The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-05
- THERE LUCK IN A BLACK CAT


u
E,ir ferry whore half n dozen CnnpoS''"f7'
a rroofrradcr and reporter, Wio INV
ALAMO five, line, mrct every morning, hl'''
,,,r,, is rvnr and chat until It. is time 10
to,o the I ncl0ck boat, which ooh''c'H
with the first train ont Nno on the '''"
uositors appeared at the accustomed h""'
,ho other morning with n jet black kitten |
co7ily snuuulr,l in his arms. TN" kitten
WAS plpr2d on the bar and ~ once o''"'''
the center Of attraction. She wa" P'N" /
hy all hands, thr bartender gave h'r h'l'N
and rml her ON the Iaint"1t morS'lS from
III, lunch counter, ami everybody told tho
! o.,,,rr If thr eat what u lucky fellow he
! was.
Evcry one declared that ~ jet black cat
with not Tive slightest whit" mark upon
r. could net fail 10 bring thc hest k'hu ot
| rorM luCk to I've owner, and th" omen was
considered r+rcrinlly good h"rAns" the eat
had wandered into ih" composing r""'''
rrohahly from an adjoining N"o'' ana COM
iru directly tu his frame had n'f''h
around his legs until he picked IT up al"
nodc a bed for it in uur "l the cases DE
meath.
suddenly one Of the men glanced at the
clocL and cried. 1t 5 I o'"'uck! Every
,u1u rushed through tn" door ami ran '"-
wnrd the ferry entrance B"t"r" they ar
rived at the gates the gong sounded. me
ruuucrs nuickcurd their pace and daShcu
on to the luat Just ~ the iull speed pen
tinkIcd in the engineers room. with u
.,r,l III n
positor naturally brought up in tho rear
Az he fed through the gate, pussy, lrlgh'-
, encd at the excitement, jumped from his
arms and scurricd off the other way. The
chasc WAC short and swift. Picking her
l., nm. the Compositor again started on his
course, but when he arrived at the end OF
the slip he found tho distance about three
feet longer than he cared to jump with
,ut n word he turned and walked back 10
the waiting room, and those on the boht
did not have the heart to laugh out lo'''l
! mill they were inside the cabin doors
@ Then their mirth knew no bounds, for the
man with tho cat had hour anu 80 MIN
utcs to wait for another train.
q twas Saturday morning when this nap
:; ncned. Saturday Is q long day for com
nositors. for with tho increased size OF th'
u Sunday newspapers 1t Is necessary to be
, uin work several hours earlier than usual
onseouenty the same group met III tl'
10 smoking car of the early afternoon train
:. The lucky composition was there. 1T
J. looked tired and disgusted, and under TIT
comforting influences Of his cigar he ull
: burdencd himself:
?, meant good luck, did you?' he said
- "Wcll, III change that monkey bushes
% in about two minutes. | knew you wer
H. Mi having a good laugh on mo when
missed the boat this morning. but when
got back to the waiting room discovere
j. | could turn the tables on you by taklh
tho 4:l5 express to Paterson ana mako
nuick connection that would bring m
home only about half an hour after 20
arrived here. We'll, ! took the expires
and there was big delay Mt the Hacker
a. sack drnwhridge that caused me to mi
RS, the connection. | knew there must DO al
:. other train down soon, and 1t was the
press for Jersey City. The next train WI
m over the Newark branch, the next was
AZ. other express on the main line, ana l llni
" reached home on the 1;45, which, "
Oil know, is taken by about 900 commute
sse IN town. was the only passenger to &
,,t off, and of course everybody had go
7"' look at me and tho cat. AS l p;ish
on through the crowd boarding the ira
org they yelled: Hello, Mr., Blank! Wh'
- did YOU get that cati' and some of the be
"'e cried out And the cat came backP h
that wasn't anything. ..s.. -.
"When got home, I found tho folks
breakfast, and they wero oil ticklcd
death over the cat, for my wife had Dc
;np wanting one for long while Ther
70 went to bed In hurry and was abb
TIC half asleep. when I,yheard the great
out kind of a row down stairs lpulled
ark my trousers and chased down. .
- M SIN the middle Of the parlor floor wa
Z to mass of yellow feathers, black fur {
Il)v. tlogskin, and the women were pound
y, AWAY at 1t with broomsticks and scres
~ - Az Ing at the top of their voices besides.
mo forgot that only had stockings on
,;,, kicked at the struggling heap 90
'"e good pinch and two long scratches Tor
Go Mains. Then hunted up the coal sh'
Il" and pried the foes apart. They we're
u, black kitten and pet poodle, owned
W Young lady who was q visitor Both Y
align in pretty bad condition., for they
s}l crawlcd around gasping for w1nd
then was told how 1t happened.
., cat had scented tho canary, and wit
the leap had managed to get hold OF tho {
nod cage, which swung off the hook on
!, count of the increased weight, and IN
'ple ing broke ono of the parlor windows.
Jug door few open, and the canary was In
diately caught and killed. Tho I
brought the pet poodle in, and he los
l.. time in starting for the cat. $500.
'o We'll. the poodle died in about hal
onor hour and I've got to buy another ono
only the girls heart Is broken, and que
49, was my shovel that killed the brute
IL IS also out the price of new canary,
Incl you bet the bill TOR the parlor VIII
will Gene to me, After this was
wide awake to 60 to bed, so l spen
rest of the morning fixing up the
ana cat, and / guess she'll come nronn
over right. Give her away Well, / shout
not. I'm going to wait until sonnet
else happens to me, and then ii TAX
=. out in the back yard and fill her f
lalig- b holes New York Sun.
saith. "
Those Linotypes.
ndu!- A busy tradesman entered down
y arc;- restaurant and ordered dinner. II