DO MEN THINK? 107 



For a time the cattle all browsed in a nonchalant 

 manner, but presently Brown Bess raised her head 

 and looked around with studied carelessness. Her 

 big, intelligent eyes took in the landscape at a 

 glance; evidently her mind was not occupied with 

 the dusty grass at her feet. 



Bess had a pair of 



BEAUTIFUL LONG HORNS, 



which sprang from her head in wide, graceful 

 curves. After the manner of cows, she began to 

 rub them against a tree growing near the post and 

 rail fence which enclosed a field of young growing 

 corn. 



Nothing suspicious being in sight, she ceased to 

 dissemble, then walking up to the fence she skill- 

 fully inserted her curved horns under a rail, lifted 

 her head until the end of the rail was loose in the 

 hole in the post, and then, by turning her head 

 slowly to one side, slid one end of the rail from 

 the hole and gently deposited it on the ground. 



It is possible that this might have been an ac- 

 cident, but the rapt attention and expectant atti- 

 tude of the young bull and other cows plainly 

 showed that they did not look upon it in that light. 



The most enthusiastic believer in animal autom- 

 atonism could not honestly say it was accidental 

 when Brown Bess removed two more rails in the 

 same manner, and then, stepping over the low bot- 

 tom rail, led her companions to a feast that would 

 make their lean sides swell to the danger mark. 



