" Donovan, Laurence 1885-1948 creator text utu 2026 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Moo-oo-oo-oo!" by Laurence Donovan is a humorous urban short story written in the late 1920s. It follows a city traffic cop whose shy infatuation with a red-haired motorist turns into an unexpected connection when a runaway cow disrupts a crowded intersection. Officer James Emmet Corcoran times his day around brief sightings of a young woman in a silky roadster, nursing dreams he’s too humble to voice. One afternoon a crate spills a cow into his intersection, creating chaos he can’t quell—until the woman calmly steps out with a pail and stool, milks the distressed animal, and helps restore order. Corcoran fends off gawkers, tickets a leering chauffeur, and gets traffic moving again. When the cow’s owner reappears, the woman invites Corcoran to carry the brimming pail and see her home. She reveals she’s a recent transplant from the country, weary of city life, and welcomes him in for strawberries and cream, dissolving his class anxieties as their mutual warmth quietly begins. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Produced from the February, 1929 issue of Munsey’s Magazine. Release date is 2026-02-10 Prepared by volunteers at BookCove (bookcove.net) Originally published: New York: The Frank A. Munsey Company, 1929 Short stories City and town life -- Fiction Young women -- Fiction Police -- Fiction Cows -- Fiction PS New York: The Frank A. Munsey Company, 1929 https://archive.org/details/sim_munseys-magazine_1929-02_96_1 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77902 https://archive.org/details/sim_munseys-magazine_1929-02_96_1 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77902 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134815.0 77902