The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-06-09
ALOP HORNED.
COW
By nj. QUAD
Copyright. 1sls. by Associate Lit
arary Press

Ask any farther you will ard he will
tell you that i top horned cows trou-
BILE maker when she has bobbed
tail to boot then you look ott. You
couldn't give her away to s&ny one
knowing cow character. She Nsll jump
any fence to eat her fill of corn and
then seek to destroy what Rfe can't
eat II
There had been peace in WOES coun-
ty for a dozen years when a{rumpus
suddenly fell upon the LAID and
changed the course of at least two
lives and gave hundred Others some
thing besides crops to talk abtat.
Farmer Jepson, widower, liked four
miles from Ackron on the cofgty line
road, and Jane Schon6eld. wsESg and
farmer, lived thfas mites wess11sf him
on the Red Bridge road. s1y had
lived thus for five years and on Il knew
each other by name. The its years
might have become twenty hafsnot an
old lop h9'ned COW stepped In 20 give
the parties an introduction.
The COW was owned by the widow.
Besides being lop horned she wss bob
tailed, wild eyed and had varistIs bad
habits, one eff which was JUMP @ng six
rail fences and wandering abousnights.
These promenades sometimes led her
miles away and into strange pastures.
The first time Farmer Jepson ssw her
she was in the midst of his cernfeld
and had cleared about half an E:re of
the juicy stalks He was gofN man.
but he swore at her and calEs1 her
names. He also tried his beststo kill
her on the spot A week lassr the
COW called again to see how tlE. CORN
was coming on, and after hall sHiing
her the farmer sent word that that
old critter of a cow steps hoof On my
land again thereIl be a lawsuit II make
things rumblep
The COW didn't hurry matters any.
She waited until Mr. Jepson hadet MS
planted his cabbage plants and they
had got fairly growing. and th1n she
called one night and helped herSaf to
$50 of them. The first the widow knew
of the midnight raid was when ies re-
ceived a summons from jusfce of
the peace Suit had been COMMENCED
by Farmer .TepSOn to recover $3.50 dam
ages.
$50 he's sued me, has he obs arFed
the widow us she doubled up he dsts
and fire came to her eyes. Yell.
wen see who comes out ahead
After two or three adjournmeEfne
case came to trial. and it was u the
courtroom that plaintiff and defesj4apt
first saw each other Both were TT
prised. and both said someth 90
themselves What the farmfT atd
was: u -
We'll, by thunder! | exnectf Zee
q fat and homey old two listed
aud -
of a female who ought to be sittlns on:
a husbands knee. Wish I'd seen her
before | begun this suit The blame
old COW damaged me. but hafn't g0in
to swear very hard agin no woman
like that"
LANDS O massey, but he haint no
mean mani" exclaimed the widow aft
er look at the farmer Why, they
Il
wanted to bulldoze me cause I'm all
alone in the world. Say. now. but
they are all wrong. He hain't the KIND
to bluff and pitch in. Wish he had
come to see me about the old COW. II
he had I'd have chained her up Won
der how hard he'll swear agm mey
She was soon to know. The plain.
tiff's lawyer in opening the case sald
il was an aggravated case OF trespass
and damage and that the $50 men
toned wasn't really half what they
should have sued for. Then he Went
on to tell of what a defiant woman
the defendant was and wound up by
stating his hopes that the jury would
render a verdict without leaving the
box. Then the plaintiff was called TO
the witness chair, and. to the surprise
of the widow and the disgust OF his
LAWYER, he said he had forgotten the
message the woman returned TO nlm
He followed that up by declaring that
his feelings had simply been shocked
and that he had fully recovered from
the shock in a minute and half. AS
to the corn and cabbage, perhaps $40
would pay the bill. If a verdict for
that amount was rendered he would
take it on the inStallment plan at
dollar month. He had once owned
lophorned, bobtailed COW, and he
knew how hard it was to keep them at
home o nights.
"You jackass, but you have lost your
case" Missed his lawyer as the wit
ness stepped down with a smile in the
direction of the widow. whose lawyer
was whispering to her:
"Now you get up there and give Us
some hot talk and your case Is won.
We've got Jepson on the skedaddle."
There was no hot talk from the wild
ow. On the contrary, she cooed like
dove. She admitted to the ownership
of the jumping. predatory COW. but
was quite willing to pay reasonable
manages. She didn't doubt the plain
cif1's shocked feelings and was sorry
for them and wished he had hit the
old COW with the Ak. One of the re-
suits of the suit was a verdict for 6
cents damages, and another was that
Farmer Jepson would call at her home
for the money He kept his word.
week later he drove up to the door and
after an hours, interview was asked
to call again. Three months later his
disguised lawyer was heard to ex-
claim:
"Prettiest case ever had and dead
sure of verdict. and Jepson knocks
it all in the head by falling in love
with the defendant! Yes, they were
married yesterday"
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