MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN. Ill 



man proposed that he should be allowed 

 to cut the grass from my grounds for 

 his cow. I knew the cow, having often 

 had her in my garden; knew her gait 

 and the size of her feet, which struck 

 me as a little large for the size of the 

 body. Having no co w myself, but 

 acquaintance with my neighbor s, I told 

 him that I thought it would be fair for 

 him to have the grass. He was, there 

 fore, to keep the grass nicely cut, and 

 to keep his cow at home. I waited 

 some time after the grass needed cut 

 ting ; and, as my neighbor did not ap 

 pear, J: hired it cut. No sooner was it 

 done, than he promptly appeared, and 

 raked up most of it, and carried it away. 

 He had evidently been waiting that 

 opportunity. When the grass grew 

 again, the neighbor did not appear with 

 his scythe ; but one morning I found the 

 .cow tethered on the sward, hitched near 



