The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-16
FUN FOR THE GUESTS
A Demure Cat, Fierce Bull Pup and
a Sleeping Man.
THE ANIMALS HOT SCRAP
Much Amusement Afforded at the
Expense of the Stupefied Chair
Warmer = And Everybody
Laughed But One.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Gregson Springs, March 15.-The 9TH
er night a man walked over to Gregson
Springs from Stuart. He had been ir-
rigating his face with Junction juice,
and had a well developed jag on when
he arrived. and, under the influence of
the heat in the barroom, he fell asleep
in chair that was close up against
the wall, and alongside of a table. AS
he had advanced into a somnambulistic
state his head gradually dropped for
ward, his legs went back on either side
of the chair and his body assumed the
shape of an italic capital S. No further
notice was taken of him for half an
hour or so, until he became the central
| figure in an incident that afforded all
/ kinds of amusement for the room full
| OF guests who were enjoying their af-
| ter-dinner cigars.
Among the appurtenances of the
| Springs, brought here by Mr. Hayes,
are a big bull pup and a maltese cat
| The pup is the boss of the saloon and
billiard hal land the cat is supposed to
confine herself to making friends among
the gentler sex in the hotel. The pup
doesn't like cats anyway, but is willing
to draw a line and give them a small
portion of the earth if they will con-
the space allotted them.
On the night in question some feline
fancier coaXed tabby into the barroom.
The pup was outside at the time, and
for little while the cat had everything
her own way. But the dog came back.
And he wasn't two feet inside the door
before he sighted his enemy The way
he pric<ed up his stubby ears and brac-
ed himself made il a dead certainty
that all that was necessary was to call
time and he would be occupying a CEN
trail position in scrap that would last
as long as the cat could stay with it.
There is no John Mcguire at the
springs to provide amusement for the
guests, so this opening for a little fun
couldn't be overlooked. The dog was
encouraged: so was the cat. But the
cat knew what she wanted. She wanted
to reach some elevated point where she
could hump her back and spit with i'm
punity. There was nothing elevated in
sight except the sleeping strangers
back and for this she made a ellis
sprint and the pup after her. The ex-
preston on the mans face when he
found himself between the cat and the
dog was picture. 1t was mixture of
surprise at the position of the cat; in
quiry as to how she got there, and fear
as he gazed half stupidity into the face
of the pup, that was not more than two
inches from his own. He gradually
Strengthened up, but the cat held the
position and went up with him. The
dog didn't like this because it was get
ting the cat further away from him,
and he didn't know what hand the man
was going to take in the fracas. He
didn't have to wait long, however, for
while the stranger was figuring out his
position and trying to decide whether
the thing was a reality of whether he
just had 'em again." the pup was en-
couraged to jump up on the table. This
brought him within reach of his enemy
and he made jump for her. The man
was then carrying the cat and the dog,
and they were going at each other
swifter than the revolutions of Colonel
Sanders financial wheels. The man
was too full to get up at the first effort,
and before he did get on to his feet, the
cat had scratched the dogs nose and
made IL bleed profusely, and the dog
had brushed his nose against the mans
face. He looked much worse than eth
er the cat or the dog, and gave out the
impression, from his appearance. that
both of the animals were after him.
The guests were convulsed with laugh
ter, but the man couldn't see where all
of the hilarious amusement came in.
After standing in bumped position for
a moment, he damned his hands down
into the bottoms of his pockets and,
casting an unsteady glance at each one
in the room, said: You fellows are
having lots of fun"
The cat escaped and has not been
seen outside of the parlor since.