The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-03-03
THE CATS REVENGE.

IuE CAI'S kENENGE.
,.,,, -
tens. At least, he said he was. and he ought to
have known. But am afraid that II the cats
| cat-talk, what they Thought OF Freddy. they
won all have meow d in concert, and With
out one dissenting voice: "He Is MoNsrrRy'
| Freddy's papa had u private conviction hat
| his son was going to be the great inventor of
the age So far the Inventions had all ir,en
| in one way or another, connected with cats
| There had been thrashinQ-maohna and n
churu and wood-sawing machine all 10 be
worked by catrowcr; tho working molels
| only required from nc to four cats ap.ecc
but the real mac les, Freddy said, would
need IA million cats apiece, except the chyrn,
a thousand and one would do for that, ''"'
day carry 1 10 ,,ro o hs h,otnor roo oho
anla sa,i.s s'N '"o sii'"ioe' n'''oh ny 'ao WILL
"Manma n mt,io, Il i,,o,s sos,o,oa D., tco,r
tails H. 'hls ~, 'ens @ ~ ' ~,
the best horse. rok" thu ever WAS madc. vo,
must hang ON sn t,ni 'ha, w1S Us, raas 90 =,
claw i've ~ III ~ 'n'' '"eY eau J"s' re"c' 70
Mrs aurst Freddy.s mamma ,o,nced,,,o,
MIN as If he had hosn nns a,,a ~ on
hnen a cot oxolaimt,,,r Nth ,a.,s ~, na,, 80
- Ereadyi W., ar,ai or,,oi ~ 49,, 'I9,,,
that moor ittia k,to,, ddf nw usuo w
and II lana az ens rnn, H., III aa' a. ',," ~
vou possibix enn non m ynr honor 70 'o''s US
/, ,vna ~ oa,ina III, H. s III, u ~, III s
be had stool ~ 'm1 ,ues ~ .a aa so "oe"
aMnmma ~ ~ ,a -, s,,ns -. sn' Cal, tho
this when coyya hpP, ,h WV 'Ae
s.Sbn 9n,t nh mer ny 'na ,,''i, a,,ar
urayely' .Hsr head V fet inst 'a as xours feels
az md l.1.,.x .,.,Ih has tail
"cbaa win yn', ,,mohr w Wy II. a" aanh. w" 70
her boT ~ :, !" 'our P'no"ihR "ho '"e "e's"' VI
well in try 10 remcmh.r" said rreddy
,bo,,ah,tt,,l, Wy ~ tomS,niipcr. s1 Ire.ny,
,hm and,lai put their TAILS 'ooh nke
tIf there warn aucb ,btno. !. o,an,s ,y,,har,
oa, 1, W., ~ suen ss as pan,s WHOM,
obiv thinh that vn,,r cars we. w., WIN n pa
handles and ao oar,,,n , an LYNN h ,w'
How would you ike tthats' "'''''' W :" s'"'
and i,,at tbnn nc ,osto,ad aud aaonnod y ,no
callai n a,rainst ~ ,.i ~ a,d - ~ ,no
s stma ~, nFa . .ne Will ala SO nc ene
WHEN meant fhat tho n,nishmont w wan ms over
porhas , 'ni mn ny at ,b WIS wi
vacation NJ leos for tbs ress Of thai aev9 on
ih ~ ,sas oe,o,a ,,no, a,a urs u,.s, os ,,.
ing u iclter "'''''ei '''' us NUM- WIS WIZ,
She was just telling Freddy's ount, In this
stood at last how much pan he gave the cats
by his experiments, and that she hoped 10 haye
no more !, trouble l, about f. when wild ard nn.
TO give, made her drop her pen and ru sh across
the yard towards the howl.
Freddy was hanging from the apple-trec not
by his neck, but BY his wrist, which he had
somehow caught In n slip.knot of his own
making. The other end of the rope was Sc
touched tho ground so Mrs Hurst easily lifted
him enough TO loosen the knot and free him;
she feared AT first that h wrist was either
broken orsprained but aft,r feeling il gently
and carefully, she decided that IL was only
rubbed and bruised, and was about to conduct
owl" = lust above her head @i made ' her look
suddenly up and there was one of the I'M
happy kittens tied nto what looked like u
herself.
Mrs. Hurst mounted an old chair which
stood under the tree, detached the net with two
v gorous pulls. and then sat down on the
ground with the whole thing in her lap, and
gently released the imprisoned kitten, which
had been fastened in by lacing the two edges
caught her claws in the the most st uncomfortable
Freddy, forgetting to cry any more; "and
didn't tie her; | only tied the hammock SO
that she shouldn't jump out when i swung
her"
"All say to you about your cruelty TO the
cats seems TO do no good, Freddy" answered
his mother, sorrowfuy. 80 instead Of pun
ali away a' C" Come in and have YOUR ' w ysd
bathed now, before IL begins to swell; and
and 20 somewhere quite alone and think
Now this made Freddy feel very forlorn and
forsaken. He 3 NV, by the grave, hurt look upon
her face that he had made her re Y unhappy:
SO h. went out of the room without a word
Old Nancy, the cook, was in the X tchen Dan,
try beating MARYLAND biscuit and singing 'IIkc
a whole camn-meet' NO. 40 Freddy decided |
upon the kitchen for the thinking ground, The
humping and singing would keep him from
He Thought IL would he easier To think If he
sa d his thoup hts aloud so he began:
Frederick Hurst aren't YOU very much
Mn he'd vour wrist Now Won know how Tho The
cats tail felt Porbans n felt worse hocanse
it's so full of Joints What will Won do il MI
the cats 90 awav2 think I will 70 on thinL
inc lad down on this shelf M" Msm M on ala na,
sav 7 must stand nm n do II it's only Oh o.
an Food In Inc baa. ~. o,,i+o ,,ico f39r nj
low And ri 10 wcrv caraf,l and not nut ~,
feet in tbc frying.nan ia nice and w ,o'r ny
here and I Iike r. hear the hittle q No r.
sounds little liLe n,rrina parhans itei.'
purringi'
And that was the last of Freddv's thinking
for he was fast asleep. nut he Sid not know
n II saarnad 70 hir, frat tho st,',,a la
changed into long hacI sofa and s ~ kattia a
into fhe cot nanuiass Ana nrasantiv the wh"io
famiiv of cats rom LADY RIanche down ~ |
The Smallest Litten came in one after tho |
other and SAT solcmniv down IN a row and
each one stared nj him 40 hard that he hogan
To feel VERY uneom fortable Presantlu nonglas
smoke Va "''N'0 'S "'e"''s D""si"'
"Isdies and gentlemen" be said uour
enemy ia mt last in orr mower and have a
suogastion r. make 10 WI, II saams 70 mo |
mat he wond he suitably mnisbed We're ~ cam ,i,