The Nome daily nugget., 1937-09-04


 tory. and proudly bore the milk into the house. My mother looked at 1t dis dainfully. "I thought John said she was an eight quart cow.' she said. You better go back and see If she hasn't been holding out"
 went back, but l postponed any argument about holding out till eve ning The COW was glad enough to get out of the stable, but she was un. der misapprehensiOn as to where the pasture was. She thought 1t was out on the front lawn, which my father watched and tended as If It were a park.
 The pasture was halr a mile away, but we covered three times that dis tance on the journey. We made little detours into almost everybody's yard on the trip and 1t required the assist ance of the families owning the yards to get her out of some of them. But she finally reached the pasture. and with a sigh of triumph I put up the bars and bid her au revoir.
 When 1 returned at night our COW was on one side of the pasture, and the others were huddled together. re- garding her affrightedly from dis tance.
 That night 1 managed to get almost full pail of milk. did that by slipping rope nooses around the crea- ture's neck and hind feet, so that her radius of action was considerably linn ited. My father congratulated me on my ability to get along with her. "At this rate," said he, shell soon be giving as much milk as yearling heifer. Keep up the good work"
 Between the constable's bull dog and myself there existed an old feud. It began when l was borrowing some apples from the constable's tree, and the dog came around to object l re- mained in the tree while he was ex- pressing his discontentment with my behavior. l remained there out of prudence till my parents missed me at supper and turned out to hunt me. When 1 was discovered there was an argument between the families, and an alarming threat on the part of the constable to put me into the lock up. But he didn't and thought the trouble was forgotten.
 And it was forgotten by everybody except the dog. It appears that he had borne 1t in mind steadily, and was only looking for an opportunity. He thought he had found it one morn- ing when, the COW and l having be- come resigned to each other, she and I were taking our way to the pasture. To do this we had to pass through the alley behind the constable's house. and there the dog had entrenched himself and lay In wait for the enemy. l Ignoring the COW, he leaped lightly over the fence and started for me. do not think the COW would have picked a quarrel with him over me, but the dog caromed off her as he was darting for me. and she was an. noyed She backed around In front of him, her horns close to the ground. The dog lodged to one side and she followed him. This continued for few seconds till the dog decided to make an end of 1t. He backed off a few paces. and then made rush, snarling. Down came the cows horns and when they went up again the dog was having a nice free ride on them. An instant later he landed on the other side of the high board fence be hind the doctors house. The COW walked up to the fence, butted It down flor 1t was flimsy affair-and chased the dog up on the back porch.
 There was trouble about that, but |, was finally settled. The COW and l were soon little buddies together and for the first time since l was u baby, l was not afraid of being picked on by any bully in school. Hay of him." the other boys would say to the mean ones "YOu don't want to come home hangin onto ole Zebra's horns, do you?" And none of them appeared to have any such desire.
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