110 MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN. 



thing, just feeding his cow a bit : he would 

 n'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 imperturb- 

 able man assented to everything that I said, 

 and kept on feeding his cow. Before I got 

 him to go to fresh scenes and pastures new, 

 the Sabbath was almost broken : but it was 

 saved by one thing ; it is difficult to be em- 

 phatic 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 1 

 keep a cow. I can recommend the 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. 



I think I have said that we have a game- 

 preserve. We keep quails, or try to, in the 

 thickly wooded, bushed, and brushed ravine. 

 This bird is a great favorite with us, dead or 

 alive, on account of its tasteful plumage, its 



