Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-23

# tAiak ra.rkss
the Cat = sheIseak Ks careles.
grace and sabuIhed - becoming
feline whs ~ tuet dipea pn xkfekes
Dcnea. "Eon ares lover 6ssheese. and
t4e cdor - your favorste dish led yoa
into the e~eclusion and privacy Of thi.
trap" 5.
% ca, but thy perspicasaty is won.
derful. indeed!" exclaimed the Mouse
in reply. Had II been the DOG, now
he'd have put it that | wandered int
this charming houdoir while overcome
BY too much tanglefoot.o
= think am a Cat who seldom blum,
ders and never perpetrates a conun-
drum" continued the feline as a smils
Of superiority twitched at the cornels
OF her mouth. While / do not wish
TO pur M own virtues nor yeowl my
PERSONAL graces. 1t may met be a breach
Of good manners II | convey a delicate
hint to the effect that 1 run THU
shanty."
And II you will but deign to accept
the admiration and a~dniation OF so In
signiAeant q member OF the rodent tribe
shall be overioyed. Having now dis
posed Of what W. call the preamble Of
the business that has brought us to-
gether, let merprnceed to remark that |
should like . Get out Of this. Having
eaten up All the cheese and satisfied
my ctriosity as we'll, + see no reason
for a longer stay. ] shall. however.
be pleased to hear from your side Of
the house."
Which, in this instance. ma be
called the outside, = observed the Cat.
"As I view the situation, you are in a
box. It Is only a small boz. but it
serves its purpose. II YOU remain
where 0 are until the master arrives
you will be drowned in, a tub; If / am
prevailed upon to let you out, | sha3l.
assuredly devour you"
1T would seem from your plausfhse
but perfectly artistic point OF View
remarked the Mouse after a little
thought, that | am in a hole as well
as in a box. ! must acknowledge that
1 fully realize the situation, but siren
uously OBJECT to accepting it."
Perhaps you have a proposition to
make. though 1t seems to me that were
| In you skin I SHOULD as sooE be
drowned as d%evoured."
There is a slight difference without
much distinction. l not only object 20
cold water on constitutional grounds,
but 1 would not have an altogether ex-
elusive funeral. | want a mourney or
two on hand when / so hence. II !
am drowned by the master, 1t viii 5e
in contumely and disgrace; il ! am
eaten by a Cat OF about your size. 1t
may be possible to arrange that
another feline shall stand By during
the process and shed a tear or two ovfr
my untimely taking of. Do o
savvy?'
"Tne idea is not inappropriate and
quite german to the subject" replied
the Cat Il gather. that you would
have me cali in another cat to see me
release and deyour you and that she
be requested to extend o all due
sympathy"
You've hit the bullseye, o Cat. IT.
only had your whiskers and your way
OF arriving at conclusions. Id want to
hang right on to this life for the
aext hundred years. Let me observe
tEat time presses, and soon as Cat No.
. arrives
Grimalkin departed with a gait that
was neither too stately nor too intense,
! and, having found a yaller Tom watch
Ing a parrot in his cage, she invited
him TO the funeral feast. When the
pair had come into the presence OF the
Mouse, he quietly and moi too anxioasly
remarked:
Please accept my warmest thanks for
this consideration. and | trust the banquet
will be ali that can be anticipated. | dc
not ask you. afr, Thomas. 10 go into con-
WILSON'S and get you back up over my
J lamentable taking off In the prime OF life,
but II you will sit with a downeast afr and
a tear IN your eye and repeat a few lines
of Paradise Lost as your friend ehaws
me up Eshall leave the world feeling that
| have not lived in vain"
Your wishes are my commando re-
piled Thomas. .and ! assure you that
tt gives me the greatest pleasure TO be
WITH you on this suspicious occasion. IL
there reason for any further delay
None at all. You may let 'er 80, Gal
iagher."
Al It Is the Inevitable. you cannot blame
me-" said the Cat as she advanced to the
trap. The deceased willy now step forth
and ee eaten"
The deceased Was no bump on a log.
He had been studying cat nature all bis
| ,,fe. an observations and experience had
taught him that where two feiines and
one mouse were together the mouse had
a show. He had figured il down to . thin
| edge and had made no skips. No matter
how earnest the old yalier Tom was inin-
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