New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-12-21

niie the Sn bpkecper was HtsuR q new fDef
over which he tied fresh leaf. the people who |
had been following came up and said. sSir, !
you are making game OF US; You are giving as
no proof Of what you said. What mischief is
there in buying little pot Of honey ]"
BE quiet, my good people. and content
yourselves for a couple Of minutes while get
my change, and put my purchase in safe
place, and YOU will soon see somethipg-wait
here and I'll be back to you directly" The
mischief maker vanished ia al instant
Now il happened that this shop was mere
shed Of place, projecting into the street, from
the wall oil which the honey had been thrown,
nor had the tempting bait been there long be
fore 1t WAS smelt out by q large hungry fly,
which had been spending many iraitless hours
buzzing about the dealers jar, SO careful was
it always covered. Here Was glorious oppor
tunity for fine supper and down he came
upon it with 90 eager sppesite--without took.
ing about him as he ought-for over his head
under the cover of tie wall among old chicks
and cobwebs, there dwelt willy, dust covered
lizard who enjoyed Q hy beyond every thing
else In the world, and had been particularly
unsuccessful in fyestching ell day. Watch
ing. therefore. till the Ay had buried bis mining
apparatus deep In the honey, he crept down
quietly. looking AZ like a b,t of oil plaster as
possible, but for those bright eyes Of HIS which
in bis esgerness for the capture, we're intently
fixed upon the tiy. Caaesy wight Little did
he think that those very eyes had attracted the
attention of hne tabby Cat, who, but few
minutes before, with blinking eyes presented
picture of contentment, bus now reused by
sudden temptation, Was crouching steadily
down as she beheld the lizard, for whom she
had so often watched in vain. Down stole the
lizard-on stole the cat 30 here at the same
moment were three creatures so bent upon In
Ast~ hat of tank
around them. Butwere these three ali the parties
to be engaged? Alas no. There was sworn
enemy Of the cats approaching also under
cover of large bssket) in the same shape of a
| mischievous white dog, kept by qusrrelsome
man on the other side Of the street. This dog
was terror TO all cats in the neighborhood,
and most of all, to the -four dealers 30 often
had chased her, aud 80 often experienced the
bitter disappointment Of seeing her climb up
| the posts OF the shop, and then splitting at him
| from the top Of the she'd
infatuated lizard Wretched fly Betrayed
pussy She needed not the sly creep Of the
dog. 30 intent was she upon the successful issue
Of her spring upon the lizard. The fly was
gorging himself with honey. He alone par
took not Of the intense anxiety Of the lizard,
the cat, and the dog. He partoOk only o.
honey.
The crisis at length arrived. The lizard
made its Iimble pOunce at the hy. The cat
sprang at the lizard. The lizard missed its
footing in consequence. ard would have been
the CATS portion--hy honey, and all-but for
the dogs sudden attack upon puss Here was
q scene! The lizard. falling to the ground,
was at once involved in the consequence of the
quarrel between dog and cat What we're q y
or honey to him at the moment when in a state
between life and death he crept back sOre and
wounded to his chinks and cobwebs! The fly
might or might not have escaped. Not 30, the
cat, now surely worried by the dog. in spite Of
all her outcres and ell she could do in the way
of biting and clawing for it was an old score
the dog was paying her Of, and that might
soon cost her life, il her master had not rushed
| out Of the shop with q brosmstick, with which
he began to belabor the dog.
| Now the owner of the dog had been at as
| long enmity with the man of -four and honey,
as the dog had been at enmity with the cat
and probably longer. Of course, therefore,
when he heard his animals cries, and saw the
broomstick, also, and, rushing across the
street, gave the -four dealer such crack upon
his head, that knocked him down as fat as a
pancake.
"Taks that you villsin." said he, ' for il is
debt long owed YOU
"Have you ?" said the -four dealers son. as
he rushed ont with cudgel in his hand.
Then tell me how you like tbsp-giving
him such hearty whack across the shou iders
that he was fain TO drop his broomstick
| Yet the blow had hardly been given, before
friend Of the dogs master ran up with
drawn sword. and would have made mince-
meat Of the Aour-desler's son, but for q soldier,
who cried out, "ShaIne thou coward and
of a coward. who would attack youth with
only stick in his hand, and yOu armed with
. sword. Shame on you. It's just like you
rascslly Hindoe fellows, who pretend to be
soldiers, and are "a much like SOLDIERS as tina
poor cat. Why don't you try mef"
"Why not 2" replied the man. "Do you
think I'm afraid of such . bully as you |"
Come on, you scoundrel, and I'll show you
what difference there is between q cat and a
! Hindool'
| Upon this. the soldier drew bis sword, and
both began TO out At each other in good earnest.
% all this the people cried out Murder
murder!" and great many soldiers running
to the spot were soon engaged, always attack.
ing the HindOos, who we're on the dogs side,
aud the Hindoos the Musselmen who were on
the side Of the cat and whenever Aindoo
and q Musselman were fighting, the Hindoos
aided the Hindoo. and the Musselmen the
Musse!man, and the consequence was the death
OF many Oh each side. and the woundng of the
foolish quarrelsome people engaged.
Of course such hubbub a. this could not be
continued long without its being reported to
the Rajah. who forthwith FASTENED from his
palace, with his body guard and some horse
men, and soon put stop to this terrible fray.
and all the ringleaders were forthwith seized
aud tied together, and marched off to prison,
there to be closely inquired into, and the cause
Of so dreadful riot ascertained, and fixed upon
the guilty.
All that night, therefore. were the magis.
trates aud police officers hard at work, listening
to evidence, but they did not advance a single
step in the business, no. not for several days
after notwithstanding the great impotence OF
the Rajah. to whom they could only report
from time to time the hearing of nothing but
the words, "Cat, dog--cat and dog -" Dog
and cat. p" Dog, Scat"
A very similar feeling, also, was entertained
by the lawyers who we're called in, and who after
intense application declared themselves doubt
ful-so much was to be advanced and really to
be said and supported by vsrious precedents.
both on she side Of the cat and the dog, and,
consequently, Of the owner Of the cat we'll
as the owner of the dog. and the partisans of
the owner Of the cat and dog-insomuch that
the whole city was split into tho mOst deter
mined cat and dog factions, and oil strangers
that entered the gates were Instantly absorbed
in the dog and cat vortex, and wLrled actually
round add round in the terrible fray, which
every now and then broke out in fresh fury,
Notwithstanding all the vigilance of the Rajah's
guards. And yet even these valiant heroes
were in some degree infected. giving slight cuts
at cat or dog men. just as they Themselves in
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