114 MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN. 



fectly. He said he wasn t doing any 

 thing, just feeding his cow a bit : he 

 wouldn t make me the least trouble in 

 the world. I reminded him that he had 

 been told again and again not to come 

 here ; that he might have all the grass, 

 but he should not bring his cow upon 

 the premises. The imperturbable man 

 assented to every thing that I said, and 

 kept on feeding his cow. Before I 

 got him to go to fresh scenes and pas 

 tures new, the sabbath was almost 

 broken : but it was saved by one thing ; 

 it is difficult to be emphatic when no 

 one is emphatic on the other side. The 

 man and his cow have taught me a 

 great lesson, which I shall recall when I 

 keep a cow. I can recommend this cow, 

 if anybody wants one, as a steady 

 boarder, whose keeping will cost the 

 owner little ; but, if her milk is at all 

 like her voice, those who drink it are on 

 the straight road to lunacy. 



