The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-22
!, said something good. For ther ravhide

said something good. For ther rawhide
on the cat
All Of us boys got awfully stewed up
at this. OF course. we didn't mean the
cat no harm, but our teachers had told
us that It wasn't wrong to kin animals
when We needed their meat and ,thetr
homes and their skins. And you know
we feuers thought re needed thai tom
cat IA whids tho worst In the world,
We didn't kngW any more what ra Wilde
was than a hog does about side pockets.
But Charlie, he satd that 10 baseball
was good without rawhide cover; and
that settled tt Nary one OF us liked to
2 SIX too many questions, for that would
have showed that Charlie knew more
than us. But by and by old Ben, who
was kinder slow boy any way. up and
said: Gee, but amt It going to be
with whjskers.''
"a whnt?" bnllered, out Charlie, turn.
in his nose up. does ynu think we're
going to have baseball Ike a gals
mufr? whyfI'm, sein' to tan the skim"
This threw us into CULVER Of ex-
eite-mAnt aud We al thought Charlie
was greet but we didn't let on. We made
out like whnt be was talkin' about want
, noth!n' and that we didn't think much aa
OF 1t,
After awhile felt my cu-r1-osity get
tins monstrpus strong, and to pump Char
liz. I, said: Look hEre FattY-we called
him Fatty because he was SO skinny
which way do FCI> think Is the bestest
to SGT rawh1de, outer a cat skin ~ ts
FIRST you kin the cat said Charlie.
and then he kinder halted. But although
1t was unbeknnwnst to him, ne boys was
4 mighty relieved. Up to that time We
| hadn't been quite certain whether twas
! necessary. to kill the cat or not And
| tickled at the thought OF being conf
| pell-ed to kill cat We had feared
! that the rawhide could be gotten with
out killing the critter.
| "Then what do YOU do next?" asked
| Charlie got kinder 1us-ter-ed at this
question and scratch his head q minute.
| Then he say, sorter con-fns-ed IKE:
|"You must be mighty careful to get rid
OF the smell"
smell much, and then Ben up and ask;
"But YOU amt never said how bout
! gittin' the hair off?"
Charlie scratch his head again at this
question and then he giggle ana reply;
/ II aIn't. telin, everything ! know. You
might Il pull the hair out by the roots
] IL you didn't know no better way III
4 ,sS5 ~ ~ y
After that, Fatty didn't say no more
about that Stomcut Cor two days. put AL
lis boys was busy a-thinkng and Jumbo,
the dos, he knew somethin' was up,I and
tile old ton,cat kept gettin' slsit.tsshra!
every hour, In my backyard We WYE
laid on a beau-ti-ful baseball ground
with two bricks for the hons plato, ana
1 "a broken dish for frsthase We dldn'
have no hall but everybody kinder. knew
a ball was oominS from sotneWheFes
( On tho Sunday after we had talked ahou'
the toncat, Charlie, no crawled IN m!
yard from next door through the NOS
wheae the plank was gone oa the ten }, :.
and the otheF boys, cross street k gi
salelt him and come, typ, WE was AZ !,
wsbahtnS ChaFllas when hes took q, pay
4 sE his Aupts ysrh, ont his pocket aRe
said careless Ike: Fpu gets hair OF
rawbId DIS bysS soaking the skin IN strone
1 liraeis water, /; Al gh The HIDE y raw
1 tbs lime eats the fur off, Nobody sale
\ cat that any, but FROM that minute ~