than the youthful Agnes ever will
&c. NAV have noticed the wayward ten
..nc,s Il Agnes At any rate Rebecca
,,I gone out often into the meadows long
.iar the sun had SGT and tried to induce
gu,s 20 return to the COW barn. Is II
.,ai.h.ug the Imagination too much TO
.gg - HAT Erhaps tmind the perhaps)
..r,.a Oitrn had said to herself when
ing toward The lily white helter, Alas,
.,ur poyTug she VIII awaken ana wish
NO H. Yer gan been born
ur tnat a, It may. Agnes had marched
tY.uhaLtiy all thr way 10 floboken yes
LAY mOrmag and was within hall mile
+ the abattOi when she noticed the open
,luor Of the ten ment at $50 Newark street,
a the city of HobOken. SO Agnes entered
ne tenement and the door Of the McQuades
are bedroom being thi nearest at hand
irter entering the street door, Agnes strolled
.uto th3 bedroom just at the moment that
lIi.s Flosse McQuade was starting for
Manhattan. Poor old Rebecca at the Well
uad followed after TO see that no harm
-nould come to the wayward Agnes. In
no meantime Mr.. Ezekiel Stringer Of Sc
atlcus hadn't noticed that Agnes and
Ealacca at the Well had detached them
elves from the herd owing to his absop-
ION in an article on Are Shavngs Nourish-
ne tD Hawgs|
IIias Flosse McQuale had notified her
uother Mrs. McQuade, that the cows had
aIIrd. as has been said, and as Mrs. Nc
Ouade entered the spare bedroom she came
mon Agnes in the act OF trying TO nlbble
the wax flowers encased under glass
.c on the marble topped table.
Ry this time Mrs. Hennessy and her
Young son Duke, who live on the second
lonr left. h5i Joined the McQuades, and
,monp others present we're John Maloney,
The delivery boy in William AsChenbach' :
barness store, TO which there is an entrance
RON the tenement ground floor corridor;
,urly Lucie, the French master harness
maker of Aschenbach's; Artie McQuade,
Mrs. Henny Farmer Of the third floor front,
Mrs Maloney and her young son Mlkey
II the same floor back, Miss Nellie Maloney,
AIlH4fAB
Miss Bella Hennessy-all well known in
Hoboken's younger set. They had many
-.lggestions to make. In the meantime
tie John Maloney had turned In still
Iarrn 10 the engine house OF Engine Com
uany g. lust across the street.
Firemen Charley kiernan, Bill herrlgan
md Charley Pierson hardly had laid down
heir euchre decks to respond 20 the call
ui help under the command OF Lieut..
BIinker BanbuTy when Agnes and Kebecca
ecided that the wax flowers an the
NlcOuade spare bedroom were an overes-
mated pleasure.
Agnes led the way out Of the McQuades'
nen and Rebecca followed, and the two
rovs started into the open door OF the
corridor that led into Aschenbach's work
.hup. Curly Lucie retreated before them.
lie hacked and backed, Curly did, until
no reached the desk OF Ray Younge the
pook keepeT Of Aschenbach's establish
mpnt, and az Curly squared himself against
llr Younge's desk there wasn't anything
10 front Of him as far as the eye could reach
nut COWS.
Alas! Little had the wsyward Agnes
Hgelt upon the almost self-evident idea that
harness shop is equipped with more than
n'ly-seven varieties OF whips. Little
Johnny Maloney, the errand boy Of Aschen-
bach $. had grasped this idea almost instan-
rareuusly. Johnny took down Hhlp aiter
whip of the stock and distributed them
among the many onlookers who had entered
'lc harness shop from the front dOori ana
"hie Curley was asking IN trench mat polts
If lightning might descend from above and
sour the milk OF all COWS Johnny was direct
ug the whip brigade TO get down artstically
o.. ~, ,-.,.t, L., band And In the meantime