The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-12-23
The LAWYERS and the Cats.

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hotel was crowded, and the room allotted
to our heroes, was also occupied by six or
eight others. Shake down beds, enough
to ACCOMMODATE the guests, were disposed
about the room against the four walls,
APARTMENT.
Judge Clark lay with his head to the
north on one side, and Judge Thomas lay
with his head TO the south, on the other
side of the ROOM So far as that room was
concerned, it might be said that their heads
represented the north and south poles, re
spectiyely.
All the other beds in the room were oc-
cupied. The central part of the room was
deemed neutral ground, in which the occu-
pants of the different beds had equal rights.
Here, ID picturesque confusion, lay the
boots, hats, coats, and breeches of the
sleepers There were no windows, and
though the door was open, there being no
moon, the night was very dark in that room.
The willy lawyers. who had been opposing
counsel in a case tried in the town court
that day, and had opposed each other with
the ccntumacy of wild pigs, were now the
very incarnations of meekness, for when
the hungry swarms of mosquitoes settled
down and bit them on the one cheek, they
slowly turned the other to be bitten ALSO
But hush! bark
A deep sound strikes the ear like rising
knell.
Me-ow>ow
Judge Clark and Thomas were wide awake
and sitting bolt upright in an instant.
Again the startling cry: ll# .3
Ye ow, ye.ow G ra
There's id cat" whispered Clark.
Scat you'll Kissed Thomas.
Cat paid no attention to the demonstra
tions. but gave vent to another yowl.
sob, Lord cried Clark, 81 cal stand
this Where is she, Thomas?"
ION your side of the room, somewhere,
replied Thomas.
mo, she's on your side, said Clark.
Ye-ow ow-ow.
There told you she was on your side, u
they both exclaimed in breath.
And still the ''yowl' went On.
The idea now entered the head of both
the lawyers that by the exercise of certain
strategy, they might be enabled to execute
totally demoralize him. Practically each
determined to file "a motion to quash" the
cats attachment for that room.
Each kept his plan to himself, and in
the dark, unable to see each other, prepar
ed for action.
Strange as it may appear, it is neverthe
less true, that the same plan suggested
itself to both. In words, the plan would
be about as follows:
The yowler is evidently looking and call
ing tor another cat, with whom he ha'
made An appointment. | will initiate ;
| onl III. Mill th,nlr ttotno,
around. This cat will come toward me
and when she shall have arrived within
reach, IN blaze away with anything Cal
get hold of, and knock the NEW sic out o
him.
So each of the portly Judges, noislessly
as cream comes to the surface Of the milk
and. hippopotamus fashion, advanced tc
the neutral ground occupying the centra
portion of the room.
Arrived there, Judge Clark selected ;
boot-jack and Judge Thomas cow hid,
boot from the heap, and settled themselve
down to the work.
Clark frightened his grip on the boot jack
throwing up his head gave vent to pro
longed and unearthly ''Ye ow ow" tha
would have reflected credit upon ten of til,
largest kind of CATS
Aha" thought Thomas, who was no
six feet away. He's Immediately clos,
around now I'll inveigle him. and h,
gave the regular dark night call Of a femi
nine cat a.
Each of the Judges now advanced littl,
closer, and Clark produced questioning
| "Ow ow |"
Thomas answered by reassuring "Pur
ow ! pur- ow!" and then advanced little
more.
They were now within easy reach, anC
each imagining the cat had but a momen
more to live. whaled away, the one with
bis boot, the other with mis- boot jack.
| The boot took Clark square in the mouth
demolishing his teeth, and the boot jacE
came down GA Thomas bald head just as
he was in the midst of triumphant "Ye
owl"
Whom lights were brought the cat had
disappeared, but the victims were in oppos
lite corners of the room, with heels in the
air swearing blue streaks.
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