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Wallie had been taught fro animals, therefore he addressed the cow in tones of saccharine sweetness and with a persuasive manner that would have charmed a bird off a tree

"Bossy! Bossy! Good bossy!" he cajoled her

Immune to flattery, she looked at hiirl who knows she is giving notice at an inopportune time Then she planted her feet still deeper in the sand and bawled at him

"Darn it!" he cried, finally, in his exasperation

As he sat helpless in his dile what to do next, an idea occurred to him which was so clever and feasible that he lost no ti it

If he tied the cow to the stirrup of his saddle and she showed no disposition to escape, then he could walk and drive the work-horses ahead, returning for his saddle-horse and the cow! This, to be sure, was a slow process, but it was an i around in a circle

Wallie tied the cow's rope to the stirrup and both animals stood as if they were nailed to the spot while he ran after the work-horses, who had wandered in another direction His boots, he noted, were not adapted to walking as they pinched in the toes and instep He could not stop for such a small matter at this critical moment, however, so he continued to run until he overtook the horses and started the to look at the cow and his saddle-horse, he saw the briskly, side by side, like soul-mates who understood each other perfectly, in the opposite direction froo He left the horses and ran after the cow, shouting: "Whoa--can't you?"

He reasoned swiftly that the Jersey was the nucleus of a herd which would one day run up into the thousands, and he et her at all hazards

"Whoa! Bossy--wait for me!" he pleaded as at top speed he went after her

"Good bossy! Good bossy!" His quavering voice was pathetic

At the sound of his voice the horse stopped, turned its head, and looked at him The cow stopped also

Intensely relieved, Wallie dropped to a walk, congratulating himself that the livery horse chanced to be so well trained and obedient As he approached, the cow stepped forward that she ht look under the horse's neck and watch her pursuer Both ani him intently When within fifty feet Wallie said in a conciliatory tone to show theive them in spite of the inconvenience to which they had put him: "Nice horsey! Good bossy!"