Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-01
The Lawyers and tho Cats.

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Two Arkansas lawyers were domestica.
ed in the rude hotel of country town.
The hotel was crowded, and the rooms al.
lotted to our two heroes were also occupied
by six or eight Others Shake down beds,
enough to accommodate the guests, were
disposed about the room, against the four
walls, leaving an open space in the centre
Of the apartment. ....,
Judge Clarke 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, itmight be said that their heads
represented the north and south poles, re-
spectively.
| All the other beds in the room were oc.
cupied. The central part of the room was
deemed neutral ground, in which the oc-
cupants of all the beds had equal rights.
Here. in picturesque confusion, lay the
boots, hats, coats and breechcs Of the Sleep
ers. 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 oppos-
ing counsels in case tried in the town
court that day, and had opposed each other
with the contumacy of wild pigs, were now
the very iucarnations of meekness, for
when the hungry swarm Of mosquitoes
settled down and bit them on one check,
they slowly turned the other to be bitten
also.
But hush !hark
A deep sound strikes the ear like ris.
ing kuell!
"Mc.ow-oww
Judge Clark and Thomas were wide
awake, and sitting both upright in an in
; slant.
| Again the startling cry!
"Ye-ow, ye-ow"
I "There's id cat whispered the
Judge.
i "Scat, you!" hissed Thomas.
Cat paid no atten ion to these demon
strations, but gave vent to another yowl.
"Oh, Lord!' cried Clark, II can't stand
this! Where is she Thomas?"
"On your side Of the room somewhere" /"
replied Thomas.
mo, she's on your side" said Clark.
i "Yewo.ow.ow"
"There, told you she was on your
side" they both exclaimed in breath.
And still the "yowl' went on.
The idea now entered the heads of both
the lawyers, that by the exercise Of certain
strategy they might be enabled to execute
a certain flank movement on the cat, and
totally demoralize him. Practically each
determined to file 6 a motion to quash" the
cat S attachment for that room.
Each kept his plan to himself, and in
the dark, unable to see each other, pre-
pared for action.
Strange as it may appear, it is neverthc-
less true, that the same plan suggest itself
to both. In words, the plan would be as
, follows:
The yowler is evidently looking and
calling for another cat, with whom he has
, made an appointment. Twill initiate cat,
and this cat will think t'other cat 8 around.
I'll blaze away with anything l can get
hold of, and knock the mew-sic out of him.
So each of the portly judges, noiselcssly
as cream comes to the surface of the milk
hoisted himself onto his hands and knees,
and, hippo,amus fashion advancing to the
neutral ground occupying the central por-
tion Of the room.
Arrived there, Jud &c Clark selected q
boot jack, and Judge Thomas heavy COW.
hide boot, from the heap, and settled them.
selves down to the work.
Clark frightened his grip on the boot.
jack, throwing up his head, gave vent to a
prolonged aud unearthly "Ye-ow-ow y
that would have reflected credit upon ten
Of the largest kind Of cats.
"Aha," thought Thomas. who was not
six feet away, "he's Immediately close
, around. Now I'll inveigle him !" and he
J gave the regular dark night call Of fema.
nine cat.
Each ofthe judges now advanced lit.
tie closer, and Clark produced question.
ing "Ow ow!"
Thomas answered BY q rea.surin G
, Purow purow y and they advanced q
little more
They were now within easy reach, and
each imagining that the cat had but mo.
, ment more to live, whaled away, one with
his boot, the other with his boot-jack.
, The boot took Clark square in the mouth
demolishing his teeth, and the boot jack
, came down on Thomas bald head Just as
he was in the midst Of . triumphant " Ye-
owv'
When lights were brought the cat had
disappeared, but the catastrophe was in
opposite corners Of the room, with heels iu
the air, swearing blue streaks.
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= Four hundred and City Germans
. have presented a petition In the S.rrsmen.