Chastised By A Cow

Á cow and a steer - the lattrr two or three years oíd - were the only occnpantsof the barnyard where the occurrence took place, writes Alien Pringle. A btliting of hay wns put out to them, the cow takinjf possession. The Bteer wished to share it, but the cow, like gome hifrlier animáis, was selfieh and was bent on takinf the u-hole of it, and as often as he would maneuver around from side to side to get a 1H she would drive hira off at the point of her hora. The steer was so persistent that at last the cow's patience gave way and. takinp a determined and vieious charge on him, punished him 6everely, though he was her own offspring-, says Popular Science Monjhly. The steer feit badly hurt, not onlj' in body but evidently in mind as well, and immediatelv started out of the yard and off down the lane toward the pasture where were the rest of the stock, bellowing vengeance at every step in a lang'uag'e which was unmistakable to the bystanders and which the mother well understood, as she ceased eating1 and listened intently to the threatenings of what was to come. When these died away in the distance she resumed her ration, but with evident apprehension. In due time the steer was seen returning, bringing with him a companion larger and stronger than himself. As they approached the rumblings of rage and revenge could be again heard, which grew louder as they came nearer. The cow took in the situation at once and was now terror-stricken. As her assailants rushed into the yard she dodged them and rushed out at lifeand-death speed and away toward the rest of the stock in the field with her pursuers close on her track.