The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-08-05
Tact and the Brindle Cow
There 1t was, nat and plain.

There 1t was. nat and plain.
Mamma told me yesterday that II
I did not discourage you she would
speak to you herself"
But what can she have against
me?
"She says she's going to take me
abroad next year and have some lord
or duke fall in love with me. Oh,
Will, 1 wish mother, wasn't-wasn't
such a goose!"
And you'll give me up to marry
a title?"
mo, and yet I must do as mother
says, mustn't I? If you'd only go at 1t
and do something heroic. Can't you
save mothers life in some way? Can't
some great danger threaten her and
you rescue her."
Will Pelham had known Glynn
Burnham for a year or more, and he
had been engaged to her for the last
three months, though it was secret
engagement. He lived in the city and
had graduated as a mining engineer
and was looking for place. He had
no money to speak Of, and he did not
go into society much, but those who
knew him spoke in his praise. He
had an uncle living near the widows
country house, Is miles out, and he
had been coming down to see that
uncle every Saturday afternoon and
finding his way over to the other
house. The mother had never had a
very warm welcome for him. Now she
had put her foot down. She wanted
rich and titled son-in-law. He must
not call at the house any more. II
Glynn wouldn't elope with him he
must give her up. While he was
Nevada, a thousand miles away, she
would be taken off to Europe to cap
tivate some old man with title and
the govt
Miss Glynn was fearful and he was
said at the parting. though neither
looked at it as final. It was too sud-
den. Two human hearts cannot be
parted that way. They must have
time to get accustomed to thee sepa-
ration. On his way over to his
uncle's young Mr.. Pelham noticed the
proud and ambitious mother in the
meadow culling daisies. She had
gone forth to give the daughter an
opportunity to repeat her words.
Forty rods farther along the highway
he noticed brindle cow looking over
the fence at the widow and shaking
her head and giving other signs of
anger.
Only a civil or mining engineer,
whose profession Is to surmOunt all
difficulties, whether above or below
the surface, would have stopped for
five minutes to wonder how to bring
that brindle cow and that ambitious
woman together. He looked at the
woman as she culled-at the COW as
she mumbled-at the solitary tree in
the pasture, and he decided that 1t
could be done. He went home to ask
Of his uncle:
"Who owns that old brindle COW
over there?"
why, Griggson does. 1 meant to
tell you about her. Don't try to cross
that field. She's pretty near killed
two tramps this summer"
That was enough for starter, and
Will sat down to figure the rest out
to scale. This would be an above
ground affair, but there would be some
points to solve. For instance: How
fast can a brindle cow ruu9 How
much faster than brindle cow can
young man in love run? What are
the first Impressions of an ambitious
mother at seeing brindle COW CON-
Ing for her in an open lotp Would
her second impressions bid her climb
the tree within few yards of her?
Can young man in love run around
the trunk OF tree faster than a
brindle COW not in love?
All these things entered into the
engineering problem before the young
man, but he had a week to work at
them before coming again, and there
was hopeful smile on his face. He
knew by letter what had happened
after he left the house. The mother
had come In with her bouquet of
daisies and said:
II saw that person passing along
the road half an hour ago"
Eyes, mamma"
You told him what I asked you tor
Eyes"
"And he knows my feelings on the
subject?"
YES"
"Then we may consider tho matter
as settled. In reading the daily pa
pers after this, If you come across
any titled persons mentioned cut out
the piece and save it. I am glad you
have acted so sensibly about the
thing. Every girls mother knows
what is best for her."
Miss Glynn was not weeping and
she was not smiling. She vas won
dering how good a mining engineer
Will Pelham was. A week later and
he was on his mettle., He was look.
ing over the fence throwing clubs at
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