The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-03-01

ana WAggeQ his 0e00, aS mucu aS Y
say, "I have itw Upon which b
made straight for q shop kept by
man who sold -four, and such lik
things, and accosting the dealer wit
great civility asked II he had an,
honey? 'That I have, sir" reptile,
the shopkeeper, "plenty OF 1t, fresl
from the comb; only taste it and
am sure you will buy. Here, sil
look at this beautiful jar, full of tn
fiaest honey that was ever seen Il
Shorapoor."
"It looks well,n replied the stranger
dipping his hand in; "and does no
taste amiss, y nsaying which he gave hi
finger q little careless kind OF q shake
but he knew right well what he wa
about, as q little lump stuck on tn
outer wall. 7s S. Dl5fl.;s.a.
at really is good" said the mis-
chief-maker. Give me small pot o
it, that 1 may take it home to my
children" 7Hgi
While the shopkeeper was filling
new pot, over which he tied q iresf
Leaf, the people who had been follow
ing came up and said, "Sir, you arr
making game of us; you are giving
US no proof OF what you said. Wha'
mischief is there in buying little
pot of honey" -4es .s5-as EeF,
"Be quiet, my good people, and
content yourselves for q couple o.
minutes, while 1 get my change, and
put my purchase in safe place, and
you will see something-wait here
and I'll be back to you directly" ~
The Mischief Maker vanished In an
instant!
Now it happened that this shop
was a mere shed of q place, projecting
into the street, from the wall on
which the honey had been thrown
nor had the tempting bait been there
long before 1t was smelt out by a large
hungry fly, which had been spending
many fruitless hours buzzing about
the dealers jar, so careful was it al
Ways covered. Here was glorious
opportunity for q fine supper, and
down he came upon it with an eager
appetite without looking about him
as he ought-for over his head under
the cover of the wall, among old
chinks and cobwebs, there dwelt
willy, dust-covered lizard who enjoy
ed q fly beyond anything else in the
world, and had been particularly un-
successful in Ay-catching all day.
therefore, till the fly had
buried his mining apparatus deep in
the honey, he crept down quietly,
as like a bit of oil plaster as
possible, but for those bright eyes Of
his, which in eagerness for the cap.
ture, were intently fixed upon the fly.
Unlucky wight! Little did he think
that those very eyes had attracted
the attention of fine tabby cat, who,
but few minutes before, with blink
ing eyes, presented picture of con-
but now reused by sud-
den temptation, was creuching stead
ily down as she beheld the lizard, for
whom she had 80 often watched In
vain. Down stole the lizard-On stole
the cat; so here at the same moment
were three creatures SO bent upon in
iulgence that they never thought of
looking around them. But were
.hese three all the parties to be en-
gagged? =? Alas! no. There was sworn
snemy of the cats approaching also,
lnder cover of large basket in the
,ame shape of a mischievous white
log, kept by q quarrelsome man on
he other side of the street. This dog
vas q terror to all cats in the neigh
and, most of all, Ofthe -four
iealers so often had he chased her,
md so often experienced the bitter |
of seeing her climb |
I'D the posts of the shop, and then |
pitting at him from the top of the
he'd.
infatuated lizard! Wretched fly!
Betrayed pussy! She needed not the
ly creep of the dog, SO intent was
he upon the successful issue Of her
pring upon the lizard. The fly was
Forging himself with honey. He
lone partoOk not of the intense
.nxiety of the lizard, the cat and the
log. He partoOk only Of-hOney. |
The crisis at length arrived. The
lizard made its nlmble pounce at the
iy. The cat sprang at the lizard.
The lizard missed its footing in con-
and would have been the |
ats portion-fiy, honey and all-but |
or the dogs sudden attack upon puss. |
Here was q scene! The lizard falling
o the ground, was at once involved
u the consequence of the quarrel be-
ween dog and cat. What were fly |
II honey to him at the moment when |
u state between life and death, he |
rept back sore and wounded to his |
kinks and cobwebs? The fly might |
II might not have escaped. Not SO,
he cat, now surely worried by the |
log, in spite of all her Outcries and
IL she could do in the way of biting |
md clawing; for it was an old score |
he dog was paying her of, and that |
night soon cost her life, if her mas
er had not rushed out of the, shop |
With q brOOmstick, with which he |
,egan to belabor the dog.
! Now the owner of the dog had been |
It as long enmity with the man of
iour and honey as the e'dog had been.
It enmity with the cat, and probably
onger. OF course, therefore, when
he heard his animals cries, and saw
he punishment inflicted, he armed
with a broomstick also, and
ushing across the street, gave the
iOur dealer such q crack upon his |
read as knocked him down as fiat as |
pan cake.
"Take that, you villain" said he,
or it is debt / long owed YOU"
"Have yeu," said the flour Dealers
on, as he rushed out with q cudgel |
n his hand.
"Then tell me how Won like thatn