her veterinaries laughed at Galloway, who is young and of an
experimental temperament, when he decided to save the life of
this cow after the leg had been cut off by a locomotive. He
insisted, however, on fitting the wooden leg, which he regards
as much more useful than wooden heads on Scotch veterinaries.

The only time the wooden leg gets the cow into trouble is when
she stands too long in a damp field and the leg sinks in a foot
or so.

III

The written orders of Mr. J. W. Brooks, a once celebrated
American railroad manager of Michigan, were, it is said, almost
beyond deciphering. On a certain occasion, when a double track
had been laid on one of his roads, it was reported at
headquarters that the barn of an old farmer stood partly upon
land which the company had bought, and dangerously near to
passing trains. Mr. Brooks, who was just getting ready for a
trip down the Mississippi, wrote to the farmer that he must move
his barn from the company's land at once. If he delayed he would
be liable to a suit for damages. The old farmer duly received
the letter, and was able to make out the manager's signature,
but not another word could he decipher. He took it to the
village postmaster, who, equally unable to translate the
hieroglyphics, was unwilling to acknowledge it. "Didn't you sell
a strip of land to the railroad?" he asked. "Yes." "Well, I
guess this is a free pass over the road." And for over a year
the farmer used the manager's letter as a pass, not one of the
conductors being able to dispute his translation of the
instrument.

IV. Notes and Queries

1. A good story always has three parts: (1) A Situation; (2) a
Climax; (3) a Solution. Do the models possess these elements? If
they do, point them out.

2. Point out the "Four W's" in each.

3. Tell whether each sentence is simple, complex, or compound.

4. Tell why each mark of punctuation is used.

5. Tell why each capital letter is used.

6. Explain the syntax of the adjectives in I, the adverbs in II,
the prepositions in III.

7. Explain the etymological signification of the following words:
"solution"; "fowl"; "constable"; "photographs"; "veterinary";
"locomotive"; "decipher"; "liable"; "translate";
"hieroglyphics"; "conductors."

8. Find on the map Uniontown, Arnold City, Kirkintilloch, Michigan,
and t