The Arizona sentinel., 1874-02-14
The Midnight Cat.


who will start up in bed aud
shiver and shake, and curse and
swear ia tom cat. providing along
the garden fence, hut opens his
inv and utters one single yell
On the contrary the midnight
eat never diSturhs me-. In fact,
I like to Ivy and listen 10 the
music of a dozen cats holding
mass convention on the garden
fence.
AS the first rat breaks cut I
heave sigh and wonder if the
world wouldn't he as we'll off
without cals, hut don't get mad.
Some men tear and d+rllre that
they'll never sleep ag,in until
they kill every eat within ell
clt. If four hundred and fifty miles;
and nothing will SnothP them
After the third yell ! wonder if
il wouldn't be- Just as we'll ifSulna
bad hoy Should buy M ounce of
arsenic, pound Of meat, and
distribute the two around in
back yards, but l don't gu further.
Some men jump out of he'd and
yell: "Where in thunder is that
bnut-jark- VIII res "a club?" And
they rush to the door and sling
clubs and heller ''s,at!" and wake
everybody ON the block.
After the fifth yell / wonder il
| hadn't letter raise the window
and ak the cats tn adjourn around
the block, on account of my wifr's
nervousness, but don't gp, mad
~0me men allow their hair. to
come right up, fall over chairs
and stub their toes against the
stove and exclaim: "litlen
Bl'zes, hut uon't | sicken those
felines!"
By and by the cats cease howl
ing, and my eye-lidS begin to
ache. am rapidly losing con
seriousness when the old Maltese.
rises t"a Question of urde-, and
the opposition commences yelling
/, him down. He yeils back, aud
get up TO SIZE what time ii is, and
tn an wonder if it. wouldn't be a.
We'll for me- TO go Out there and
explain matters, and entreat the
convention tn go down the fence
To the grape arhor. Mind, don't
run around after the shot gun,
md wake up my wife and ask
her for powder and old nails and
broken glass. and bark my shin
on the stove hearth and call out :
~ II kill a million cats to pay for
this !"
Maltese yields the floor, and
the convention goes ahead in an
orderly manner. | Imagine that
the business which c,lled the
crowd together has heen disposed
ofand creep back into bed My
wife wakes up'hnd wants to know
what got up Tor, and ] lell hHr
that / was after my peppermint
for my neuralgia. Some men
would lay and j'w and fump for
an hour and finally get up ii fight
with their loving ptrtner.
just close my eyes to sleep
WHEN ON NidItcS0 OutFS an am
mendment To some motion, and
the opposition goes for him again.
He yelis back, -piis at them in
srorn, and they fall upon him.
He backs under my window and
stands at by. creep OUT of he'd
and seize Il club, hut drop it again
us | remember that | am not mad.
1t would, ernaps. be well To step
To the door. and throw the boiler.
and the wood box, and the ca d.
board, and the axe, and the wood.
pile. aud the whole summer
Kitchen (, t the eats, Int | refrain.
aud merely tap the window, and
urge old Maitisr ~ cover himself
with glory. . Some men would
gr b up the table or sofa, or the
first thing han'iy and tjt uIate:
Pm a sinner if ! don't murder
somebody or something's"
Years of observation have con-
WINGED me that the general an
tipathy to cats is unfounded.-M.