The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-19
By M. QUAD

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and the shed was more so. They
reached 1t Just In time for the pro
| fessor to find board and bar the en-
trance against the cow and later on IL
| further strengthen IT. There was nc
doubt about the bovine being in ear
nest. She made frantic efforts to teal
down the shed with her remaining
horn, and when she could not effect
an entrance she stood on guard to keep
her victims from coming out. Dark
ness suddenly fell. and then the per.
turbed couple suddenly realized their
situation.
Professor Slocum, must leave here
this instantw exclaimed the Mortified
Miss Day.
"And so must TT was the reply.
at is not proper
Certainly not"
II shall be laughingstock!~
And the same!"
IT can't go, but you must" said Miss
Day as the COW quieted down. PRO
lessor, you must see that you must go
you must see I'll"
II do see it." he replied. land, while
cannot depart from the shed, I can
climb on the top of it"
This he accomplished by making his
way through a gap in the roof. He
was now in a position of propriety.
but there was the COW again. When
she saw him perched up there. so near
and yet so far, she tried to climb up
after him, and at the end of two min
utes Miss Day was shrieking for pro-
lection. Down scrambled the pro-
fessor, and the COW took to running
around the shed to find where he
had disappeared. The interior OF the
shed had now become so dark that
nothing could be seen. In trying to
strengthen the door some more the pro-
fessor fell down and rolled over. In
trying to go to his assistance Miss Day
suddenly found herself sprawling.
Can person maintain Brightness
when surrounded by a COW shed, with
mad COW battering away at the door!
Can person be stilted after rolling in
the straw and dirt? Can he or she be
severely ceremonlous when ii is i'm
possible to see each other? The pro-
fessor wisely decided that they could
not. and he reached out and clasped
Miss Days hand She returned the
clasp. Then he put his arm around her
In protecting way, and she did not
shrink Then the OLD COW made up
her mind to melt the frost and bring
out the turtledoves If she had to
break her neck 10 do 1t. She gave a
below of warning and retreated eight
or ten rods and then came for the side
of the shed like runaway locomotive.
She hit 1t fair and square, and two
thirds of 1t caved in like a house OF
sand. In the caving she was mixed up
with beams and boards. and the pro- |,
fessor took advantage of the occasion |
to tear the door aside and then pull
his companion out into the open. Then
they ran for the nearest fence. II
wasn't dignifed to fall down three or
four times, but they fell. 1t wasn't
eminently proper, when the fence was
reached and the COW was hard on their
tTall, TOT the prOIeSSOT 10 turO" BLISS
Day over and then take a scramble
but that's the way 1t was
worked. Then as soon as the man In
the case could get his breath he re-
allied the inevitable. They were both
battered and frizzled. They had togeth-
err passed through peril by food and
FIRE (and cow, and romance had come
to their hearts at last
Miss Day, have loved you from
the firstw announced the professor as
be took her hand.
And ~ she replied after gasp
ng for breath.
OF course she had, too, and of course
hat settled 1t then and there. The old
,ow looked through the rails at them,
heard the cooling Of the doves and with
l snort Of disgust turned tail and
walked away. And yet she bad made
,ver two human beings to be Ike the
average.