The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-03-11
Che Albany Register.
Jim Wolf and the Tom Cats.
MARK TwA1Ns ACCOUNT OF TRA0IcAL
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l knew by the sympathetic glow upon
his bald head knew by the thought
full look upon his .face-I knew by the
emotional flush upon the strawberry on
the end of the old free liver's nose, that
Simon Wheeler's memory was busy with
the olden times. And SO prepared to
leave, because all these were symptoms
of reminiscence-signsthat he was 60
ing to be delivered Of another of his tire
some personal experiences but was too
slow; he got the start Of me-. AS nearly
as | can recolect the infiction was
couehed in the following language
We were all boys then and didn't care
for nothing, and didn'tworry about moth
ing, only to shirk school and keep up
revivin' state of divllment all the time.
This we're Jim Wolf was talking about
was the prentice, and he was the best
hearted feller, he was, and the most for
givin'. and onselGsh ever did see-well,
there couldn't have been bullier@boy
than he was takeShim how You would,
and sorry, sorry enough was when saw
him for the last time.
Me and Harry was always pestering
him and plastering hoss bills on his back,
and putting humble bees in his bed land
so on, and sometimes we'd crowd insand
bunk with him. Notwithstanding his
growing, and we'd let on to get mad and
fight across him, SO as to keep him stirred
up like. He was nineteen he was long,
and lank, and bashful and we was four
teen and ten, tolerably worthless and
lazy.
So that night, you know that my sister
Mary gave a candy pullin', they started
US off to bed early, so as the company
could have full swing, and we ran into
Jim's g room, to have some fun.
Our window looked out onto the root
of the ell, and about ten O'Clock couple
of old tom cats got to rarin' and chargin'
about it. and carryin' on like sin. There
was four inches of,snow on the roof, and
it was frozen SO that there was a right
smart crust of ice on it, and the moon was
shining bright, aud we could see them
cats ike daylight First they'd stand of
and e-you pow WOW, just the same as il
they were cussin one another, you know,
and bow up their backs and push ul
their tails, and swell round and spit, and
then all of sudden the gray cat he'd
snatch handful Of fur out of the yaller
cats hams, and spin round like the but
ton on the barn door, but the yaller cal
was game, and he'd come and elineh
and the way they'd gouge, and bite, and
howl. and the way they'd make the ful
fly was powerful
Well, Jim got disgusted with this row
and lowed he'd climb out there ant
shake 'em Off the roof He had mt reel,
no notion of doin' it, but we everlastin y
logged him, and bullyragged him, an,
/ lowed he i always Dragged how he woul,
not take dare, and SO on. till bimeby Ii,
histed up the winder, and 10 and behole
/ you, he went--went exactly as he was
nothin' on but a shirt, and it was short
But you oueh to seen him creepin' owe
the ice, and diggin' his toc~naiis in t
keep from slippin' /; and, above all, yo'
ought to a-seen that shirt fiappin' in tn
wind, and them long, ridiculous shank
of his glistening in the moonlight.
Them company folks were down there
under the caves, the whole squad of 'em
under that onery shed of old Washington
Bower yincs-all settin' round about tw,
dozen sassers of hot candy, which they'c
set in the snow to cool. And they wer
laughin' and talkin' lively; but bless you
they didn't know nothin' about the pan
Drama that was goin' oa over their heads
Well, Jim he went sneakin' up unbe
known to them tom cats-they was
switchin' their tails, and threatenin' t
clinch, you know and not payin' any at
tention-he went sneakin' right to tn
comb of the roof, till he was within
foot and half of EN-, and then all of
sudden he made grab for the yaller cat
But, by gosh, he missed fire and slipped
his heels few up, and he topped on hi
back, and he went off n that roof ike
dart went slashin' and smashir
down through them old vines. and land
ed in the centre of them comp ny people
sat down like ycarthquakc in tw
dozen sasscrs OF red hot candy, and le
of howl which was hark from tn
tomb Them gals-well, they lookec
you know. They see he wasn't dresse
forscomp'ny, and SO they left. All don
in second. 1t was just one little wal
whoop and whisk Of their dresses, an
blame the gal Of EN- was in sight an,
where.
Jim was sight. He was gormed wi,
that bilin' hot molasses candy clean dow
J to his heels, and had more busted sassel
hanging to him than if he was an Inju
! princess, and he came Il prancin' u
stairs, just foppin' and cussin', an
EVERY jump he made he shed some chin
and every squirm he fetched he droppe
some candy
And blistercd Why, bless you sou
that POOR creature couldn't really s.
; down Tor as much as four weeks.
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