Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-08-24
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A REGULAR CAT FIGHT.
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The Enccahter Ttkat csussd the lzsv.lMr
Murray to Langh till ne Cried.
- Rev.. Murray in Golden RuleJ
In the middle Of the doorway stood
a cat-a maternal cat-who had spied
my black pointer, jet, who stood at
my elbow watching the cat and ex-
pectantly awaiting her turn, with no
murderous design on cat or kittens
at ALL But the feline temperament is
suspicious and wrathful: and this eat
was O. termagant anyhow, born under
some evil star, and bent on having
row. Now, to my mind, there is al
ways a telriblefascination in the proc
ess of preparation which cat goes
through preliminary to a combat
There is such q deliberate spiteful-
ness about it; such a murderous ma
lignity OF design as it passes from
one phase Of expression to another.
that ii is impossible to withdraw your
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tsro,,s.s, - .,s-..ns NJ .h;. cat
.,.. % .vn.ut;cn ,o har t,,no vlHer
mannerism was perfect after its kind.
When I first looked up she stood in
the doorway with suggestive curve
in her back and with slightly swol-
len appe arance about her tail. She
stood and swelleda The curve in her
harry o-rssw and lr1r,ekx -HHer tsii bule-
ed until il was enormous. Her ewes
blazed hotter and hotter. Her mouth
opened wider "a and ont OF Il came a
succession OF noises. that were simply
frightful How that cat could keep
ANYTHING inside e. OF her lansd and spit in that
way was a marvel.
OF course jet had not been an un-
mindful spectator, of the scene. She
had been interviewed before in this
stvle. and knew what was coming.
Her hair ridced up on her back. her
tail stiffened straight as an iron rod.
and her lips frightened over her white
teeth. Any cat that was at all sensi-
bile would have LET sucb a dog alone.
But this feline had no caution at all.
And when she left thez DOORWAY and
began to stride laoross the floor to
wards let I knew, ~ ehinrs kent on
much longer the ~peace of Europe
would be, disturbed, Iwas lust lift
ing myself from the chair when that
cat went into the air like q lash, and
exploded in a series OF the most un-
earthly noises over Jets back. OF
course M decent DOC would stand
anv sucb conduct as that and Jet
didn't Nowl vot, understand. this
was a Suddenly improvised affair. I
had no prooramme TO 90 .by. and
d;dnr understand at all where the
diferensparts came m: and besides,
the actors did not seem to require
any special prompting, and evidently
needed all the room to themselves.
So. feeling that / wasn't needed, and
might actually be in the way IL / re-
Imained, I retired out through the
window to the piazza, where could
contemplate the development of the
action from , back seat, as it were.
OF one thing 1 am certain. have
never, In city or couptry, seen q more
intense performance. 1t was the very
climax Of high tragedy. The actors
were up to their best key, and going
it strong. 1 saw that the thing was
drawing to q fine point Either I
shouldn't have any dog in few min
utes. or the man wouldn. have any
cat to speak OF. One Of the two
things was certain. n'At that instant
the door burst open, and the man
himself, with a broom in his hand.
burst In the room, and began to lay
about him right and left. But this
onIy stirred Jet up tremendously.
The cat and the broom together bro't
kout her best points. The way she
went after that cat, under the table,
between the mans legs, back OF the
stove, was indescribable. But the
actors were not all on the stage yet.
Again the door burst open and a wo-
man, without hoops on, and a wash
board in her hand, shot into the apart
ment with look OF interrogation on
her countenance frightful TO see- She
didn't stand still more than second,
for Jet came against her In way that
sent her spinning. This was too
much. dropped on the piazza, roll
ed of upon the ground, dug my fn-
gers into the turf, and laughed.
F. In less than four seconds 1 saw
cat come out through the front door,
about half way up from the door sill
to the ceiling, followed by the dog In
f,,l1 bo1f nth N h;o hroom and a
wash hoard close behind The cat lit
on Her feet. Of course. and went M a
tree In the door-vard faster than apv
cat has done that thing since the be.
ginning NJ the world 7 c,ucked IN
Jet and sloped around the corner Of