The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1868-01-16
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Jinl wolfe RRd the Tons Cats.
.aasnE TIA szsrTgFl ii fgk1 tsisis ss
i rsss BY MAAk TWAIN. III geb d 4
4 IN . 10 taeJ 1T II igsi '1'i sai 1
L. lknew by shesympaEhetic glow ppop
hs bald iead--l knew by tbs theughts
lfullo6k upon his face II knew by The
cmptidnal fush upon the strawbergy ou
kthe eud of che old free liyers nose. Tint
Simon Wheelefis memory was busy with
the oldei timel lAed 50 I.prepafed TO
leaye, because all ibeae.w were symtfdlnsi
Of reminiseehce---sig that he was
going to be delivered of another 81 his
tiTesome pcrsoegL sspYrianrsE4 3ni /
4 was too slow he got the start Of nls -
Az nearly as f'cah rte6llect the iniic-
htlbp Eas o6athed IN thc ibllowfng Ihn.
| ga,ge m W sAe tfsaaat y dse ol
I've was all ,bqys llan and diapit
gaze lor nothing only hoYo Ia shirk
sehnol and Keep up . reylyin' state. Of
daSiinientall tho tiihe T'llia yai, jim
Wolfe a was talking absia was tIitI
! pfentiee, aud heyas llie Bess sh,hrted
teller, he was, aud the moet fQrgiytb
and onsclfsh | ever see@-well There
seould6't be more ballier soy tl,sa what
! be vss. tsko himlhos you addla ahdt
s3Fryregaqgh 4 was whlsHI bee .lii.a for
lbe last tiwe. :. 4.,i..asF 5,fs Il
(. Me aud lignry wgs always .pcstcTigg
him and pIasteti6g h6ss;bilgs 90 BIS back
aod putting humble bees III his BED
al3 10 on, aud sometimes ws'd etbEd
lnaud hunk Nah bun aststaudiue his
fproshn2, aud then we'd lct oas b get
hsd aud lshi acrost him, 50 az 20 ktent
him etirfed up likr. iI6 was bjneloca.
lh4 was. anu loas lana lsat and bashfnT.
ap3 We via fifteen and sixieet, And loi-
crably laEy aud 9eE.hlass
80, that nighl yoa kn y, that my
ssAicr Mary gsSc tie san b pa lin' tliey
started as oii 10 bed c5rig, a6itIlAt tho
company eoiflihage falbrkiAs aad we
rupg " oa ' ia 80 have ouus sua
@Qg yinder looksl Qal onto the tosf
ot ihe cil, apl about l9ecloek 4 couple
q old i5aii cats ut % rsif1n' and ehaf.
gin round anIit. and cartyfb' oH l6e
sin There wss four seAas Of ssow 90
The pni, and Il was iruzc ~ illai there
I was rigsnl smart Taatpf iee 90 t. and
J the moon was shuin. bright, and We
could see thtni cats tx daylight Fifst.
theyd stand of, ard clcow VOW yow.
joss the same az Il tacy &4s feass,ii ono
FuoihsF, tod kuow and dew up their
backs aud bush up ths q lssls, a,ii swell
arouna aud Fpt and thgn pll d sad,
dr The gray cat he'd spstsll hsnllul
ot inr Of tht yallcf cats ham, and spin
him aFonud like ttc basf5u oyi barn
dcar liat ,he s.ilea saii was ,s,ais. and
he'd come aud ciueb, aud tbs usyI
thoy'd ggugci aal bile, aal,hpgl, 4od
the way ta4y' i make lie lnf Oh Was
poscrfui
HWcll sam he got ,iissa l,cd eith thc
row, aa3 loEsd bod nl,uib sat tEoeeg
and sbske 'ela, % "a that ruol. iIu
baAn reely ~ notion ot lou II, bkuly,
butlFc r1triistinglY doggeI bim aud
bgliyrsggad him aud iios6d he'd aiways
brsggoa hoW bs wauldals tskaa dare.
and 50 Qa, ilt bimesAS BE- h,siei tl,eI
wipler, aud 10 and behold yqn,, be sent
went tx5ttly aS ie was h9iliin oa
but hts shirt, aud il was short Yeu
oaghs 20 a seen Liplt -r5l gu,hts 10
sttn him crccpih' QVty t5t lee, aol
disAu' bisaHtAhile aHa. fascr hkis 81
br t9kscp lihtIroas slippf0', kbd, bose
ali yuh oagH " hrst seen that slirt,a
aippin 81 the wia1 and thein leag.
rridick lous slsHks og higa gliss.,pia
Z 10 pLc mboAEsht a
fChem somp'ny fsks kAs .lo.sa thers
under flse eas6s. tlIa wh5le sqaarl III
sm Under thas bfaey thsl II dad
Wash 't0a Bower vine an aclt d ronad
aboat tso ibzth s4ssefs oR ht candy
which they dsot ii fhe sn5s u co5l -
Aud they was langhih2 ind taisia iise,
ly; but. biess You, tlieg diiat koaw
pplhiO bout the pa86fama, that Vas
GOA ou useGthoif hc4ds vel, jim.
kep q saeatiHv and sheakia' pp. snbe
knpgps 70 them tom elts- tl,eys vas
sRishu fhrir tails, hpd vow. yowin aud
bthgaicnin' toelmch, y6d know, aud nol
payln any attention ho went 4 sneak.
IN and sneaki1 Hght ap t3 ihe comb
o( the roof till he vas 'ii 4 foot aud 4
half Of en-. and thed ail Of sudden he
made a grab for The yailer cat But,
by gosh, nc miased Gre, ahd slipped his
bolt aud hls heels Hew up, and he fop.
ipcd Oh his back and Shot aii'n thatroof
lDkea dart l@-N ut snashia' dosn
lthro' them Old rtisty yiios, and lpudod
/ right 10 ths dead ccutrc Of al tiem
comp'uy peoplb !Asot down Ike a
yoarthq,faSe ii them two dozen kassers
| of red:hot candy, ana ldt OF i howl thai
was hark from the iOubl Them. giris
--well, they left, ybu kpbw They See
he warn dfessed eor, cemp ny, ADD 50
they left An tlBnt ID i, second; It vas
just ono littlh wat.hoopa and L ,,wisp of
their dresses, and blxnic the wdnch of
'en was IN sight anywhere Il ''
L ls'JHn, he was d sight. lie was
! gorTned with the bilin hot mollasses
caody clean down to his heels, and had
more busteisassefs taiiHhf to him than
lie was aiInian prinesasf-iind ne oathe
Eapmnein, up stairs just 4 ahoepiuiaad
p cussln aud every jump he Glyo no
shed seme china, aud every squiyn be
fetched he dfiPpad Some caody = a9''
| FAnd biistorsdioiiw why, bleas Your
soul, that poor reretuf tcouldnls reclyisat
(, down coAiprlable for Al much as tpar
Weeks 81,
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