The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-03-19

you are SO absurdly stubborn"
"What're you doing?" demanded
Ampley with curiosity as she began
picking handfuls of the herb and
stuffed them into her sweater peck
etc.
Mrs. Ampley regarded him coldly.
IL am picking catnip," she informed
him, ito take home to the cats next
door-and l intended to incidentally
prove to you that I am In the right"
ANY sane cat" scoffed her hus-
band, would be insulted II handed
bunch of that stun! 1t WOULD collect
all its intimate friends and sit out on
the back fence and yowl at you In
disgust"
His wife shifted ANY cat would
be my friend for life," she contradict.
ed. The poor thing would be hys-
terical with joy! Did you ever see a
cat playing with catnip?"
mo, but l am curious to observe
one having a jag of Joy on plain
mint" said her husband ut will be
novel;"
"Shoo!" said Mrs. Ampley six times
| to the golf club cat, which seemed de-
termined to tag them into the station
| bus.
What ails the animal?" asked Am
pley.
"Catnip!" explained Mrs. Ampley.
sweetly.
| "Uhnph!" commented Ampley. Walk
ing up the avenue to their home In
the dusk Ampley fell over some ami
| NAL twice. What the" he began,
Il think" said his wife casually,
that It must be that big black cat
I've seen In this block so much. II
probably has shifted the catnip in my
! pockets"
"Oh. fudge," erowled Ampley.
1 Just as they sat down to dinner
there was NEW from the front
porch II was sn insistent call and
Mrs. Ampley beamed.
The dear thing" she murmured,
Cats are so intelligent! dropped a
les of the stun on purpose as | came
in and it's calling for more! Listen
there are two of them now!"
| Ampley got to his feet violently.
Have we got to endure this serenade
all through dinner?" he inquired with
awful sarcasm. Just because some
fool cats can't tell mint when they
see it?"
He opened the front door to scare
away the invaders. but they vanished
suddenly. For a moment he thought
he saw shadowy forms fit by him. but
when he glanced back into the hall
nothing was to be seen.
ut is really remarkable" unused
Mrs. Ampley. how cleverly cats will
discover catnip and search 1t out!
See how those two on the porch"
That was mere coincidence" Am.
pley insisted. "a cat wouldn't walk
foot to smell of mint! And I'm tell.
Ing you that 1t was mint you picked 4"
"Catnip!" said Mrs. Ampley serene
ly
Ampley went upstairs to bed lit
tie later, murmuring contradictory
things under his breath about the
green leaves plucked by his wife a
few hours before out at the club.
Then presently he yelled SO weird
and alarmed was his cry that Mrs.
Ampley came running TO his assist
ance.
When she got the room light turned
on she discovered Ampley crouching
with blanched face near the bed. on
which he evidently had placed his
hand. And he had thrust II into the
midst of bunch Of warm, furry, live
things-four cats ensconsed upon
Mrs. Ampley's carelessly bestowed
sweater, the pockets Of which they
had been contentedly riding. One cat
was chewing leaf and 1t winked at
Ampley joyously. All OF them were
purring In dissipated fashion.
Turning, Ampley met his wife's tri
umphant eye. "We-e-ell," he said
weakly, maybe Il Ia catnip."