The Archive · 1928

Sheer Kindness to a Cow

He had another drink, and several more, and for a time, nobody, not even a policeman, would have noticed anything strange in his behaviour. But finally an uncontrollable impulse to get "forty winks" stole over him. Sufficient unto the hour, a likely place presented itself, and accused strolled inside. A more "Really, my pood man, you can't bay things like that in this court."

"Bat sir, I'm telling' you h'exactly what transpired h'at the scene of the h'encounter."

Emotional strain is relieved fo all concerned by calling the mait this witness becomes more and re animated in the course of reling the "Big "Un" who caused the: Tumpus, who. fired the shot, which razed the whist, which, ote, ets, to peaceful atmosphere would have been hard to find, such perfect peace, with only the cow gazing mildly at the intruder, and rum mating upon the vagaries of mankind. Accused Jay down upon the including the little meannesses of ships? engineers, slipped cables for jon. Accused had no idea how long this lasted. The next thing he knew he was being, badly handled by the Law.

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