The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-02-02
Inn WOLF AND THE TOM CATS.

bv the emotional flush upon the straw.
berry on the end Of the old free-livers
nose. that Simon Wheeler's memory
was busy with the olden times. And
so prepared to leave, because all these
were symptoms Of a "Reminiscences
signs that he was going to be delivered
of another of his tiresome personal ex-
periences: but / was too slow; he got
the start of me. As nearly as | can
now recollect, the infiction was admin
istered in the following language:
We were all boys then and didn't
care for nothin', and didn't worry about
nothin' only to shirk school, and keep
up a ravin state of diviment all the
time. This yer Jim Wolf was talkin'
about was the prentice, and he was the
best hearted Teller, he was, and the
the most forgivin' and onselfish | ever
seed-well there couldn't been a bull
|lier boy than he was, to take him how
you would; and sorry, sorry enough |
was, when | saw him for the last time.
Ne and Harry was always a poster
in of him, ard plasterin' boss bills on
his back, and putin bumble-bees in his
bed, and so on, and sometimes we'd all
crowd in and bunk together, and we'd
let on to git mad and fight across jim,
so as to keep him stirred up, like. He
was 10; he was long, lank and bashfnl;
and we was II and l6, and tolerably
wuthless and lazy.
So that night, you know, my sister
Mary gave candy pullin'; they start
ed us off to bed early, so as the com
pany could have full swing, and we
run into Jim to have some fun
Our winder looked out onto the roof
of the ell, and about ten O'Clock two
old tom cats got TO rarin' and chargin'
about, and carrryin' 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 shinin' bright, and we could
see them cats like daylight. Al first
they'd stand off and o-you pow WOW,
Just the same as if they was cussin' one
another, You know, and bow up their
backs and plush up their tails, swell
around aud spit. and then all of a sud-
len the gray cat he'd snatch handful
If fur out OF the yallcr cats ham, and
spin him around like the button of
BARN door, but yallcr cat was game.
md he'd come and clinch, and the way
hcyd gouge and bite and howl. and
make the fur fly awful powerful.
Well, jim, he got Disguised with the
ow, and lowed he'd climb out there
md throw them of the roof. He had {
10 real notion of dom ii, but we ever. ;
astingly doggcd and bullyragged him. II
nd lowed he'd always Dragged how {
&c would never take dare, and so on, !
i'll bimeby he h'istcd up the winder, u
nd 10 and behold you, he went-went d
Xactly as hc was; noihin' on but
hrt, and it was short. But You ort'to q
&c him cr-c-e-pin' over that ice. and 4
lggln' his toe nails in to keep from C
lIppin', and above all you orter seen 7
hat shlrt-tail iiappin' in the wind. and v
hem long, ridiculous shanks of his'n a |,
listcnin' in the moonlight. Z
Them company folks was down there II
nder the caves, the whole squad-un- h
or that ornery shed of old Washing c
On Bower vincs-all settin' round two Il
ozzcn sassers of hot candy, which sot Il
the snow coolin' And they was A
laughln' and talkin' lively; but bless II
on, they didn't know nothin' about the p
anarama that was goin' on over their II
eads. Well, Jim he went a snakin'
unbeknown to them tom cats-thev b
as q swishin' their tails, and VOW &
OWN, and threatenin' to clinch, YOU io
now, and not payin' any attention-hc Ii,
ent a sneakin' right to the comb of III
g root, till he was in foot and a to
vi OF 'em, and then, all of sudden. tn
made grab at the yaller cat! But. OF
gosh, he missed fire and slipped, his ne
els flew up and he popped onto his 81
ok and slid off that roof like dart! c
went q slashin' and a crashin' and a pc
ashin' down through them old rusty |
nes, and landed in the center of them &c
mpany people!-sat down jist like a II
rthquake III them two dozen sasscrs pc
red hot candy, and let off howl G'
llch was bark from the tomb! Them ne
fhav 1aol-al On