Show BETZVnlE TALES Otis Brupp and the Bull Calf By Elli Parser Bufler7JA Author of Tigs is Pigs Etc JLULJ5TRATED By PETER NEWELL Otis Hrupp of this village lost a valuable val-uable animal a couple of years ngo when the front of Miss Susan Phil bums Millinery Emporium foil out dur lu ng the fire that destroyed It and tilled his prize hull Otis had the misfortune to have his pasture next door to the fire house of the liPtzvllla lolentless Hose Company and every tlino the linso company put on Ion red shirts to run to n fire limn bull would Riiort angrily and jump the pasture pas-ture once and pursue tho IIOHU com any It was no uncommon sight to BOO tho hosn company gather at limo sound of tho alarm bell and Immediately Imme-diately start at full speed In a direction direc-tion opposite to the lire with the bull In full pursuit Usually tho hose company would climb one or moro trees when time I bull neared them and the bull after fall 1m to uproot tho trecsi would eat a few yards of rubber rub-ber hoso off tho hose reel and then go home Hut the day of the Millinery Millin-ery Emporium fire tho bull made tho mistake of chasing tho lire company towardtho tire and tho wall fell on It causing It to become Immediately dead Ordinarily n bull of the strong character of Otis would not bo harmed by so small an event but Otis bulls constitution hall been weakened by Indigestion caused bv the consumption consump-tion of too much lire hose So It died When Otis bought n now bull calf after tho fire ho felt that he must do something to avoid a similar catas JriE R dL JLLJLU WOOl < 1NI1f Yl Jfi rt f r + U Q r d r xt + 111rr M p 4 m I I II I Y I m rj a w 00 I P4c1cfwe1t The First Fireman It Caught Lost His Red Shirt In About a Minute tropho and to prevent the calf eating rubber hose and with his usual clear I slghtedncss ho saw that the ntsxAi tho bull followed the lire company com-pany was because tho company wore rod sblrtB which aimcred the bull Mrs firupp suggested getting a phonograph to play to the bull calf when the fire bell rang for m ir tae charms to Booth tn < < 4ufo breast ft Ctl faifi t inhi what ho wanted was not a preventative but a cure and that the best euro would bo to take tho bull calf while It was still young and accustom It to red so that It would not halo red but love It Otis was always n man to do immediately imme-diately what ho set about doing but ho saw that a lovo for red would have to bo sown In tho calfs soul gradually gradual-ly Ho would have to connect tho Idea of joy and red In the cults mind So the first thing ho did was to think what gave tho calf joy mill hay ccmed to give tho calf about as much toy as anything So ho got some hay md dyed It red and put It before tho calf nnd tho result was not what ho had expected Time bull calf swelled ip with rage und danced on the hay ferociously and for six weeks It > vould not oven look nt hay Even the smell of hay throw It Into convulsions So Otis had to begin all over again and ho began by Retting some hay und oiling It until all the hay odor was Soiled out of It and then ho bleached t and dried and offered It to the calf aid the calf ate It wllh every evidence of Joy It Mil not seem to mind snow white odorless hay at all So tho next lot of hay Otis boiled and bleached bleach-ed and then put tho slightest bit of Ink dye In a tub of water and dyed ho hay a palo palo pink It was so lightly i pink that It was hardly a tint And the calf ate that hay Joyfully After that every load of hay Otis do odorized ho dyed a little pinker and n little pinker and grrdually ho Introduced Intro-duced Into limo hay an minor of woolen shirt and ho kopt making tho hay redder and redder nail the woolen shirt odor stronger and stronger until tho hny was an red as tho fire com panys shirts and smelled about thu same And till calf would eat hay greedily with joy Fly that time tho calf had lu > cnm < > a full grown bull and was strong tad hearty nail Otis WIIG tho happiest man In Uotzvlllc for thcr bull did not wow angry at the sight ot l red woolen shirts at all If anything the night of n red woolen shirt gave It emotions of pleasure lint the hull wan rather expensive I It had heroine pnHslonately fond of red hay with n woolen shirt odor and any ono who has over tried It known how costly It Is to bleach hay and de odorlzo It and then dye It red and Impregnate It with otto of wool So Otis decided to drop tho red hay dial gradually for tho bull was cured Her cut down tho bulls ration of red wool hny nnd cut It down until ho cut it tiff entirely und It was then that tho bull J I began to show signs of uneasiness rutt y wistful longing By the sixth of Mar tho bull wits showing loss of nppct la I and high temperature and the slttlr of May vas time annual parade day of IJ the Uotisvlllo llromon when tho thro 1 companion the Relentless tho Fear lit Home and tho Hasty paraded As tho lI I l I Relentless bcyr jod up In front or UcJ hose house tho bull stood nt time fence and looked on with lovo and longing licking Its chops nnd snlfflne tho odor of red woolen shirt and whon the company marched off to Join this parade the < piteously 1 V ij tar a few minutes Sucl vMy tn lovo of rod woolen shirt overcame Y over-came It and It hopped over tho pasture fence and hastened after tho parade and when It reached Main street ana saw tho three full companies llnott up In red shlrtH It gave n cry of Joy Tho firemen thought the bull wan j angry but this was n great mistake It was merely foolishly fond as Otis hnd taught It to be of red shirts TIle 4 first fireman It caught lost his red shirt In about a mlnuto and before tho bull had swallowed It tho parade bad stopped 1 parading nnd was dispersing dis-persing hastily shedding red woolen ihlrts as It went until Main street glowed I red like a field of battle Tho bull uttered a fow joyful ex t clamnllons and started In at one ono of Main street ontlng red woolen shirts and ate to the other end It Is believed he ate sixtyfour red woolen shirts mostly double brensted bras buttons and all At the end of th > feast ho contained moro woolen shirts than any shirt store west of Chicago and north of Bf Louis and tho lusi thing ho did was to sigh t a deep sigh of content and Ho down on his bile and stick his four legs In the air Oct Bays tho bull died of Joy but Dor Weaver our talented cow doctor say tho cause of his death was eighteen dozen brass buttons In the vormlforn appendix Copyright 1909 by W d Chapman |