West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-03-08

'Eaw, rhaven't stabbed him. II was
enother Cat that stabbed him? You sec.
IA wants mo 20 do al the work around
tue house. The other day he bought n
load OF kindiipg wood and told me to
carry 1t into the basement. / have not
been educated MP TO lsin1ling Wood, and
didn't do IT. When supper time came
and Pa found that had not carried i'm
the kindlinR wood he had a hot box. and
he told me II chat wood was not in when
he came back from the lodge that he
would warm my jacket.
well, tied TO hire some one tocarry
II IN and got man to promise to come
In the morning ana carry it in and take
ms pay I'm groceries, and l was going to
buy the groceries here aud have them
charged TO Pa. But that wouldn't help
me out that night. i knew when Pa
came home he would search for me, so
slept IN the back hall on cot. But /
didn't want Pa TO have all his trouble for
nothing. so borried an old tom cat that
my chuns old maid aunt owns and put
the cat In my bed. Ithought If Pa came
In my room after me and found that by
his unkiudness had changed to a tom cat
he would be sorry. That is the biggest cat
you ever SEQ and the worst fighter i'm our
ward. IL isn't afraid OF anything and
can whip Newfoundland dog quicker
than you could put sand in a barrel Of
sugar Well, about IL o'clock heard Pa
tumble over the kindling wood, and
knew by the remark he made as the wood
slid around under him that there was 90
ing to be "a cat fight real quick! He come
up to Mas room and sounded Ma as To
whether Hennery had retired to his yir-
tuous couch. Pals awful sarcastic when
he tries to be. could bear him take off
his clothes ond hear him say as he picxetf
up trunk strap: L guess 1 win 20 up to
his room and watch the smile on his face
as he dreams OF angels. yearn to press
him TO my aching BOSOM
II thought to myself mebbe You won't
yearn so much directly. He come up
stairs, and l could hear him breathing
lard. l looked around the corner and
,ould see he just had ON his shirt and
pants, and his suspenders were hanging
down, and his bald head shone like n
calcium light just before it explodes. Pa
Went In my room and up to the bed and
/ could hear him say, Come out here
and bring IN that kindling wood or l
will start fire ON your base burner with
this strap And then there was yowl-
ing such as l never heard before. and PA
saidS Helen BlaZes.' and the furniture
in my room began TO fall around and
break. Oh, my! 1 think Pa took the
tom cat right by the neck, the way he
does me, and that left all the cats feet
free to get III their work. BY the way
the cat squawled, as though it was being
choked, know Pa had him by the neck.
suppose the cat thought Pa was "A whole
tociS OF Newfoundland dogs, and the cat
had a record on dogs, and it kicked
awful. Pas shirt was no protection at
all in cat fight, and the cat just walked
all around Pas stomach, and Pa yelled.
Police and Fire and Turn ON the
hose and he called lIa, and the cat
yowl.si. If Pa had had tho presence of
mind enough to have dropped the cat or
rolled it UP in the mattress, it would
have been all right, but q man always
gets ratified in time of danger, and he
held onto tho cat and started down stairs
yelling murder, and he met Ma coming
up.
Il guess Mas nightcap or something
frightened the cat some more, cause he
stabbed lila on the nightshirt with one
hind foot, and AIa said Mercy on u.s.
and she went back. and Pa stumbled on
hand sled that was ON the stairs, and
they all fell down. and the cat got away
and went down in the coalbin and
yowled all night. Pa and Ma went into
fheir room, and l guess they anointed
themselves with vaseline and Ponds ex-