Huntington independent. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1871-1874, 1873-12-25
THE HlpNIGHT CAT.

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will start up in bed and shiver and
.hake. and curse and swear If tenn
cat, prowling along the garden fence.
bu, opens bis jaws and utters one sln-
ole veil. On the contrary, Che md
night cat never disturbs me. In fact, |
ike to lay aud listen to the music OF q
,lozen cats holding mass convention on
the garden f,nce.
As the irst cat breaks ont ] teave
a sigh and wonder t. the world wouldn't
me as well of without cats, but don't
ret mad Some men tear around ana
declare that they'll never sleep again
until they kill every cat within circle
Of four hundred and fifty miles: and
nothing will sootbe them
fter the third yell ! wonder II II
wouldn't he Just as well If some bad
boy should buy an ounce OF arsenic,
pound of meat and distribute the two
aronnd in back wards, but | don't go
IN tler. Some men jump ont OF bed
and veil: "Where in thunder Is that
boot iack-where's club!' And they
rush to the door md sing clubs ami
veil scat" and wake every body OF
the block.
After the 9th yell, ! wonder if
hadn't better raise the WINDOW and ask
the eats TO adjourn aroand the block,
IN account Of my wife'S nervousness,
but | don't get mad. Some men ailcw
their hair to come right up, fall over
chairs, stub their toes against the stov'
aud cxclaim: Helen lilazcS, but 'eonf
| sicken those felines!'
By and by the cats cease howl'ng,
and my cye-lids begin to ache. am
rapidly losing consciousness wheh the
old Maltese rises to ! question of order,
nd the opposition commences yelling
him down He yclls back, and gct
M 10 see what time it is, and then
wonder if it wouldn't be as well for me
20 30 ont there and explain matters,
and cntreat the convention TO 60 down
the fence to the grape artor. Mind |
don't run around after tne shot gun.
aud wake up my wife and ask her for
powdcr and old nails and broken glass,
and bark my shin on the stove hearth
and call out: I'll Kill a mlllon cats
to ply for ihs!'
Maltese yields the boor, ana the
convention goes ahead in an orderly
manner imagine thai the business
which called the crowd together has
been disposed Of, and creep back to
bed. sly wife wakes up and wants to
know what ! got up for, and | tell her
that was after the peppermint for my
neuralgia. Sime men would lay ana
law and fumc for an hour, and finally
get up light with their loving part
ner.
| iust close my eyes 20 sleep when
old Maltese offers an amendment to
some motion, and the opposition 90 FIR
him again. He yellS back, spits at
them in scorl, and they fall upon him.
lie backs uadcr my window and stands
at bay. | creep out Of bed and seize a
clLb, bat crop it again as ] remember
that am not mad. 1t would, perhaps
be we'll to step to the door. aud throw
the boiler, and the voOdbox, aid the
cupboard and the AK, and the wood
pic. aud the v hole summer Eltchen,
at the cats, but | refrain, and merely
tap on the window, and urge old
Maltese to cover himself with glory.
Some men would grab up the table or
,ofa or the first thing handy and elucu-
lato: "I'm sinner if ] didn't muIder
romebody or something
Years of observation have convinced
me that the general antipathy TO cats
is entirely unfOunded