Evening star., 1926-02-21

| "O Inof1 luHlDlou lnIO IflS QlISny
and rowed madly around the near Of
the two points. Suspended action for
a short interval. Shortly 1t reap
peared. and all could see that John
ston sat now in the stern sheets
streaming sea water. His remarks
could not be distinguished at the dis
tance. but from his posture, gestures,
and the sound Of his voice 1t was ev1-
dent that he was addressing the spotty
COW.
II never see her act up 30 BEFORE -
said the cows owner. She's the
gentlest critter-'
Well" urged Walker genially, "any
more volunteers? Any more bucka-
| roos in this OUTFIT"
He ran his eye over the crew, grin
ming cheerfully at them.
| NO? Well. come on. boys, let's
see what we can do
He was warming up to the situation.
He had been sitting on, a rock. like
Aline and his brother-in-law. as a
spectator. Now he arose and became
the central f1gure-wtth due Difference
| to the cow.
Johnston has tho right idea-in .
get a rope on her. Got to get hold
Of her. I don't know much about
cows, but I do know that with a rope
around the base Of the horns you can
| do most anything with them, and
around the neck Is good. That right2''
! he asked the cows owner. by tho
way, what's your manner"
My names Teller. Yes, that's
right
No? How about your You're . ranch.
man."
"I amt never triedr'
"Well, I can't either-to amount to
much. But Two had to catch my
horse q few times down In the COW
| country. Got me a stout line. I
| think can mako a running moose" I"
Armed with this impromptu lasso.
he started toward the rock.
HE made his way to q point Just
- below tho little plateau. assured
himself Of q good foothold. whirled
| the loop around his head. cowboy
fashion, and began to cast. The COW
backed away to the far edge. planted
her feet and snorted. The position
was awkward. Walkers skill negli-
gible and the COW proved TO be unex-
pectedly clever In duckins. Again
and again he hurled the rope. dragged
| II back empty. and reformed the loop.
After the hundredth cast or 80, he
paused for a rest.
I'm afraid I'm no Buffalo BILL" he
confessed after another series Of fail
| ures. "One Of you row off and tell
Johnston to come back-to come
ashore and have a try at this. He
ought to know how to throw a lasso
for two years"
the dingy Walker leaned against the
rock resting. Presently the ernissary
returned.
Johnston says they didn't lasso
them down where he was." reported
the man. grinning. He says they
| used bolos."
"Humphr' grunted Walker. Hes
better read than I imagined"
He took up the rope again and
hurled the loop carelessly and dis
gustedly in the general direction of
tho COW. 1t settled about tho ami
mails horns.
-"stand by.' Haul her" take
In your slack" broke out a chorus Of
yelis.
The loop frightened. Walker de-
scended from his perch, bringing with
him the end Of the long line.
Now you've got her. what arc you
going to do with herf" murmured
Forbes. {.
But Walker. now wholly In the
spirit Of solving a difficult problem.
had his ideas.
"Get the calf down. and she'll fol-
low Of her own accord" he replied.
Here. some Of you fellows take the
end of the rope and keep her from
charging at me. and III sec what can
be DONE"
plateau. Walker ventured to mount
to the other. Then ensued a game
first Of blandishment-futil of
dodge. The calf had been instructed
by Mother to view all proceedings
with Suspicion; on no account to. do
anything he was expected to do; and
to distrust all creatures that did not
progress on four legs.
THAT won't work." confessed Walk
er at length. descending the cnn.
The two groups had gradually
crew were gathered close. Nobody
said anything for q moment.
How about showing her OF the side
where Johnston took the high diver"
at length ventured ono Of the men.
"She'd bust herself wide open fall
ing from that high upr' hastily inter.
posed Teller in alarm.
How about showing her OF and
then lowering her down with tho rope
dIOuQu ueT nOrnS, IQcH. d1ueuOoO the
author Of the suggestion.
I'VE could all tail onto tho rope on
this side, run 1t over the top and then
slack away" interposed another.
X X + X
THEY gathered In a close group and
= discussed ways and means. 1t
was agreed that a roller Of some kind
| would be needed to pass the rope over
| 80 it would not chafe through. Also
I some sort of padded poles for the
showing. Nobody seemed to fancy
doing any showing with the naked
hands. Also a selected squad to shove
| and another to pull. The plan gath
cred complications-fanta nautical
complications Of men accustomed to
| the sea but not to cows. Teller, who
had been listening with moro and
| more bewilderment, finally dashed the
| whole scheme.
with her scraping and humping
down that clift," said he. shed break
a leg sure"
wen have to rig some sort of
crane to slip her FROM" put in the
mate, who had heretofore remained
| silent. Then we can run her over
and let her down easy"
| That's the idea!' cried Walker.
| A new committee of the whole was
formed. Three men held the cow back
by the rope while all the rest swarmed
up the cliff to examine the engineer