The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-25

''wee-ow-owr' replied the old Maltese
cat again. "Wee-ow-owi l smell catnpr'
Now tho other cats had heard about
catnip. but had never seen any. The
tales which the Maltese cat had told
about her experiences with the favorite
weed before she left her kittenhood home
in Maine had been handed around among
the other cats Of Colorado as quaint
legends. All the other cats had heard
tell OF the subtle glories OF catnip. but
none had ever beheld or even whitfield
the grateful herb.
swhere?" asked twenty young cats In
chorus.
''ohl don't know" replied the old NAL
tese cat, but can smell II. and Tn 60
ing to follow up the trail until md II. !"
With these portentous words tho old
Maltese cat whisked her tall gave wild
"wee-ow'' and started on run for Dem
YER. 800 miles away.
.wee-ow-owt' cried tho other cats. and
the kittens. too. and on they started for
Denver, giving the old Maltese hot race
over hill and valley. peak and plain. mead
and void.
The word was passed around and the
cry went up here and there like wildnrc--
"Catnipi catnipi catnipi We're going to
get Some catuips' The tidings reached
Alamosa. aud ran along the whole Of tho
mountain range OF Colorado. Tho excite
ment was intense. cats hurried from every
house. cabin, barn. stable. shed and mine.
and Joined the vast procession. Every
city, town. hamlet and camp was instantly
deserted by its cat population. such a
yowlins had never before been heard.
such a soothing army OF cats had never
been seen. The miner In hts lonely hut.
hearing the awful rush. sprang from his
co, and cried 1.-The snpw-siidei the snow
slide, Run for your liveai'' But II was
only the cats on the gailop 60 Denveri
OH n was a prodgious spectacle. and the
old Maltese cat led the van,
Judge Toll was dreaming pleasant
dreams that night. when he was awsk-
ened therefrom by din which threw him
into cold sweat. lie crawlesi ont ~ hts
bed. slipped anxiously into HIS trousers.
by 10 the window. The strange noise
seemed 20 come from the trent yard,
from tbs rows OF catnip bushesg
Then the Judge peered out 81 the win
dow. and what do you think he saw
Myriads OF cAsn--bsilows Of eatss Cats
Of every size weight. cclof. sex. csndi-
ton and description black eats. white
cats. Table eats, Maltese cats tortoise.
shell cats hfiadle cats. spotted cats
striped cats. brown cats. yellow cats.
NAIVE cats. fat eats. lean cats. stump
tailed cats. ons-esred cats. waIls-eyei
cats. thrse~leegea cata. ma NINA eats
papa cats aud sstieus--oh. yes. kittens Of
avery kind. and without nurnbsfl And
there they we're tn Judge Tells front
yard. among ana on the rows ~ eatnsp
bushss-parFing. sprawiiag. y0wilag, Aso
20 many demons
.sPur-r.r.~ said sh~ ola. uay-taeh MAJ.
tess cat. ali the way FROM Dei Narse-
'ipur-r-sf en- tsa't shia ioeelyt IT'S the
firpt cainlp I've had going "a twenty i've
yearr-per-Fi ! thank heaven thai ! have
lived 70 see fhia grateful fralt lntroaucrd
into The Rocky mountain regigsF
And thea all thp other eats--tsare must
have been 3 million ~ them gegred la
ehcrua 40 ieas that q sounded Mke an
awful. lingering pesi ~ thauast. Fssi
This vas not ala on, ne ny ire hfiEht
moonlight Sudgs Tell oosisd sec myrlxss
ara rnyri41s Of other rats surkfng aswa
frrra ne usSantain rAEgrs ens thrQ1gh
thc walters knd ever ths E.sHsnax-- frcsn
Georgesown. eSisd&. ldaho. Ge4ae0. fsa9i.
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psss hia Durango Cac haraa IEs5sna Vista
canslus MAaitaa. Easlss. s2E@aefe ana
vfsniiad ihs fnofhNis eers alive WITH
cats. the naaaasSis psaks sHsfmss wlsh
cats sad eats. cats. cats s@spt aiang
Ike q esiffing torrent toward sna fsra4
p1lri gatGs To{Fs rxsnsa bsai
Anf To- ne rats wefe eegniax fru9.
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armies q cats % thsif way rrerz far4na
krf Ca<Tes1t'
ne cas- aiF~asy n fhs 'sssss ,ras,
rars- Asw tasy purrst saf wrfthsz saa
yusisd. anf hes the ss.@fks % ss~rsftr4fy
shot fTom thetr f-rry eaeSs "a they
r4hbel srees sewafeiy 20 against fs.s rnws
cat s8furnAliat
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IN aarrg al fhsss fres.sasssss sns friva
frrm aeaf. Whsf rtEat have fhsg 70 a.
xasfafs M netatnc1-s gkltics~
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thosEhL v sa.< y Sot - crs-i 70 t.srss.