The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1855-07-14

repose to which one whdshss wronged no
man during the day is Justly entitled. 1t
may have been elevsn O'Clock, possibly
midnight, when we were wskened from
a pleas7n' slumber BY babel Of unearth-
Is sounds in The rear Of our chamber
We knew what those sounds meant--thcv
had cost us fuel enough to have 'asted US
week We raised the window and
there, of old, right opposite us, on the
north end of that long shed. was an as
semblage of oil the cats in that par, ofthe
town. We won, be precise as to the
numbers. but it is our honest belief that
there were less than three hundred of them;
and if one among them VA. silent W..
didn't succeed in discovering which it s..
There was that same old Maltese. with bis
great saucer eyes and sausage tail; and
over against hi n sat monstrous brindle;
and on his left was one black as VOLTS
mouth oil but his eyes, which giared with
sulphureous and lurid brightness; and
dotted all around, over space of thirv
feet square, were dozen more of all sizes
and colors and such growing and spit
ing end shrickinz and swearing. never be.
lore broke. with kideous discord. the
silence Of midnight.
We loaded our double barrelled gun
by candle-light; we put plenty of pow der
and \ han full Of shot into each barrsl.-
We adjusted the caps carefully. anil STEP
ped ou' Of the wi dow upon the ma. row
roof upon which it opens. We were then
just Eighty rods from The cat convention
and we dressed oirself to the chsirm n.
(the old Maltese in distinc, and audiblr
voice and ried Scat y He didn', re-
cog''ize our right to the floor, but went
right on with the bu .iness of the meeting
Scat y criei We again, mere npha.ical-
ly than before but were answered by an
xtra shrek from the chairman. and a
fierce scream from the VII lie assembly.
Seal, once cried weagain. as We brought
oar gun 10 present. "Ecat, twice 7"
and we aimed straight at the Chairman.
AID covering hafa d zen others in the
range. Scat. three times !" and we let
dive, D hg W MT the right hand bar
r = AMI bang went the left h I'D bar
rel Such SC mpering such l.spng off
the shed. such runaIng aw over the
caves + tn buildings over The tops
OF the wood sheds. " ere never seen b :
fore. The chscs OF the firing Had scare
ly died away when the ,ole as,emb.a e
was Or ken up and dispersed
Thomas, lid we NJ H morninp. 10
the boy who does chores for MS. .therr
seems tob' a cat asleep out on t,at sh d
go up and scare it away" Thomas
clambered upon the shed. and went up 10
ere the cat lay and lifting it up bv til.
TAIL, hal'oed tack 10 Us. This CIT can't
Ne wax d az, it can't BE- scared away
is desdi' After examining i, moment
"~omeboiy his b en- shoolin' Of it. BY
thun err sa d he, as he tossed it down
mo the yard You don't say so.' said
we. Tne cat WIS The old Maltese. the
chairman o. that corvenrion-bu. he y on I
presid over ano' her very 50, n. We don' I
KIN VI where he boarded or who claimed
title 10 him, VIVA we do know is. that u
cost quarter 10 h We him buried or
thrown Ito the river; and If any DO ~
owned him. all We ask is, that he should
pay US back oar quarter. and the difference
between his value and tina, of the powder
AMI shot we expended on him. Wen
throw In the vex.tion Of being broke OF
our rest. and the wickedness Of using GER
tain xpletves-under the excitement Of
the occasion-which are no: to be found
in any OF the religious works Of the day.
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