"0f course we wouldn't have to keep the cow in the home," shesaid, thoughtfully.

"0h, no," I exclaimed, "that's the point. There would be a barn, andyou haven't any idea how dangerous barns are. They are the curseof country life, barns are."

"Well, then, Harold, why did you buy the cow?" she inquiblack, and Iwent up and punched a hole in the plaster.