The Republican journal., 1882-09-21

W. CtllI M lftttS LlUlC llhOlr
two o-and ndtwenty I've turned out dozen
myself. There's 4 swarm. whole colony
of them here. and know no more how
to strike light than a fool"
=" Oh, never mind" said Valentine;
"let's 60 to sleep; they'll be quiet by and
hy."
Its all very fine to say let's 80 to
Sleep but who's to do it cried Mr..
Beagle, emphatically. 'Blast the cats.
| wish there wasn't a cat under heaven
| do, with all my soul They're such 4
spiteful yermin, too, when they happen
to be put out and there's one O. them in
a passion, know by her splitting, con
found her | wish from the bottom Of
my heart it was the very last spit She
had in her
While Mr.. Jonas Beagle was induIgng
in these highly appropriate observations.
Valentine was laboring with great energy
in the production OF the various bitter
cries which are peculiarly characteristic
OF the feline race; and for man who
possessed but very slight knowledge of
the grammatical construction of the Ian
guagc of that race, it must, in justice, be
said lhat he developed a degree OF tiuency
which gave him great credit. He purred
and mewed, and cried and spit, until the
perSpiration oozed from every pore and
made the sheets as wet as though they
had been ''damped for the mangle."
"Well this is a remarkably nice posi-
tion for a man to be placed in, certainly
observed Mr.. Beagle. did You eter
hear such waiIing and gnashing Of teeth?
Are YOU never going to leave Off YOU
scoundrels ?" he added throwing the
bolster with great violence, as he fOndlv
conceived, night amongst them. Instead,
however, Of striking the cats Herewith,
he unhappily upset some furniture, which
made such a clatter that he began to
tut tut :" and to scratch his head audi
bly,.
"Who's there ?" demanded Plumplee
in the passage below, for he slept in the
room beneath and the noise Of the arti-
cles in question had alarmed him. Who's
there dye hear? Speak, or III shoot
you like a dog" and on the instant the
report of a pistol was heard, which prob
ably had been fired with the view Of
convincing all whom it might concern
that he had such thing as a pistol il
the house 'Who's there n he again
demanded ''you vagabonds, I'll be Al
you, !"
.Raaole I" he shnutad after waitinr IL
vain to1, the street door 10 hano
Here. " cried Beagle, come up here.
III nothing, RI eNniajn Fnr heavens
sake" he added, addressing Valentine,
"open the door" But Valentine was too
much engaged to nay attention to any
such rcunest
tthis moment thr footstons af Pnnn-
lee were heard an the stairs. and Mr.
Bnao)p. who then beo3n to feel somewhat
better cried. ..Conc in. my rood friend
come in -
"What ON earth is fine mattpr2' in
o0ired Mr. plumplee. as he entered the
room nale as a ubost IN His nioht Shirt
with n nistoI in one hama and ! lamn in
the other, ' "
"Jt's all rirht.~ said Beaole; .,twas |
that made th3r noise, i've been Lpsirg-
ed by ! cohort Of lats They havr hren
at # here maxine mast lralthfn] mnsr
undrr nv Nod fnr thn Iast rwn hnnrs and
in irving to make them bold their peace
with the bolster. I unset tbr turnitnrp
that's aI."
.Catsw - cried Mr. plnmpIea ucars
You ate a little foo murh cucumhrr. nv
friend That and the crabs we're ron
heavy for vcur stomach You have hpen
dreaming. you've Mad the nightmare !
We haven't y eat in the housn. can't
bear them"
"You are mistaken reioined BEAGLE :.
"thoy are about here in sWarms If i've
turned one cat ont his niUht I'm snre
that Eve turned ont twenty i've in fact
done nothing else since | came up, In
and ont in and out, Tpon nv life |
think | can't have opened that blessed
door less than hundred and ffty times );
and that Young fellow there has been all
the while fast asleep as church !"
II tell vou, nv friend, you'ye been
dreaming, We have never had cat on
the premises"
"Npyow mpvow y cried Valentine
ouiet)y
nNow have been draamino }" ri
nmnhantIv exclaimed Nh, Rn,rle l.nnrv
hara had tha niohtmara y,
"Rless nv life = cried Mr. plumnInn
iumDinr upon Mr.. Reaole's he'd .lthey
don't Lelnno to ma
uT don't know whom thov heIono to ),
returned Mr. Reaole ..nor dn 7 mnrb
care; !; | only know that there tbev nre
IF von,n inst bonl- +,osa hrnoal1oc ~ ,n,,o
Tli oct ont and haIf mnrdnr them on11
hook ,em this wav, IN vino thoi,. nra.
cious necls orr '
..Tbev,rp emf of nv roacb " c,ied
PlnmnIee "Hish , hjsh " Fjndino how.
nrer that harsh tern1O had nn otfnot ho
had recourse 70 thn mildar and n,oro lro
ne,su,siyo crv If ..pusn,' ,,,,sSr mss,,
missy kit xii lIit "
s.Hish Won, Williams ~ criod Mr. Jor.s
Raanln Who hora" l''+ 80 Iva raaIl, araai 10
"Eitty :" KIN Xiv Il INV ~ nunS 3nss
nuss mss " rennated l ur pImmnlee @ ' IN
thn hIandest anI nos+ sadnct;tar tonos
as M be heI tba ' nsfnI lIJ' w. 'e tha rz1?n sG -
h.on1, ~ to,.p - l,,a,. ~ @+It ~
lrains ain, Of % tbe tirst nntortnnata o cat M thnt n
mada hor nnoarancn a''0 p,t al ~ nr
smasion ] to cona forth had M q. attant fhav
continued ~ No in,,;oil1a M tho n1n,t
ino nroceeded in thn moSt mnlonchnlv
strain '' 0''''' 10y
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