Its rear boundary was the iron fence of the cemetery.

The other three sides were marked by rail fences and a stone wall.

As the captain floundered from the grove and vaulted the rail fence he swore aloud.
"By the big dipper," he groaned, "it's that cussed heifer! I forgot her.
Keep dodgin', Bos'n girl! I'm comin'." The pasture was tenanted by a red and white cow belonging to Sylvanus Cahoon.

Whether or not the animal had, during her calfhood days, been injured by a woman is not known; possibly her behavior was due merely to innate depravity.

At any rate, she cherished a mortal hatred toward human beings of her own sex.