The Lincoln County herald., 1871-01-12
Adventure with Cats.
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How THE FUR FLEW AND HOW "FUR" II
FLEW.
The fact that MIR. Oliver lived in \
uniform row of houses in the 14th Ward
of Philadelphia, was the reason why he
was unfortunate. Quo moonlight night
last week tho noise made by the cats on
his roof was simply awful. Mr.. Oliver
lay in bed, trying in sain to got to sleep,
and grinding his teeth in rage, until AZ
last the uproar overhead became unendu.
rable. Mr.. Oliver crcpt out OF bed softly,
SO that his wife would not be awakened.
He put on his slippers, seized boot with
each hand, and, clad in the snowy robes
CT night, he opened tho trap door aud
emerged upon the roof.
There were thirty or forty cats holding
kind Of general synod out there in tho
cool Of the evening, enjoying the bracing
air and singing glecs. As Mr.. Oliver
approached the cats moved over to the
neat roof. Mr.. Oliver advanced and
flung boot at them. They then ad.
journed suddenly to the summit Of the
adjoining residence. Mr.. Oliver pro.
jected another boot and went over after
the first one. In this manner the synod
rctreated and Oliver advanced until tho
end of the row Of twenty houses was
reached, when the cats arranged them
selves in a line along the pararct, ruffled
up their fur, curved their spincs and spnt
furiously at Oliver
That bold warrior gathered up bis
boots and deter mined to retreat. He
walked back over dozen houses, and
descended through trap-door. He
opened the door. There was man in
the room in the act Of walking up and
down with a baby Before Oliver had
recovered from his amazement the man
flung the baby upon the bed, and seizing
aIevolver began firing rapidly at Oliver.
1t then dawncd upon Oliver that he had
come down the wrong trap-door. He
proceeded up stair again suddt My, the
man with the revolver practicng at him
in painful manner. When Oliver
reached the roof, he shut the trap quickly
and stood upon it, The man fred
through the boards twice, and then
hooked the door upon the inside.
A moment after Oliver heard him
springing q watchman's rattle from the
front window. AS soon as the neighbors
knew there was man on the roof, they
all flew up stairs and fastened their trap.
doors, and Mrs. Oliver fastened hers,
with the firm conviction that some prod
atory villain had entered while she slept
and stolen her Oliver. When he tried
the door it was fast, and Mrs. Oliver was
screaming SO 6ercely that he could not
make himself heard BY this time the
street was filed with policemen, all Of
whom were blazing away at Oliver with
their revolvers, while the young men in
the houses across the street kept up
steady fire with pistols, shot guns, and
miscellaneous missiles. Oliver, with
every advantage for forming an opinion,
said that Gettysburg was a mere skirmish
to it.
He hid behind chimney, and lay up
against the bricks to keep himself warm,
while the policemen stationed themselves
all around the square to capture him
when he would slide down one of the
water spouts. But Oliver did not slide.
lie sat out on that roof all night, with
) the bitter air circulating among his too
trlf1ing garments. listening to the yowl-
ing cats and the occasional shouts from
the picket line below, and think ing of the
old Jews who used to pray from their
; housetops, and wondered if Mussulmaus
; were ever shot at or bothered with cats
and policemen when they practised their
evening devotions on the roofs. Aud
then he wondered how it would do to
take off bis night shirt and wave it over
the edge as fig Of trucei
: He concluded not to, because of the
, danger Of bullet from some misg uided
policeman not familiar with the rules of
war. When daylight came the aeighbors
rallied in crowd, armed with oil kinds
Of weapons from howitzers down, and
mounted to the roof. Oliver was taken
down and put to bed, and no now has
E more influenza for any man of his size
! than any other citizen Of the Fourteenth
Ward. He says he is going to move as
soon as he gets we'll; he is going to move
into house that is next door to nobody,
) house that stands IN the middle of a
prairie Of some kind, and he intends to
{ stencil his name in white on the trap.
door.
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