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Show -1 - M3uxitwmhrm wwy bin mi , whhi m wmsMsmi ! win mmmtMsmmamamtamaAri rr , I H Tact and the Brindle Cow 99999991 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmKammmmmmmm H By John Philip Arth M Thero It was, flat and plain. "Mamma told mo yesterday that If I did not dlscourngo you sho would speak to you herself." "Hut what can sho have against mo?" "Sho Bays she's going to tako mo abroad noxt year and hnvo Bomo lord or duko fall In lovo with mo. Oh, Will, I wish mothor, wasn't wasn't Bitch a gooso!" "And you'll glvo mo up to marry a title?" "N-o, and yet I must do ns mothor BayB, muBn't I? If you'd only go at It nnd do something horolc. Can't you save mothor's llfo In Bomo way? Can't somo great danger threaten her and you rcscuo hor," Will Pelham had known Glynn Durnham for a yenr or moro, nnd ho had boon engaged to her for tho Inst three months, though It wns a Becrot engagement. Ho lived in tho city nnd had graduated as a mining cnglncor and was looking for a placo. Ho had no monoy to bpenk of, nnd ho did not go Into society much, but thoso who know him spoke In his pralso. Ho had nn undo living near tho wldow'n country house, 15 miles out, nnd ho had boon coming down to boo that undo every Saturday afternoon nnd finding his way ovor to the othor houBO. The mothor had nover had n vory worm welcome for him. Now Bho had nut hor foot down. Sho wanted a rich and titled Bonlnlaw. Ho must not call at tho houso any moro. If Glynn wouldn't elopo with him ho must give her up. While ho wan holding down a placo In Montnna or Novndn, a thousnnd miles nwny, Bho would bo taken off to Europo to cap-tlvato cap-tlvato some old man with n tttlo and tho gout. MIbb Glynn wns tearful and ho was iald nt tho parting, though neither looked at It ub flnal. It was too sud don. Two human heartB cannot ho pnrted that way. Thoy mtiRt hnvo time to got accustomed to theo separation. sepa-ration. On bis way over to IiIb. unclo's young Mr. Polhnm noticed tho proud and ambltlouB mother In tho meadow culling dnlBlos. Sho had gono forth to glvo tho daughter an opportunity to repent her words. Forty rods farther along tho highway ho noticed n brlndlo cow looking over tho fonco nt the widow nnd Blinking hor bond and giving other signs of nnger. Only a civil or mining " englnoor, whose profession Is to surmount all dllllcultios, whether nbovo or bolow tho surface, would havo stopped for flvo minutes to wonder how to bring that, brlndlo cow and Hint ambitious woman together, lie looked at tho woman hb Bho culled nt tho cow an Bho mumbled nt the Bdltury treo In tho pasture, and ho decided that It could bo dono. Ho went homo to ask of hid undo: "Who owns that old brlndlo cow over thoro 7" "Why, GrlggBon docs. I meant to toll you nbout her. Don't try to cross that field. She's prejly near killed two tramps this summer." That was enough for a starter, and Will Bat down to flguro the rest out to scnlo. This would bo nn nbovo ground affulr, but thero would bo somo points to solve. For instance: How faBt can n brlndlo cow run7 How much faster than a brlndlo cow can a young man In love run? What are the first Impressions of an ambitious mother at seeing n brindle cow coming com-ing for her In an open lot? Would her second Impressions bid her climb the treo within a few yards of her? Can a young man in lovo run around the trunk of a treo faster than a brindle cow not In lovo7 All those things entered Into tho engineering problem beforo tho young man, hut ho had a wook to work tit them boforo coming again, nnd thero wnn a hopeful smile on his faco, Ho knew by letter what had happened nftor ho loft tho Iioiiho. Tho mother had como In wjth her bouquet of daisies and snld: "I saw that person passing along tho road half an hour ago." "Yes, mamma." "You told him what I asked you to?" "Yes." "And he knows my feelings on tho subject?" "Yes," "Thon we may consider tho matter as Bottled.'- In reading tho dally papers pa-pers uftor this, If you corno across any titled persons mentioned cut nut the piece and savo it. I am glad you have acted so sensibly about the thing. Every girl's mother knows what Is best for her." Miss Glynn wns not weeping nnd sho wns not mulling. Sho was wondering won-dering how good a mining engineer Will Pelhnm was. A week lator and he was on bis mettle. Ho was look Ing over the fence throwing clubB at that brlndlo cow to Btlr hor up. Sho B wns easily stirred. Mrs. Durnham was B in tho dalfly flold again, nnd tho old B bovino considered It a personal af- H front After a fow momenta tho cow jB wns engineered nwny from tho fonco B nnd tho rails thrown down. Thon, the B engineer started for tho treo, 30 roda .-H away. Ho began, nt tho same tlmo, to ' shout to tho daisy gatherer: 9999J "To tho tree! To tho treo I Swing M yourself up Into tho treo!" B Tho first Impression of tho widow B was to run. Tho second was to skip B for tho treo. Could Bho climb? She ,-. B could. It is plcblan for n woman to B climb trees, but sho seized a low- B hanging branch and went up like a 9999J coon boforo n dog. That brlndlo cow 9999J coming on tho dead run, nnd gaining; B on tho engineer nt cvory Jump, looked 9999J bigger than any tltlo In Europo Juat 999J 999b Will Pelham could runt In run M nlng with a brldo ns tho prlzo ho could 9999 inalto n locomotivo look tired. Ho 9999 reached tho treo seven feet six Inchon 999J ahead or tho old brlndlo. Ho hadn't 999J planned to climb tho treo. No horolca 9B 'can tako placo up n treo. Ho ohol 999J ored himself bohtnd tho trunk, nnd 999J tho brlndlo cow passed It by nn inch 999J nnd drovo on with n bellow. H "O-h-h-h, Mr. Pelham!" from up tho '999J 99B "Yes, ftB "Wo shall both bo killed-!" H "I suspect that wo shall, but I'll H die " 99B Thoro was not tlmo to ndd tho word 99B "gamo." Tho cow was coming back J9 Uko n freight train on n down grndo, "H and tho englnoor had to Bldo-Btop 99B again. Tho hollows of rngo as tho 99J tnrgot was missed would havo dono 999J credit to n fog-horn. 999J "Mr. Pelham, sho will surely kill 99B you and thon climb tho treo and kill 99J 99B "I I can dodgo her n llttlo longor." 99J "Rut climb up horo bosldo mo bo- 99J foro It's too Into." 9 I "My sliouldor, you know 1 can't H climb. Hang on for your llfo Bho's 99B coming again!" H It that brlndlo cow had sot out, carl iT .99H Icr i)"llfe.Bho flight Unyo. hoiojillSil ""rH Standnrd Qll company in ownlngtho 9Pftl United StAtos. Sho had sand. Sho 999J had porsovornnco. Sho had ambition. 999J Sho charged again and again. Sho' 999J hooked and bunted tho troo and ?9 brought down screams and prayers' 999J Sho kept tho engineer dodging Uko a . H cat on a hot stove, and It was n long 999J half hour before alio tired out. 99 "I cannot diol Savo me! Savo mo!" 999J came down from tho brunches for the - 999J tenth time. H "I will!" wub repeated for tho samo J99B 99 And it wiib done. Mr. Pelham loft ' H tho Bholtor of tho treo and mnde n ! ;999 dash for a piece of fence-rnll 50 foot H away and got It. Thon ho wont for , Vftft brindle. Shu bluffed, but ho ham B morcd her horns and hobo nnd spinal. 999 column and hind-quarters, and ho ran 9B her back Into hor pdBluro a sadder 99J and wiser farmer's friend. Ho turned B to seo a crumpled woman lying at tho B foot of tho treo. lie advanced to find 99J (hat It wiib Mm. Hurnhum, and that 99J she- wanted to tako his arm and go 9B home. Thoy didn't say much during 9B tho walk. It wns when thoy reached 9B tho veranda and tho waiting, wondor- B Ing Glynn that tho quavering voice of B her mothor said: B "Glynn, this Isn't a person It's Mr. B9 Pelham, and If you want to tell him ftjft that we've given up our European 9B trip you can do so. Do suru to nsk IftB him to stny to dinner. How grand J . H How noble! How courageous!" 9B |