The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-01

wi.dllke. 4 nev'r expected him 10 pay IN
delayed iu teres on THAI note, an compuu'
interes too he says. an tl'owcd q It,
Pore Of man. Il Knocked him ricnt OIL n
The thWart. ] jumped up an pitched q
bucket O wattuh ovr him an he sct up,
wipil' his w'iskers. tn cat give one leap
that took him forty feet three inches.
let out nnni bar o. the mos lonesome
musl1k I ever heer an were gone As
he went be sluug his haid back on 500 a
rcpfoachful look o. his eyes a. much as
20 ay: Gimme Kom-em-bare, var don
gimme nothin' That cat were 70 good
ueal ike some people. II didn' cos him
Hothin the fus night an because he didn'
SIT quite so good th' mex nig1t-it SIN
cost n him noth.n'-he had kick coming
"Nex' DAY Blandon We're the mides'
man you ever see an talked 10 me sortcr
respe rtful like. He were 50 busy think
in bout IN cat he coulln' feesh. an we
jus pulled bout az lake me takin' %
easy an him sAngin langwidge IN "a
FRENZY voice That night we tried Mr.
Cat OF Froo-yare, an We git !cete inn
ertashun % four hddles an a bass drum
playin' the Arkansaw Trav Ter Mex
night We give him e-dum an / think he'd
a-jumped on US n I hadn pulled gun
an yelled az him to 20 way.
"Nex' night Of Blandon be says 70 me:
This IS an inrrestiu visitor o. ours SAYS
he an / like him an his songs but ld
ruther feed him on gold doluhs out IN
this wiId'ness than my checses. he says
'Cr my stocks gittin low an Gawd
knows Were Emit git any more, says hc
Tonight Fergy. my boy he says I'm
golu' 70 make him wush he'd a-kep IN
simple apt ites o. his childhood. he says
with that be goes 20 his box an drors
out a can an gifts to tn winnard o me
an chopt the top open. Say. / been Sea
tn Chilager stock yards IN Angus I been
In places Were IN crick were damned
an dried up an nve thousan' ton o feesh
lay rottin' IN al SUM- / been 30 wus
places nur them. but I never smell no
smell like that smell ] jus git 20 tn
oth'r side o. OF Blandon. an / say I amt
got but one live TO live an one death 20
die an I amt goin' 10 die IN no such dis
graceful fash'n as that SO longs theys q
gun loaded within ten mile. / say. lie
larfed and says he This here's Lim-bug-
ger. says he, AN any Twin heln man ar
cat he says. Is goiter be eddycated up
70 H. says ne. With that he took spoon
an e. hal o 81 an lcf m other haf tn
tn can settin' on m table"
Fergys pipe having gone out he put on
another coal and meditatlvely sucked for
i've minute The other man. chewing the
end OF his burning cigar, stared al the
FIRE and ~. never a word. The guide
glanced az him sideways several times
ana once half turned toward him as II
expecting him 70 speak. but the only re-
ward was continued silence. Heaving a
sigh he went on
At 10 o'clock / was lyin' awake an 7
heard a long sad maouw. ! looked i1
time 10 see tn cat hot-footln u away rom
tn FIRE. Fifteen times he come back an
went away sg'in before he could gil
close 'nough 10 tn stun 20 tackle o..
Finery he gr.tted his teeth an ismmed
his nose inter IN can an brought IL OUT
ag'in viii a hunk o that cheese siickin'
10 H. He reminded me o a Of booze
fighter WAITS got TO kick hissef 20 make
hisse'f take a drink To- "a morn.n Wen
he got his nose outn IN can an meb6e
tas' o. IN Lim-bugger IN his mouth he
turned thirty-f0ur back hsn'springs one
AFR m other. an they nev'r were go
such soun's a. them eoun's VT come out'n
him. He howiod. screamed. barked. yap-
ped, coughod. miaouwed. soboed or chok-
ed. spiuttered. spit an yelled, an al
tn time he were goin' ovr an ov'r like
one o these here hrew cells they touch OF
on IN night o az Fourth o July. or
Blaudon he Get up in hts biaDkiis an
prayed Tn las ! see o that cat hc was
a rewoldwm' bundle O. fur. goin through
tho branches twcnty-three feet bove
groun an Fittin swifter with ev'ry turn.
hadder laugh.
"OF Blaudon went rack TO Iuiyauny
aft'r awhile. an IN grouu roun' hcre
.ooked ike .; had showed entity cheese
cans. Vow. this acre cat. af0re be struck
lhat Kou-em-bare on IN faiu Might, was
us' a palm or nary wild cnt, purity big
rr his size. but with nothin much IN
matter with him. but that fall We heercd
o. MIN In more ways than one. His ma
mr' was ruint BY excess. HIS confidence
in human kin were undermined, his mo
rai'tv we're a wreck. an be started out
10 rlt even with us ail because a ire
sponsFble o. set O. w'iskers-on-a-bonc had
come 10 here an led him astray. lie got
ter be- a rogue. Twin By hisFelf o. an noi
'soclafin' with no oth'r eats. We befin
to nm lawns deud aroun' in the woods
win they thoats cut. fom lawns ne