Show A dandy among among cows 1 1 1 adolphus gRins of the fifth avenue and water street prided himself considerably on his hig acquaintance with the ways waya of the town I 1 but his hia knowledge of country ma matters was wag limited mr ins having rather outrun the constable found himself one slun sinn summer mer men not in a situation to undertake his usual jaunt aunt to saratoga or newport and bethought himself of an invitation which he had formerly received from hla hia uncle van brommel the hearty old farmer to nay him a visit at Pump kindale to pumpkin dale mr springing repaired with the express resolution of astonishing the natives this with the aid of his yellow kids embroidered waistcoats brilliant neck ties patent leather french phrases and fashionable air he certainly succeeded in doing he even made some soma by attractions attractions on the feelings of miss Rapp leway a young lady visitor who lid ild md previously been on amiable terms with cert van brommel the farmers oldest son 11 gert ert erb sulked and swore in private but fear of it bis his is father kept him from publicly showing his rr resentment one day however an idea oc to him which he turned to account for tet iet ting ling rid of his rival gert invited his cousin to go ont out with him pigeon shooting and adoli dhus though his taste did not lie ile much in that way consented to go as a means of killing time they thay set sit out accordingly with arms almun ammini L flon tion and provisions for forthe the day were carried by gert in a small tin pail about two miles ailes from the house they came to a pastura field bordered by extensive woods A A score of cows van brommel was wasa a noted c cattle attle breeder were feeding 0 at ond one one side of the pasture f ure see dolph said gert the in fh fhe the woods v yonder vonder now if you will just fust stand axi awhile le on the flat corner of the field so that I 1 shall shail know where you are I 1 will go into the woods and drive the pigeons aver over to vou you and voll you can pop them asther as they come out you kaep the pail I 1 too and well have dinner there by and by S Sprig prig gina ins inq azree agree d to these terms which ex a atly suited his easy eany notions of sport and while gert alun plunged I 1 ed into the woods lie he started for the flat rock which had been pointed out to him no sooner had he placed himself upon it than to his amazement all the cows in the pasture rushed frantically towards him lowing loudly kicking up their heels pushing one another and behaving as though they had been suddenly smitten insanity adolphus stood paralyzed expecting to be gored to death or trampled led under foot but instead of that the cows merely formed a circle round him stamping bellowing shaking their horns and alarin glaring at him with their great eyes in a an n unaccountable I 1 manner ile he shouted in terror to gert but received no answer ile he dared not leave the rock or even fire his gun to attract his cousins attention ien len tion for at the slightest movement that he made there was a general sti ramoa the cows a shaking of the formidable array of horns and an impatient stamp and murmur as if preparatory f ory orv to a rush was utterly bewildered to do him hG fustice justice hs would very likely have faced a loaded pistol at ten paces without flinching but this novel danger was of such a strange and frightful character that he was totally unnerved he stood motionless ss waltin for Ms cousin cousin courin or somebody else to rescue him and the cows with equal patience kept up the siege until heir their wretched prisoner was ready to drop with berf jerf terror 0 r ardd add exhaustion at jt last late in the afternoon ft ernson the burly form of old van brommel presented r resented itself to the delighted eyes of adolphus ph us his uncle came slowly through h the field with a tin pail on his arm and arid no sooner did the tho cows get a glimpse of him than they deserted and tore furiously toward his hia uncle who shouldered his way through them with the utmost unconcern goodness vivacious giva cious clous uncle gasped poor the deanin meaning me anin of this exava ordinary conduct of these awed fil animals and he be related with considerable agitation f be the history of his capiti vity among them his uncle roared and shook his sides with laugh tr t r hawl hawl hawl do tell now nov youve been anding standing sf on that ere stone all day frightened f right ened by the keown ho ho bo ho bless your soul dolph the keown are good critters they hurt a baby thought you were vere coming in to salt cm em ilaw haw haw haw wal now if that aint the best joke ive heeded on 1 knol anci nd again 2 wain pain the stout sto 1 ut old farmer laughed until the tears poured down his cheeks salt sait Salt Silt them themy exclaimed the mortified sprig gins you dont mean cosay to say that you salt sait your beasts yes I 1 do dolph replied his uncle urcle look here bere and see so saying he dumped the salt out of his pail in small parcels over the rock there was a general stamp and bellow and a simultaneous rush fush f oward toward the savory condiment which wh ich twenty tongues were soon busily enfa enga engaged ed in licking there dolph you know liv hw h 11 w v keown are salted alive now how said old van brommel brom mei MCI never ha learned that in wall street Hoh horoho ifo ho oho ho returned to the house much crest ile lic rallen the story of his adventure was soon about and there was war great joking and snigger rig at the supper table the fair hair rosalia hei hel heisele self seif lot tot being leing able to refrain from joining in the fun the next morning discover discovered d hat that he had urgent business in the city and he has never been seen since in Pump kindale though his cousin gert cordially invited him to his wedding that fall now is wont to speak of country life as I 1 and on one occasion when m hen the sport of alige lilge age on shooting had been casually alluded to he went so far asto as to pronounce it an atrocious ocious 2 |