Show SERVING A SUMMONS by CLARA INEZ DEACON it was just between twilight and dark that a jersey cow owned by tanner farmer hollis jumped the field fence into the highway and sauntered down the road As miss jersey stepped slowly along enjoying the beauties of the evening evenin 9 an auto was coming up from the di dl lection of glen head it contained two young men and the chauffeur it stole upon the cow unheard and hoist ed her into the ditch and broke her back the house of farmer hollis was only eighty rods away but there was no going back to notify him of the accident the cow was dead and that settled that it has been stated that the animal belonged to farmer hollis so it did in a in several other ways it belonged to his daugh ter florence who had petted and cared for it since its birth it made quite a alff difference arence whose cow it N as next morning the hired man report ed the tragedy misa miss florence went down the road and viewed the body and wept and then returned to the house to ask her father who was partially an invalid well what are you going to do about it ita it was an auto I 1 suppose yes and it may nay belong to any one 01 ot a thousand people of course and be fifty miles away by this time just so well there you are what can I 1 do about ita it I 1 don dont t eee see that any thing can be done well I 1 do was the vigorous reply from the daughter half an hour later miss florence was on the road with her pony and cart two miles up the highway was a road house at which nine out of ten autos bound either way might be counted on to stop the girl drove up and called for the proprietor to come out an auto about 7 0 clock be he mused at her query yes there was one it held two young men it went flown down the road and must have passed your house and the young men were they strangers was asked well yes and no I 1 know that one and he Is the owner of the machine Is burt durt merriam and the other Is steve dayton they were great chuma chums at fit college I 1 believe they had two beers here and went on oil and this mr air merriam where doea does he live please over at Brook brookdale daIe I 1 understand she drove grove into glen bead mead and office of a lawyer and told her story the lawyer bald said he thought there was a case and added addea we might as well give the young man a chance III apply for a sum mons and you better drive over and serve it on him two days later miss florence drove over to brookside with the legal docu ment after a few inquiries she located the house of the father of her victim but only to be told that young mr air merriam was not at home and might not be for several days her father said it would all end in rich con trolled the laws but on the third day bliss miss florence started out again to serve the summons she was half way to brookside when she saw an ail auto coming the pony was a little skittish of them and she gave up the whole of the road and waited the auto slowed down as it came up but nevertheless the pony chose to perform he was standing on his hand legs and making ready to bolt and in her sudden fright the girl had lost the lines and was screaming when a young man leaped from the machine and caught the animal by the head he ile was dragged several rods before his weight told and as miss florence ran to him she saw that he was hurt shoulder out of joint I 1 guess he said with a smile let me see she replied Y ou must go to a doctor as soon as you can what a ninny I 1 was to let pre frel I 1 act up so I 1 can manage him now however the plans of mice and men you know I 1 was on my way to see a mr hollis on a matter of business wish this had happened later business with my father then you are miss hollia hollis yes and the young lady who called at my home the same was it about the cow it was sir ihnow we billed killed one but I 1 was rushing my chum to the cly to catch a steamer for europe I 1 only got back three hours ago don t go off and sue me don t have me arrested don t call me hard names come back in a day or two and settle the young man was as good as his word though no better than a one armed aimed man he ile was only too happy to hand over eighty dollars and he laughed at the summons and said it should be treasured as a souvenir he ile had to call again to see if the pony had recovered from its scare and a third time to consult mr hollis about potato bugs and the fourth time he had the cheek to make no excuse at 1 I |