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worry about it, and once I jumped the fence to get to 

 it. Then Tom came with a ckib and beat me, and set 

 Towser on me. I don't think that Towser is a bit bet- 

 ter than Tom." 



" Mr. Chairman, I want to. say a word here," said 

 Towser, coming forward. "I admit that I have 

 chased all the cattle, horses and hogs on the farm ; but 

 I have to do what my master commands me to do, for 

 if I don't I will get kicks and blows. I haven't 

 inflicted any serious injury on any of you, for my bark 

 has alwa^^s been worse than my bite." 



"AYe must not always judge each other by our 

 actions," said Dobbin, " for we are sometimes com- 

 pelled to do things that we would not do if left to our 

 own free wills." 



"More than that," continued the cow, "that good- 

 for-nothing Tom beats me and kicks me when he comes 

 to milk me. He puts my neck in a stall where I can't 

 turn my head around, and if I switch my tail to keep 

 the flies off he gets mad and beats me. Why, last night 

 he tied my tail to my leg so that I could not switch the 

 flies, and a fly got on my back and bit me terribly. I 

 couldn't switch it off with my tail, nor scare it off with 

 my head. I stood it as long as I could, and then I 

 kicked up with both of my feet. I only aimed to scare 

 the fly away, but some way I kicked Tom over and 

 spilled the bucket of milk all over him, and I'm carry- 

 ing the bruises on me where he beat me for it. I don't 

 give down my milk very well sometimes, but what en- 

 couragement is there for a cow that is tx'eated in that 

 manner ? '* 



