Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-05
\ MIDNIGHT CArAsrROPuE.

lie nau come nome weary from his
days labors, and had sought his couch
under a blissful conviction that a
sound sleep would restore pristine
freshness to his weary limbs. when a
premonitory dig in tho ribs from his
better-half awakened him to the stern
realities of life, and a low whisper an
uounced TO him that there was some
body 10 the room. He raised up and
took "a look, and sure enough there
were two fiery eyeballs glaring at him
out OF the darkness. As soon as he
could collect his scattered faculties to.
gether it dawned upon him that they
belonged 10 n cat, and he reached for
one OF his boots. calculating ''s'cat"
in a mild lone of voice. The cat would
have undoubtedly "scatedo il there
had been any means OF egress, bu, IN
fortunately he forgot that part of it,
aud hurled his boot with precision,
knocking pussy nut OF time for q mo-
ment. She quickly recovered, how.
ever, and commenced a series of GYM
nastic evolutiOns that scared the life
out of the wife, and bewildered the
husband Tor u moment. In the mean.
time things were happening with the
cat very fast. One bound swept all
the toilet articles Off of the bureau, the
crash OF glass still further exciting the
beast. She waltzed up on the bed, in
sorting her claws i'm everything that
afforded u foothold, and came in con-
tact with the old woman, who iinmed-
lately conceived the idea that the devil
had broke loose, and set in to yelling
fire, murder, rape, etc., in tones that
reused the neighbOrhood and set the
old mar raving distracted. He left the
cat to her own amusement and turned
his attention to his spOuse, trying to
soothe her, and in pursuance of this
policy placed his hand over her mouth.
That was a fatal mistake. Never try
to stop a woman's tongue when she
gives herself up to the full exercise of
it. She thought that his Satanic
Majesty had grappled with her, and
the way she kicked, scratched, hit,
fought and pulled hair would have dis
couraged Old Nick. if it had been
him an propria persona. 1t certainly
discouraged the husband, and he had
but one dominant thought, and that
was to get out OF that room. He dis
entangled himself from the loving em-
brace OF his spouse, giving her a good
sounding lick under the eye to make
her let 60 right quick, and started for
the chamber door. where he was inter-
cepted by the Constable, Deputy Sheriff
and a posse of alarmed neighbOrs. who
had FASTENED to the scene. 1t took 1t
least half all hour TO explain matters,
and even then the auditory wore in
credulous faces and insinuated that q
man who would raise his hand to low
ing woman, except in the way OF kind
ness, was an unmitigated brute. He
attempted to produce the cat i'm e7i-
dence, but the feline had remembered
an engagement that he had made to
participate in a backyard serenade
further down the street. and had taken
advantage of the open door to seek his
musical ~confreres. The doctor thinks
that with careful nursing both tho
husband and wife will present a toler-
ably respectable appearance in about a
fortnight, but doubts whether thirteen
bottles of rejuvenator will restore the
hair on the top of his head hat he
lost in that fearful midnight disturb
ance.