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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Shining Cow + +Author: Alex James + +Release Date: July 5, 2009 [EBook #29328] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SHINING COW *** + + + + +Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + +</pre> + + +<div class="bk1"><p><i><small>This is NOT a story about sinister aliens from outer space. This is +simply the story of what happened to poor Junius when she found herself +much too close to a Flying Saucer, long enough so she could be analyzed +and long enough to cause some strange happenings on that farm.</small></i></p></div> + +<div class="bk2"><h1><b>the<br /> +shining<br /> +cow</b></h1> + +<h2><small><i>by ALEX JAMES</i></small></h2> + +<p class="pr1"><big><b>Robbie whined and acted like his eyes were burning, as if +he'd gotten dust or something even stranger into them....</b></big></p></div> + +<p><span class="dcap">Zack Stewart</span> stared +sleepily into the bottom of +his cracked coffee cup as his +wife began to gather the +breakfast dishes.</p> + +<p>Mrs. Stewart was a huge, +methodical woman, seasoned +to the drudgery of a farm +wife. Quite methodically +she'd arise every morning at +4:00 A.M. with her husband +and each would do their respective +chores until long +after the sun had set on their +forty-acre farm.</p> + +<p>"You've jest got to find +Junius today, Zack," Mrs. +Stewart spoke worriedly, +"Lord only knows her condition, +not being milked since +yesterday morning."</p> + +<p>"Yeah, I know, Ma," Zack +said wearily as he rose from +the table, "I'll search for her +again in the north woods, but +if she ain't there this time, I +give up."</p> + +<p>A dog suddenly howled +outside. There was a brief instant +when neither moved, +then Zack suddenly exclaimed, +"It's Robbie!" and +dashed outside.</p> + +<p>In the light from the open +doorway Zack saw the dog +creeping along on his haunches, +howling and whining, and +scratching frantically at his +tear-streaming eyes.</p> + +<p>"Skunk finally got ya, eh +boy?" Zack spoke sympathetically +as the dog, fawning, +came closer.</p> + +<p>"Stay away, Robbie, stay +away now!" he ordered the +dog. Robbie whined and +scratched again, furiously. +Zack sniffed cautiously, expecting +any moment the pungent +smell of skunk fluid to +hit his nostrils. He sensed +nothing but the clean, fresh +smell of the morning air, so +he leaned closer. Within a +foot of Robbie, he sniffed +again. Nothing. He realized it +wasn't a skunk that caused +Robbie's eyes to burn. He +knelt down and took the dog's +head tenderly in his rough, +calloused hands and examined +his eyes. They were bloodshot +and watery. He took some +water from the well and +dashed it into the dog's eyes +as Robbie struggled.</p> + +<p>"Hold still, boy, I'm trying +to help ya," Zack soothed. He +took out a blue work bandanna +and wiped tenderly around +Robbie's eyes.</p> + +<p>"What did it, boy? How did +it happen?" Zack asked. Robbie +merely whined.</p> + +<p>"What's wrong with him?" +Mrs. Stewart, broom in hand, +asked from the doorway.</p> + +<p>"Don't rightly know," Zack +patted the dog, "acts like he +got something in his eyes."</p> + +<p>"Skunk?"</p> + +<p>"Naw," Zack shook his +head. "He don't smell. Something +else."</p> + +<p>"Cat?"</p> + +<p>"No scratches, either. He +acts like they're burnin' him, +like he got dust or somethin' +in 'em."</p> + +<p>"Well, take him out to the +barn and you better get after +Junius."</p> + +<p>"Yeah, Ma. Come on, Robbie." +He led Robbie to the +barn and made him lie on a +bed of hay in one of the stalls +then returned to the kitchen +for his lantern. He put on his +thick denim jacket and work +cap and turned to his wife.</p> + +<p>"If she ain't in the woods, +I'll come back and git the +truck and drive over to the +Leemers and see if he seen +her."</p> + +<p>He left the kitchen and +shone the lantern around in +the farmyard to get his bearings, +then headed for the +north end of his farm. He +could see the faint glimmer of +dawn in the east, more pronounced +in the northeast, and +even more so due north. He +rubbed his eyes. A much +brighter glow outlined the +treetops in the north woods, +that made the dawn on the +eastern horizon look like a +dirty gray streak. His first +thought was of fire, but there +was no smoke, no flame.</p> + +<p>Zack walked dazedly toward +the woods, his eyes +glued to the light above the +trees. Soon he was in the +woods, and he could see the +brightness extended down +through the trees from the +sky, on the other side of the +woods. He approached cautiously +as the light grew +brighter, and came to the +clearing where it was most intense. +A thick bush obstructed +his view, and Zack moved +it aside then uttered a hoarse +gasp, as he clutched at his +eyes.</p> + +<p>For a moment he felt he +was dreaming. He squinted +between the slits of his fingers. +The glow was still piercing, +but he could see the +brightly lit Junius, radiating +blue-white light, nibbling at +the sparse grass in the clearing. +Zack stood transfixed, +his eyes widening behind his +fingers. He felt the tears and +the burning sensation, and +squinted tightly, turning his +head from the unbelievable +scene.</p> + +<hr /> + +<p>Zack didn't remember his +return to the farmhouse, or +incoherently trying to explain +to his wife the scene he +had witnessed. A stiff jolt of +elderberry wine drove off the +jitters and reasoning returned. +His wife sat patiently, +eyeing him oddly, as Zack +muttered over and over again, +"It's unbelievable! It's unbelievable!"</p> + +<p>Mrs. Stewart rose. "I'm going +out and see fer myself. +And, Zack, if yer lying to +me—"</p> + +<p>Zack jumped from the +chair, barring her way.</p> + +<p>"Believe me, maw, it's true. +Don't go out there. It might +be too much fer ya."</p> + +<p>"It's the craziest thing I +ever heard," Mrs. Stewart +scoffed. "A cow that shines +like the sun!"</p> + +<p>"Look, maw, will ya jest +come with me as fer as the +pasture, you can see the glow +from there, and mebbe that +might convince ya."</p> + +<p>"Yes, yes, I will." Mrs. +Stewart jerked off her apron. +"I declare, Zack, I think these +chores are getting the best of +ya."</p> + +<p>They walked to the pasture, +their eyes on the treetops of +the north woods. A faint glow +began to appear.</p> + +<p>"See! See!" Zack pointed, +laughing crazily.</p> + +<p>"Let's get closer, looks like +a fire," Mrs. Stewart said.</p> + +<p>"Ain't no fire." Zack's tone +was angry. "It's Junius and +she's all lit up like a Christmas +tree."</p> + +<p>"Zack, now you stop that +kinda crazy talk. There's a +reason behind everything, +and I'm sure there's one fer +this."</p> + +<p>"There is a reason, maw. +Junius. She's got the whole +clearing lit up like the noonday +sun. Lord only knows +how she got that way, but +she's shining out there like a +great big light bulb, only +brighter."</p> + +<p>Mrs. Stewart quickened her +pace towards the clearing.</p> + +<p>"I'm going to see fer myself," +she said determinedly, +"and put an end to this foolish +nonsense."</p> + +<p>"Alright, maw," Zack spoke +resignedly, "if yer mind's set. +But I'm warning ya, ya better +squint yer eyes tight. She's +too bright to look at. Poor +Robbie must have got too +good a look at her."</p> + +<p>Mrs. Stewart approached +the clearing ahead of her husband, +and moved the same bush +aside that had obstructed her +husband's view. Her gaze +caught the brightly radiating +figure of Junius, and Mrs. +Stewart screamed, clasping +her face with her hands. Zack +had his head turned, but he +groped for his wife, grasped +her arm and led her from the +clearing.</p> + +<p>"It's too crazy to believe, +Zack," she whispered in awe; +"What are we going to do? +What has happened to poor +Junius?"</p> + +<p>"I don't know what happened +to her," Zack answered, +"but I know what +I'm going to do about it. I'm +going to call the University +and git them scientist fellas +down here."</p> + +<p>"You suppose they can git +close enough to milk the poor +thing?" Mrs. Stewart clasped +her hands in frustration. +"She's probably in misery."</p> + +<p>Zack shook his head. "Ain't +no tellin' what they're liable +to do after they seen her. +Most likely they'll want to +ship her to the University to +examine her and see how she +got that way."</p> + +<p>"Why don't we call the +Vet'nar'n?" Mrs. Stewart +asked. "It might be some kind +of new disease."</p> + +<p>"It ain't no disease, maw. +It's something nobody in the +whole world ever seen or +heard of before. I jest hope I +can convince them University +fellas to come down here."</p> + +<p>"Don't you think you better +tie Junius so she won't +stray?"</p> + +<p>"Better wait and see what +them scientists say. Besides, +if she strays, all we gotta +do is follow the light!"</p> + +<hr /> + +<p>Zack did the most important +chores and at eight A.M. +on the dot he called the +State University.</p> + +<p>The operator at the switchboard +answered sleepily.</p> + +<p>"Good morning, State University."</p> + +<p>"Mornin', ma'am. I'd like to +talk to one of them scientist +fellas."</p> + +<p>"To whom in particular did +you wish to speak?"</p> + +<p>"Any of 'em that ain't busy. +I got somethin' important to +tell 'em."</p> + +<p>"If I knew what it was +about," the operator was becoming +irritated, "I'd connect +you with the right +party."</p> + +<p>Zack hesitated, reluctant to +give his startling news to a +mere operator. Instead, he +hedged. "Well, who would +have charge of things that +light up?"</p> + +<p>"Oh, you want the electrical +engineering lab. Just a +moment, sir."</p> + +<p>There was a series of clicks +and buzzes in the earpiece +then Zack heard a man's deep +voice.</p> + +<p>"Hello."</p> + +<p>"Hello," Zack replied, "this +the electrical engineering +lab?"</p> + +<p>"Yessir, that's right."</p> + +<p>"Well, my name is Zack +Stewart and I own a forty-acre +farm on the Canal Road +just outside of Smithville."</p> + +<p>"I'm Professor Donnell, can +I help you?"</p> + +<p>"Yeah," Zack took a deep +breath then began, "my cow +Junius was missing since +yesterday morning and this +morning when I went out to +search for her again, I found +her."</p> + +<p>"Mr. Stewart," Professor +Donnell's voice was impatient, +"I'm a very busy man +with a heavy class schedule. +Why in the world would I +care if you found your cow +or not?"</p> + +<p>"You'd care if you knew +how I found her."</p> + +<p>"Alright, Mr. Stewart, how +did you find your cow, with +some new kind of radar?"</p> + +<p>"Nossir, I found her by +following the bright light in +the north wood and when I +got there, there was Junius +lit up like a neon sign."</p> + +<p>"Mr. Stewart, are you +drunk?"</p> + +<p>"I knew you wouldn't believe +me. All I can say is, +come see for—"</p> + +<p>Zack heard a sudden click +then an immediate buzzing. +Professor Donnell had hung +up.</p> + +<hr /> + +<p>He had no sooner replaced +the phone when there was a +pounding on the door. He +opened it and saw six state +troopers and four important-looking +gentlemen in civilian +dress. A trooper who looked +as though he might be in +charge, spoke to Zack.</p> + +<p>"Sir, we don't want you or +your wife to get panicky, but +we have reason to believe +that something strange is going +on in your woods. These +men are from the atomic research +laboratory at the University +and they are convinced +that a flying saucer +has landed out there."</p> + +<p>"It ain't no flying saucer," +Zack spoke wearily.</p> + +<p>"It isn't?" one of the gentlemen +asked, disappointed, +"then what is it?"</p> + +<p>"It's Junius, my cow."</p> + +<p>"Your—WHAT?" the state +trooper exclaimed incredulously. +"Are you nuts?"</p> + +<p>Angrily, Zack jerked his +thumb in the direction of the +north woods.</p> + +<p>"Jest go out there and see +fer yourself and then tell me +I'm nuts."</p> + +<p>They hurriedly left the +house, looking back skeptically +at Zack.</p> + +<p>Zack and his wife stood in +the doorway, watching them +until they were out of sight +in the woods.</p> + +<p>"You watch 'em come +busting back here in a +minute, maw."</p> + +<p>In a few moments they saw +the men scrambling out of +the woods, rushing madly for +the house, holding their eyes.</p> + +<p>"Now I don't have to convince +anybody," Zack +smirked.</p> + +<p>By the time they reached +the porch, they were all talking +excitedly and rubbing +their eyes. The state trooper +in charge pulled Zack aside.</p> + +<p>"Mister," he asked ominously, +"what the hell happened +to that cow?"</p> + +<p>"I don't know," Zack spoke +with sarcasm, "jest the way +I found her."</p> + +<p>The important-looking civilian +bustled past the patrolman +and confronted Zack.</p> + +<p>"I'd like to use your +phone," his hands moved +nervously, "where is it?"</p> + +<p>Zack showed him and the +man rushed to it and hastily +dialed a number.</p> + +<p>"This is Professor Jonathon +Sims, Nuclear Physicist +at State University. Put me +through immediately to the +Governor. It's very important."</p> + +<p>There was a slight pause +as Sims drummed impatiently +on the phone.</p> + +<p>"Hello! Hello, Governor? +Professor Sims. I'd like a +contingent of National +Guardsmen around the farm +of Zack Stewart on the old +Canal Road. A most astounding +thing has happened out here. +For the welfare of the Public, +I urgently request +this farm be placed under +tight security check at once +and the Federal Government +notified immediately."</p> + +<p>"Hey now, wait a minute, +Mister—" Zack protested.</p> + +<p>Sims motioned him into +silence, his ear glued to the +phone.</p> + +<p>"Sir," he hesitated, glancing +at the group sideways, +"you won't believe this until +you see it. But we have positive +proof a saucer has landed +here. Mr. Stewart's cow is +radiating intense blue and +white light, the kind that has +been associated with the glow +of flying saucers."</p> + +<p>Sims paused, listening to +the Governor. Zack saw him +fidget and stick a forefinger +in his collar.</p> + +<p>"Honestly, Sir! I am not +drunk! The cow is radiating +light."</p> + +<p>"See?" Zack grinned at +him. "Now ya know how I +felt."</p> + +<p>Sims ignored him, concentrating +on the phone.</p> + +<p>"Yessir, there is a state +trooper here." He turned +to the one in charge. "He +wants to speak to you." The +trooper took the receiver.</p> + +<p>"Hello, Governor. Sgt. Les +Johnson of the Highway Patrol." +Pause. "That's right, sir. +There's a number of people +here who can swear to it. +Yessir." This time the trooper +fidgeted. "I seen it too. +Blue-white light, yessir. Nossir, +we are not having a drinking +party. The light was reported +by the pilot of the +Continental Airways early +this morning and we investigated. +Yessir." He held the +receiver towards Sims. "He +wants to talk to you again."</p> + +<p>The Governor was finally +convinced something indeed +strange was happening at the +Stewart place, but being a +solid citizen and faithful servant +of the people who elected +him, he couldn't believe +the fantastic story the professor +and the trooper told +him. He decided to see for +himself and rang for his +chauffeur after his telephone +conversation with Professor +Sims.</p> + +<p>Meanwhile, Mrs. Stewart +turned to Sims.</p> + +<p>"Will you please tell us if +Junius can be milked?"</p> + +<p>"I really don't know yet, +Mrs. Stewart. I'll have to investigate +the area for harmful +radio-activity first, then +I'll have to check the cow, +herself. Pardon me." He +turned to the phone again.</p> + +<p>Trying to keep his voice +and emotion under control, +Professor Sims called his +laboratory at the University +and ordered among other +technical equipment, a Geiger +counter, a gamma-ray detector, +a portable lead shield, +body and temperature thermometers, +a portable X-ray machine, +and a dozen pairs of +smoked glasses.</p> + +<p>The equipment arrived +within the hour, and Professor +Sims distributed it among +his assistants with his instructions. +It was understood that +he alone would approach +Junius, wearing his smoked +glasses and carrying the protective +lead shield, to make +the initial test. If his tests +proved that Junius could be +safely approached, he would +go back for the others.</p> + +<p>"You look like one of them +flying saucer fellas, yerself," +Zack laughed, seeing Professor +Sims donned in the lead +shield and the dark glasses.</p> + +<p>Sims waved at the crowd in +the farmyard and walked awkwardly +toward the glow in +the north wood, less pronounced +now in the daylight. +They watched until his retreating +figure disappeared +into the woods, and they were +still watching the spot for +what seemed a long time +afterward. One of the assistants +fidgeted and looked at +his watch.</p> + +<p>"He's been in there twenty +minutes. Wonder what he's +doing?"</p> + +<p>"I hope he's milking her," +Mrs. Stewart said hopefully.</p> + +<p>Zack chuckled as a thought +struck him.</p> + +<p>"What's so funny, Zack?" +his wife asked.</p> + +<p>"Junius," Zack's chuckle +bubbled into laughter, "will +be the first cow to give radiated +milk."</p> + +<hr /> + +<p>Finally, after another fifteen +minutes, they saw Professor +Sims emerge from the +woods. As he came across the +pasture they could see that +his smoked glasses were +propped above his eyebrows +and he was concentrating on +a small notebook in his hand, +shaking his head from time +to time.</p> + +<p>When he finally joined the +waiting group, he was flooded +with questions.</p> + +<p>He gestured them into silence.</p> + +<p>"Please, I cannot answer +any questions as yet until I +have consulted with my assistants. +Sgt. Johnson, will +you please have your men +guard the clearing while we +hold a conference?"</p> + +<p>"Is it safe to get that close +to her?" the trooper asked, +unbelieving.</p> + +<p>"I can assure you that it is. +There is just a negligible +amount of radio-activity present, +and no more ultra-violet +rays then there are in an +average sun lamp. But you +must wear your glasses." +Turning to his aides he said, +"Come gentlemen," and they +followed him into the farmhouse.</p> + +<p>"Can she be milked?" Mrs. +Stewart wailed after them.</p> + +<p>"What a gadawful situation," +Zack muttered, grabbing +a pitchfork and heading +for the barn.</p> + +<p>The scientists seated themselves +around the big dining-room +table and faced Professor +Sims.</p> + +<p>"Gentlemen, it's the most +amazing thing that ever happened. +That cow is glowing +out there like a miniature +atomic pile, and under the +circumstances as we know +them, should be deader than +a door nail, but there she +stands, shining like the morning +sun, chewing her cud and +just mooing away as if nothing +happened."</p> + +<p>"What is your theory, Professor?" +one of the assistants +asked.</p> + +<p>"I have one, but it's utterly +fantastic," Sims answered.</p> + +<p>"So is that cow out there. +Let's hear it!"</p> + +<p>"Do you remember how +much more frequent saucer +sightings were reported in +this area alone?" Sims asked. +All the assistants nodded +their heads.</p> + +<p>"Well," Sims went on, "I +am of the opinion that a saucer +actually landed out there +and they came across the cow +by accident. They either shot +her with some sort of radium +ray gun, or some luminous +substance unknown to us."</p> + +<p>"Why didn't Junius die?" +one of the assistants asked.</p> + +<p>Sims shook his head. "They +wished to examine her. You +see, gentlemen, whatever it +was, it served a threefold purpose. +It made her luminous, +immobile and—" Sims placed +both hands on the table and +leaned forward for emphasis, +"transparent."</p> + +<p>There was a gasp and exclamations.</p> + +<p>"Transparent? How?—"</p> + +<p>"I was within a foot of the +cow, felt her hide, and +through the glasses I could +see the skeletal frame, the +chest cavity, the heart beating +within, the entire intestinal +tract, much, much more +clearly than could be seen by +the best X-ray."</p> + +<p>As if on command, the assistants +all rose simultaneously.</p> + +<p>"Sit down, gentlemen, the +cow isn't going anywhere. +We shall have to face this +situation with sound scientific +reasoning. There will be +a closed van here soon to pick +up Junius and haul her to the +laboratory where we can examine +her more thoroughly. +Now my belief is that the +saucer took off in haste, such +great haste that they forgot +to extinguish poor Junius. I +believe they will be back +looking for her, therefore we +shall have to return her tonight +and conceal ourselves +around the area and watch."</p> + +<p>"Splendid idea, Professor +Sims!" one of the assistants +exclaimed.</p> + +<p>Yelling voices in the farmyard +caught their attention. +They saw Sgt. Johnson +through the dining-room window, +coming across the yard, +yelling and pointing to the +sky. Sims rushed from the +house, met Johnson, grasped +him by the shoulders, shaking +him.</p> + +<p>"What happened, man, +what happened?" Sims asked.</p> + +<p>"Black light, black light!" +Johnson shouted, pointing +skyward. Sims looked up. +Nothing but the serene blue +of the summer sky and an +occasional bird caught his +eye.</p> + +<p>Sims shook him again, +more roughly.</p> + +<p>"Speak, man, what happened?"</p> + +<p>"Black light flashed down +on the cow! Blackest light +you ever saw!"</p> + +<p>The group gathered around +him in the yard, trying to +make sense out of what he +said. So engrossed were they +with his babblings, that none +but Mrs. Stewart was aware +of the fact that Junius had +entered the farmyard and was +eyeing them curiously.</p> + +<p>"Junius!" she exclaimed.</p> + +<p>"Moooo!"</p> + +<p>The crowd looked up to see +the ordinary, unlit Junius +standing calmly by the gate.</p> + +<p>"Hurry and get the milk +pail, Zack, Junius is all right +now!" Mrs. Stewart yelled +happily to her husband, as +Professor Sims and his assistants +led the hysterical trooper +into the house.</p> + +<p>High over the horizon, a +faint, silvery disc was disappearing +at fantastic speed +into outer space.</p> + +<div class="trn"><b>Transcriber's Note:</b> +This etext was produced from <i>Fantastic Universe</i> September 1957. +Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. +copyright on this publication was renewed. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Shining Cow + +Author: Alex James + +Release Date: July 5, 2009 [EBook #29328] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SHINING COW *** + + + + +Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + + + + + _This is NOT a story about sinister aliens from outer space. This is + simply the story of what happened to poor Junius when she found + herself much too close to a Flying Saucer, long enough so she could + be analyzed and long enough to cause some strange happenings on that + farm._ + + + the + shining + cow + + _by ALEX JAMES_ + + + Robbie whined and acted like his eyes were burning, as if + he'd gotten dust or something even stranger into them.... + + +Zack Stewart stared sleepily into the bottom of his cracked coffee cup +as his wife began to gather the breakfast dishes. + +Mrs. Stewart was a huge, methodical woman, seasoned to the drudgery of a +farm wife. Quite methodically she'd arise every morning at 4:00 A.M. +with her husband and each would do their respective chores until long +after the sun had set on their forty-acre farm. + +"You've jest got to find Junius today, Zack," Mrs. Stewart spoke +worriedly, "Lord only knows her condition, not being milked since +yesterday morning." + +"Yeah, I know, Ma," Zack said wearily as he rose from the table, "I'll +search for her again in the north woods, but if she ain't there this +time, I give up." + +A dog suddenly howled outside. There was a brief instant when neither +moved, then Zack suddenly exclaimed, "It's Robbie!" and dashed outside. + +In the light from the open doorway Zack saw the dog creeping along on +his haunches, howling and whining, and scratching frantically at his +tear-streaming eyes. + +"Skunk finally got ya, eh boy?" Zack spoke sympathetically as the dog, +fawning, came closer. + +"Stay away, Robbie, stay away now!" he ordered the dog. Robbie whined +and scratched again, furiously. Zack sniffed cautiously, expecting any +moment the pungent smell of skunk fluid to hit his nostrils. He sensed +nothing but the clean, fresh smell of the morning air, so he leaned +closer. Within a foot of Robbie, he sniffed again. Nothing. He realized +it wasn't a skunk that caused Robbie's eyes to burn. He knelt down and +took the dog's head tenderly in his rough, calloused hands and examined +his eyes. They were bloodshot and watery. He took some water from the +well and dashed it into the dog's eyes as Robbie struggled. + +"Hold still, boy, I'm trying to help ya," Zack soothed. He took out a +blue work bandanna and wiped tenderly around Robbie's eyes. + +"What did it, boy? How did it happen?" Zack asked. Robbie merely whined. + +"What's wrong with him?" Mrs. Stewart, broom in hand, asked from the +doorway. + +"Don't rightly know," Zack patted the dog, "acts like he got something +in his eyes." + +"Skunk?" + +"Naw," Zack shook his head. "He don't smell. Something else." + +"Cat?" + +"No scratches, either. He acts like they're burnin' him, like he got +dust or somethin' in 'em." + +"Well, take him out to the barn and you better get after Junius." + +"Yeah, Ma. Come on, Robbie." He led Robbie to the barn and made him lie +on a bed of hay in one of the stalls then returned to the kitchen for +his lantern. He put on his thick denim jacket and work cap and turned to +his wife. + +"If she ain't in the woods, I'll come back and git the truck and drive +over to the Leemers and see if he seen her." + +He left the kitchen and shone the lantern around in the farmyard to get +his bearings, then headed for the north end of his farm. He could see +the faint glimmer of dawn in the east, more pronounced in the northeast, +and even more so due north. He rubbed his eyes. A much brighter glow +outlined the treetops in the north woods, that made the dawn on the +eastern horizon look like a dirty gray streak. His first thought was of +fire, but there was no smoke, no flame. + +Zack walked dazedly toward the woods, his eyes glued to the light above +the trees. Soon he was in the woods, and he could see the brightness +extended down through the trees from the sky, on the other side of the +woods. He approached cautiously as the light grew brighter, and came to +the clearing where it was most intense. A thick bush obstructed his +view, and Zack moved it aside then uttered a hoarse gasp, as he clutched +at his eyes. + +For a moment he felt he was dreaming. He squinted between the slits of +his fingers. The glow was still piercing, but he could see the brightly +lit Junius, radiating blue-white light, nibbling at the sparse grass in +the clearing. Zack stood transfixed, his eyes widening behind his +fingers. He felt the tears and the burning sensation, and squinted +tightly, turning his head from the unbelievable scene. + + * * * * * + +Zack didn't remember his return to the farmhouse, or incoherently trying +to explain to his wife the scene he had witnessed. A stiff jolt of +elderberry wine drove off the jitters and reasoning returned. His wife +sat patiently, eyeing him oddly, as Zack muttered over and over again, +"It's unbelievable! It's unbelievable!" + +Mrs. Stewart rose. "I'm going out and see fer myself. And, Zack, if yer +lying to me--" + +Zack jumped from the chair, barring her way. + +"Believe me, maw, it's true. Don't go out there. It might be too much +fer ya." + +"It's the craziest thing I ever heard," Mrs. Stewart scoffed. "A cow +that shines like the sun!" + +"Look, maw, will ya jest come with me as fer as the pasture, you can see +the glow from there, and mebbe that might convince ya." + +"Yes, yes, I will." Mrs. Stewart jerked off her apron. "I declare, Zack, +I think these chores are getting the best of ya." + +They walked to the pasture, their eyes on the treetops of the north +woods. A faint glow began to appear. + +"See! See!" Zack pointed, laughing crazily. + +"Let's get closer, looks like a fire," Mrs. Stewart said. + +"Ain't no fire." Zack's tone was angry. "It's Junius and she's all lit +up like a Christmas tree." + +"Zack, now you stop that kinda crazy talk. There's a reason behind +everything, and I'm sure there's one fer this." + +"There is a reason, maw. Junius. She's got the whole clearing lit up +like the noonday sun. Lord only knows how she got that way, but she's +shining out there like a great big light bulb, only brighter." + +Mrs. Stewart quickened her pace towards the clearing. + +"I'm going to see fer myself," she said determinedly, "and put an end +to this foolish nonsense." + +"Alright, maw," Zack spoke resignedly, "if yer mind's set. But I'm +warning ya, ya better squint yer eyes tight. She's too bright to look +at. Poor Robbie must have got too good a look at her." + +Mrs. Stewart approached the clearing ahead of her husband, and moved the +same bush aside that had obstructed her husband's view. Her gaze caught +the brightly radiating figure of Junius, and Mrs. Stewart screamed, +clasping her face with her hands. Zack had his head turned, but he +groped for his wife, grasped her arm and led her from the clearing. + +"It's too crazy to believe, Zack," she whispered in awe; "What are we +going to do? What has happened to poor Junius?" + +"I don't know what happened to her," Zack answered, "but I know what I'm +going to do about it. I'm going to call the University and git them +scientist fellas down here." + +"You suppose they can git close enough to milk the poor thing?" Mrs. +Stewart clasped her hands in frustration. "She's probably in misery." + +Zack shook his head. "Ain't no tellin' what they're liable to do after +they seen her. Most likely they'll want to ship her to the University to +examine her and see how she got that way." + +"Why don't we call the Vet'nar'n?" Mrs. Stewart asked. "It might be some +kind of new disease." + +"It ain't no disease, maw. It's something nobody in the whole world ever +seen or heard of before. I jest hope I can convince them University +fellas to come down here." + +"Don't you think you better tie Junius so she won't stray?" + +"Better wait and see what them scientists say. Besides, if she strays, +all we gotta do is follow the light!" + + * * * * * + +Zack did the most important chores and at eight A.M. on the dot he +called the State University. + +The operator at the switchboard answered sleepily. + +"Good morning, State University." + +"Mornin', ma'am. I'd like to talk to one of them scientist fellas." + +"To whom in particular did you wish to speak?" + +"Any of 'em that ain't busy. I got somethin' important to tell 'em." + +"If I knew what it was about," the operator was becoming irritated, "I'd +connect you with the right party." + +Zack hesitated, reluctant to give his startling news to a mere operator. +Instead, he hedged. "Well, who would have charge of things that light +up?" + +"Oh, you want the electrical engineering lab. Just a moment, sir." + +There was a series of clicks and buzzes in the earpiece then Zack heard +a man's deep voice. + +"Hello." + +"Hello," Zack replied, "this the electrical engineering lab?" + +"Yessir, that's right." + +"Well, my name is Zack Stewart and I own a forty-acre farm on the Canal +Road just outside of Smithville." + +"I'm Professor Donnell, can I help you?" + +"Yeah," Zack took a deep breath then began, "my cow Junius was missing +since yesterday morning and this morning when I went out to search for +her again, I found her." + +"Mr. Stewart," Professor Donnell's voice was impatient, "I'm a very busy +man with a heavy class schedule. Why in the world would I care if you +found your cow or not?" + +"You'd care if you knew how I found her." + +"Alright, Mr. Stewart, how did you find your cow, with some new kind of +radar?" + +"Nossir, I found her by following the bright light in the north wood and +when I got there, there was Junius lit up like a neon sign." + +"Mr. Stewart, are you drunk?" + +"I knew you wouldn't believe me. All I can say is, come see for--" + +Zack heard a sudden click then an immediate buzzing. Professor Donnell +had hung up. + + * * * * * + +He had no sooner replaced the phone when there was a pounding on the +door. He opened it and saw six state troopers and four important-looking +gentlemen in civilian dress. A trooper who looked as though he might be +in charge, spoke to Zack. + +"Sir, we don't want you or your wife to get panicky, but we have reason +to believe that something strange is going on in your woods. These men +are from the atomic research laboratory at the University and they are +convinced that a flying saucer has landed out there." + +"It ain't no flying saucer," Zack spoke wearily. + +"It isn't?" one of the gentlemen asked, disappointed, "then what is it?" + +"It's Junius, my cow." + +"Your--WHAT?" the state trooper exclaimed incredulously. "Are you nuts?" + +Angrily, Zack jerked his thumb in the direction of the north woods. + +"Jest go out there and see fer yourself and then tell me I'm nuts." + +They hurriedly left the house, looking back skeptically at Zack. + +Zack and his wife stood in the doorway, watching them until they were +out of sight in the woods. + +"You watch 'em come busting back here in a minute, maw." + +In a few moments they saw the men scrambling out of the woods, rushing +madly for the house, holding their eyes. + +"Now I don't have to convince anybody," Zack smirked. + +By the time they reached the porch, they were all talking excitedly and +rubbing their eyes. The state trooper in charge pulled Zack aside. + +"Mister," he asked ominously, "what the hell happened to that cow?" + +"I don't know," Zack spoke with sarcasm, "jest the way I found her." + +The important-looking civilian bustled past the patrolman and confronted +Zack. + +"I'd like to use your phone," his hands moved nervously, "where is it?" + +Zack showed him and the man rushed to it and hastily dialed a number. + +"This is Professor Jonathon Sims, Nuclear Physicist at State University. +Put me through immediately to the Governor. It's very important." + +There was a slight pause as Sims drummed impatiently on the phone. + +"Hello! Hello, Governor? Professor Sims. I'd like a contingent of +National Guardsmen around the farm of Zack Stewart on the old Canal +Road. A most astounding thing has happened out here. For the welfare of +the Public, I urgently request this farm be placed under tight security +check at once and the Federal Government notified immediately." + +"Hey now, wait a minute, Mister--" Zack protested. + +Sims motioned him into silence, his ear glued to the phone. + +"Sir," he hesitated, glancing at the group sideways, "you won't believe +this until you see it. But we have positive proof a saucer has landed +here. Mr. Stewart's cow is radiating intense blue and white light, the +kind that has been associated with the glow of flying saucers." + +Sims paused, listening to the Governor. Zack saw him fidget and stick a +forefinger in his collar. + +"Honestly, Sir! I am not drunk! The cow is radiating light." + +"See?" Zack grinned at him. "Now ya know how I felt." + +Sims ignored him, concentrating on the phone. + +"Yessir, there is a state trooper here." He turned to the one in charge. +"He wants to speak to you." The trooper took the receiver. + +"Hello, Governor. Sgt. Les Johnson of the Highway Patrol." Pause. +"That's right, sir. There's a number of people here who can swear to +it. Yessir." This time the trooper fidgeted. "I seen it too. Blue-white +light, yessir. Nossir, we are not having a drinking party. The light was +reported by the pilot of the Continental Airways early this morning and +we investigated. Yessir." He held the receiver towards Sims. "He wants +to talk to you again." + +The Governor was finally convinced something indeed strange was +happening at the Stewart place, but being a solid citizen and faithful +servant of the people who elected him, he couldn't believe the fantastic +story the professor and the trooper told him. He decided to see for +himself and rang for his chauffeur after his telephone conversation with +Professor Sims. + +Meanwhile, Mrs. Stewart turned to Sims. + +"Will you please tell us if Junius can be milked?" + +"I really don't know yet, Mrs. Stewart. I'll have to investigate the +area for harmful radio-activity first, then I'll have to check the cow, +herself. Pardon me." He turned to the phone again. + +Trying to keep his voice and emotion under control, Professor Sims +called his laboratory at the University and ordered among other +technical equipment, a Geiger counter, a gamma-ray detector, a portable +lead shield, body and temperature thermometers, a portable X-ray +machine, and a dozen pairs of smoked glasses. + +The equipment arrived within the hour, and Professor Sims distributed it +among his assistants with his instructions. It was understood that he +alone would approach Junius, wearing his smoked glasses and carrying the +protective lead shield, to make the initial test. If his tests proved +that Junius could be safely approached, he would go back for the others. + +"You look like one of them flying saucer fellas, yerself," Zack laughed, +seeing Professor Sims donned in the lead shield and the dark glasses. + +Sims waved at the crowd in the farmyard and walked awkwardly toward the +glow in the north wood, less pronounced now in the daylight. They +watched until his retreating figure disappeared into the woods, and they +were still watching the spot for what seemed a long time afterward. One +of the assistants fidgeted and looked at his watch. + +"He's been in there twenty minutes. Wonder what he's doing?" + +"I hope he's milking her," Mrs. Stewart said hopefully. + +Zack chuckled as a thought struck him. + +"What's so funny, Zack?" his wife asked. + +"Junius," Zack's chuckle bubbled into laughter, "will be the first cow +to give radiated milk." + + * * * * * + +Finally, after another fifteen minutes, they saw Professor Sims emerge +from the woods. As he came across the pasture they could see that his +smoked glasses were propped above his eyebrows and he was concentrating +on a small notebook in his hand, shaking his head from time to time. + +When he finally joined the waiting group, he was flooded with questions. + +He gestured them into silence. + +"Please, I cannot answer any questions as yet until I have consulted +with my assistants. Sgt. Johnson, will you please have your men guard +the clearing while we hold a conference?" + +"Is it safe to get that close to her?" the trooper asked, unbelieving. + +"I can assure you that it is. There is just a negligible amount of +radio-activity present, and no more ultra-violet rays then there are in +an average sun lamp. But you must wear your glasses." Turning to his +aides he said, "Come gentlemen," and they followed him into the +farmhouse. + +"Can she be milked?" Mrs. Stewart wailed after them. + +"What a gadawful situation," Zack muttered, grabbing a pitchfork and +heading for the barn. + +The scientists seated themselves around the big dining-room table and +faced Professor Sims. + +"Gentlemen, it's the most amazing thing that ever happened. That cow is +glowing out there like a miniature atomic pile, and under the +circumstances as we know them, should be deader than a door nail, but +there she stands, shining like the morning sun, chewing her cud and just +mooing away as if nothing happened." + +"What is your theory, Professor?" one of the assistants asked. + +"I have one, but it's utterly fantastic," Sims answered. + +"So is that cow out there. Let's hear it!" + +"Do you remember how much more frequent saucer sightings were reported +in this area alone?" Sims asked. All the assistants nodded their heads. + +"Well," Sims went on, "I am of the opinion that a saucer actually landed +out there and they came across the cow by accident. They either shot her +with some sort of radium ray gun, or some luminous substance unknown to +us." + +"Why didn't Junius die?" one of the assistants asked. + +Sims shook his head. "They wished to examine her. You see, gentlemen, +whatever it was, it served a threefold purpose. It made her luminous, +immobile and--" Sims placed both hands on the table and leaned forward +for emphasis, "transparent." + +There was a gasp and exclamations. + +"Transparent? How?--" + +"I was within a foot of the cow, felt her hide, and through the glasses +I could see the skeletal frame, the chest cavity, the heart beating +within, the entire intestinal tract, much, much more clearly than could +be seen by the best X-ray." + +As if on command, the assistants all rose simultaneously. + +"Sit down, gentlemen, the cow isn't going anywhere. We shall have to +face this situation with sound scientific reasoning. There will be a +closed van here soon to pick up Junius and haul her to the laboratory +where we can examine her more thoroughly. Now my belief is that the +saucer took off in haste, such great haste that they forgot to +extinguish poor Junius. I believe they will be back looking for her, +therefore we shall have to return her tonight and conceal ourselves +around the area and watch." + +"Splendid idea, Professor Sims!" one of the assistants exclaimed. + +Yelling voices in the farmyard caught their attention. They saw Sgt. +Johnson through the dining-room window, coming across the yard, yelling +and pointing to the sky. Sims rushed from the house, met Johnson, +grasped him by the shoulders, shaking him. + +"What happened, man, what happened?" Sims asked. + +"Black light, black light!" Johnson shouted, pointing skyward. Sims +looked up. Nothing but the serene blue of the summer sky and an +occasional bird caught his eye. + +Sims shook him again, more roughly. + +"Speak, man, what happened?" + +"Black light flashed down on the cow! Blackest light you ever saw!" + +The group gathered around him in the yard, trying to make sense out of +what he said. So engrossed were they with his babblings, that none but +Mrs. Stewart was aware of the fact that Junius had entered the farmyard +and was eyeing them curiously. + +"Junius!" she exclaimed. + +"Moooo!" + +The crowd looked up to see the ordinary, unlit Junius standing calmly by +the gate. + +"Hurry and get the milk pail, Zack, Junius is all right now!" Mrs. +Stewart yelled happily to her husband, as Professor Sims and his +assistants led the hysterical trooper into the house. + +High over the horizon, a faint, silvery disc was disappearing at +fantastic speed into outer space. + + + + +Transcriber's Note: + + This etext was produced from _Fantastic Universe_ September 1957. + Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. + copyright on this publication was renewed. 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