Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-10-06

| milk In the celiar was soureu Dy WHu
fierce yell that was enough to frighter
Meigs Schenck's wolf. Out from tn,
gloom of Pilger's barn came the answer
ing howl.
The sound that had terrified Mr.. Car.
michel and set the baby to crying was a.
the sound of a trumpet to the yellow ca
on the woodshed Joy filled its heart a
the response to its oft repeated challenge
and it welcomed the unseen champion
with fiercely joyous felines.
Running rapidly to the comb Of the
roof where the two sides, had there beer
more than one, would have been united
at the ridge pole, which was not there
the yellow cat looked up the street, and
then danced a,.rapid jig on the shingles
and stuck its tail straight up in the all
and pointed it about two points to wind :
ard, which signal reads:
LAY to and send boat alongside. y
As soon as he had spanked the baby
for being frightened, and had recovered
from his own terror, Mr.. Carmichel
leaned far out of the window and peered
eagerly into the fading moonlight. The
yellow cat on the woodshed gave two short
howls and whe,ted its claws on loose
shingle, and unseen in the gloom below,
another cruiser was heard grinding some
thing on curbstone. while it emitted
two long howls and short one.
"Allah. ka-wow- yrow !" howled the
yellow cat on the woodshcd, IL am the
fire clawed terror OF the alley walk. |
never sleep, and my voice. is the doom OF
death '"
"Gitchec Monitow !" yelled the cat on
the ground, ~ am the wire woven king
Of the roof, and the disturber of dreams
Mariarl am the walking morgue of
the back fence, and carry my dead cart
with me ;"
"Whoop!" shrieked the yellow cat on
the woodshed, "I'll tear down a ninety
foo, lumber pile if it lifts its back at me -
Hush" roared the cat in the dark,
IL can wade across the Mississippi River
when I'm right mad"
"Ho," screamed the yellow cat on the
woodshed, Il am the one eyed Gatling
gun of the hill tops and the fiery un-
tanned demon Of the time -
4 sound Of rapid scrambling was heard
and a tall, slenderly built, but very muscu-
lar, gen,lemanly looking brindle cat, with
an expression Of reassuring confidence in
its quie; eyes stood on the shed roof and
made triumphal arch of itself.
And l. i, said, calmly, IAN the night
blooming serious and the gentle soothing
syrup OF the prairies."
Without further preliminaries. the
declaration Of war was promulgated by
both powers and the yellow cat crossed
the Pru,h in two places. For one brief
moment the moonlight was disturbed by
a mass Of hair, spherical in shape and
about the size of a bushel and half
measure. And it did seem TO Mr.. Car
nj. hi tha, he had never in his life be-
held cat 50 quickly, neatly, completely
aw:ully carved up, knocked down, and
dragged out, sat upon and dissected after
the inquest as was the lone eyed gatling
gun Of the hill tops" while the brindle
cat, after reading the proclamation Of
peace and declaring general amnesty of
the same kind against the next cat that
dared to "holler" when he wanted to talk,
got down from the shed with hardly a
scratch.
Mr.. Carmichel watched the champion,
almost with a feeling of awe, as the
brindle cat cautiously walked down the
back yard until i, reached the summer
kitchen. Here it paused, and the
astonished citizen, dumb with amaze
ment, watched it unbuckle a pair OF two
inch gatts from its hind legs and carefully
hide them under the kitchen door step.
I'D like to see." the brindle cat re-
marked to himself, in tones Of immense
satisfaction and confidence, I'D like to
see the home bred cat that wants to oc-
eupy a pleasant roof with me. Thrice Is
he armed who
And then the pleased victor broke off
his soliloquy and sat under the lee Of the
kitchen and sang the Hymn of the
night until o'clock in the morning.
But the song did not disturb Mr.. Car
michel. He went to bed, but he was too
full of wonder to sleep, and much he
marveled on what he had seen and heard.
-Bur|inyton Ha'okeye.