The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-08-26
Marx TWain's Cat Story.

knew by the sympathetic glow up
on his s,aM head knew by the
emutionsl flush upon the strawberry
end Of the old free liver's nose that Mr..
Wiieeieris mem"ry Was '''''' "'''' '..'
leave. for all these we're Sign. Of a a
reminisc-nce-signs that he was going
to he delivered Of another Of his tire
come personal experimentation ] ~a>
too slow he got the start Of me-. a.
near ~ ] can recuilect, the inti~,i"s
was c"uched in the following language.
We we're all boys. then. aud .sisi"',
care for nothing. and didn't worry
about nothing only Ia shirk sch.~i
and keep up q revivin state If divil
mrnt alI the time. This yah jim,
WOLF l was talkin' about Was the
'priniice, and he vas the best hearted
Teller, he was. shd the must forgivin'
and an selfish ever saw = we'll. there
could not he u more butler boy than
he VAS. take him how you would, and
sorry enough was 1 when ] see hin.
for the last time
ale and Henry was always poster
ing him, and plastering horsebills on
his back, aud putting humble lsres in
his bed. and SD on. and sometimes
we'd crowd in and bunk with him.
Notwithstanding his growing. and
then we'd let on to get mad and
fight acrnss him, 80 % to keep him
stirred up like. He Was nineteen. be
was, and long and lark and hashiul.
and We WAS fifteen and sixteen, and
tolerably lazy and worthless.
SO that night, you know, that my
sister Mary gave q candy pullin'. they
started us to bed early, 50 ~ the com
pauy would have full swing. and we
run in On jim to have some fun.
Our winder looked out into an ell.
and about ten o'clock . couple Of tom
cats got to roarin' and chargin' sround
like sin. There was four inches OF
snow on the roof, and it was fruzen
20 that there was right small crust
of ice on it, and the moon Was shin.
ing bright. and We could zee them
cats like daylight. First they would
stand Of and e-yow vow, vow, jest a.
IL they vas cussio' ono another, you
know, and bow mp their backs and
push up their tails, and swell sround
and spit. then all Of . sudd en- the
gray cat he'd snatch Q handful of fur
out Of the WALLER cats ham, and spin
round him like the button on . harm
door. But the yaller cat vae game.
and he'd c0me and clinch, aud the
way they'd make the. fur fly was
powerful.
We'll, Jim. he got disgusted with
the row, and lowed he'd climb out
there and shake them ofi'n that roof.
He hadn't no notion Of doin' il,
likely. bat We everlastin1y doeged
him, and lowed he's always Dragged
how be would not take . dare, and %
on, and 10 and behold out be went
went exactly - he was-nothin' on
but = shirt, and that was short. But
you ought to see him. Yoa oseht to
zee him crecpin' over that ice, and
dragein bic tos nails and .his 6oger
nails 10 10 keep froo slippin'. and
'bove al you ought 70 have ssea hat
Dhirt tail . AaPp;n' in the Wind. and
them long. ridiculous shauks Of bin
gliesenin' in TIE moonlight. =
Them company folks VA all down
there under The caves. the whole
pquad If them. under The osuery
shape Of old Washington Bower
setiin round about two
dozen saseers OF hot candy, which they
had set in the snow to cool. And
they w.s laughing and talkin'
lively; bat blee you, they
1idnt know nothin' about tie |