The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-31
NINE LIVES FOR ANY OLD CAT
Tt1E OR HHD. % hkES va
DIFFERENTT
Tns sassp P.i' Wan 30 Vss.asis~hJ us'
sess ns Ds.~sssTssi mat less
Tlme Nas. hot % Tees . Buasn 90
CFsSs 10 Teach ttiSa ~ p~nnheD .

T,use Aas. hot % Tsoh . Isuaee 81
Crs~s 70 Teach Iti'a ~ D~anits',
GoaHtS. '. July ~ i think u
Wsa thirty-nins years ago nov that
quit poOh- pooling the Old Paa~asianky
idsa that a cat had nine lives said The
man Wh0 ao-- about buying up sh~ep
pelts -Nes T. Wa n Vas the wear
| nads good on them two black sheep
pelts. and that Wa- thiTty-nin" years aga
now Yes what trihing things u dn--
| tris - .=ISssh mans memory
4 don't know Why old Boggs Spanker.
the sheep relt dealer At Passadanky -Four
Corners. wanted 80 particular to have
'wn hlaCk Sheep pelts hat time. hut he
wanted em. and he offered price for
'"m that made II hehooIs me Ia land
them pslts Then I discovered that
there VA, famine IN hla's sheep p.ltS
I couldn't find one lny~h"r-. AMI was
on the point 81 giving uP the search when
happened 10 wander 'hroI GA the sloppy
Bog Meadow district. where ! hadn't
the slightest idea In the world 81 finding
a black sheep or "A white sheep. and a. /
was passing Nv sort cf sleepy look Ing
clearing | saw hig bIllickiu' cus- whsl-
looping his tam. bear until Il was below
ing like a cali
L hollsred out 10 the Teller that he
ought to he ashamed Of himself, and he
hollered hack that IL Id got ont of my
p"lt hox AMI come over his way he'd
give me worse than he gave the bear. |
got oIt. ant when I cam" hack to the
wagon again ! left that big hlllickin'
c7Iss the worst clawrd aud paved and
hlngsd mp citizen Ut tho old Passadanky
country that ever misiudg"d his lighting
wcig CHIT Then I drove on, l"aVing the
hear gazing after me IN the most Crate
ful way
Il hadn't got out Of sight OF the house
when | came to "A pasture by the road
side. and ! almost fell out Of my wagon
when | saw two black sheep cropping
the grass in IL Two black sheep, and
the property Of the man had just licked.
| had nerve. though ! drove hack to
the mans place. lie Was on the front
door step anil hi- wifo was doing him
up in rags I hollered To the man that
I would nay all his doctors hill and give
him twenty dollars II he would let me have
the pslts Of them two black Sheep. He
hollersd to his vii" To go get the gun
aud ~ me that couldn't have them two
sheep pslis not for four hundred.
Not unless you -"e .m walkin' up
Ia you all p.ltet for market he hol-
leresi. laughing liz" a ti"nd AT he idea
~ them pslts doing that. Then you
kin have en- for nothin' Hammer Jane.
hurry up with that gun
4 thought IL was best for me To pas.
on and I did 50. and the look | gave that
hear which was standing near taking
IN everything was enough Ia have dropped
IL deal IN its tracks. came back that
way next day hoping To- md the man
cooled down so | might get up q decker
with him yet. A ! got along by the
pasture I looked over into It and saw
that the two black Sheep were gone.
Somebody else had got en-. | groaned
To myself. and had lost ths decker.
As | was Eroaning along l saw a big
woody black thing coming along toward
me in the road | jumped out Of the
wagon and grabbed a club The woolly
black thing came right along toward
me. and a. | was Just about TO fetch Il a
whAck with my club It gave itself a shake
and down at my feet dropped two black
sheep peIts. and there stood that bear
| had pitched in and licked It's owner for,
line black sheep p-lts had walked up
to me all ready pelted for the markell
The bear had done the pelting out %
gratitude TO me-. I suppose and the bag
bullickin' Cuss couldn't back out Of ms
deal when | drove up and claimed the
pelts and I made good to old Boggs
SpankeT Yes. that was the time, thirty
nine years ago nov
There used to he an all-sockIn' lot OF
crows in the old Passadanky country.
but | never wasted powder and SHOT ON
en-. 50 they let me and my gun come
along where they might he without say
. ing a word or moving on. Consequently
I knew that a group Of EN- that l heard