"Do you think that you can make out alone with
him, Martha? I fear that I shall be away all day, as there are several
other calls I must make at Hazlewood."
"Oh, I shall make out all right," was the reply. "But there are
several things you might bring me from the store on your way home. I
will make out a list for you, as you would be sure to forget them."
It was almost dusk when Parson Dan returned from his long journey,
tired and hungry.
"How is the boy?" he asked as he entered the house, after having
stabled Sweepstakes.
"He's as good as gold, Daniel," Mrs. Royal replied. "But I am worried
about Brindle. She hasn't come in yet, and I cannot see her anywhere
in the pasture."
"She's with that strange cow, no doubt, Martha, and I shall go after
her at once. It will be too dark if I wait until supper is over."
Parson Dan was absent for about an hour, and it was dark when he
returned to the rectory. He looked disappointed.
"Brindle is gone," was the news he imparted to his wife. "I found
where the fence was broken down. That strange cow must have done it,
for I never knew Brindle to do such a thing. I wonder how that cow got
in there, anyway. It is a complete mystery to me.
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