Deming graphic., 1920-09-07

the mystery. However, III anyone
wishes TO call at my residence and
bring a bottle OF the good old stuff,
| win guarantee to explain 1t after l
have had a few drinks.
will now consider the common do
nestle cat The common cat needs no
introduction TO my readers. Thery are
already familiar with him. He adyer-
tises himself chiefly at meal times and
after bed time The eat Is very fond
Of music. His preference seems to be
the Guet consisting Of soprano and bar
itone. Quartettes are not so common.
l remember one dark night being
awaked cut OF a wound sleep by a med
ley Of the most blnld curdling sounds
that ever happened this side OF hades.
and were massacring the City. Then
the truth dawned on me. II was cats.
But this was no duet, II was sextette
consisting OF a soprano, four baritones
and some other thing which sounded
Ike frog with the hopping cough.
think they were rendering the Sextette
from Lucy Iammermore, or whatever
you call II. At least It resembled pun
ishment Of that famous classic that |
once heard in Boston. Then heard
window open and someone expressing
his views on the eat species In man
ner that made the district smell of
birthstone. This was followed by n
crash that must have taken the roof
off somebody's fowl house. That fel-
low must have been league pitcher
whoever he was. If his right arm was
as strong as his language, then he
could have pitched n sponge through n
brick wall. II he scored bulls eye
then | bet that cat went to Kingdom
KUN in jiffy and there wasn't enough
Of him left to make decent rabbit pie.
| dozed off again with feeling Of
thankfulness to that friendly stranger
OF the night But soon | was wider
awake than ever. The seXtette had
struck up again. don't know why
they did. had not heard any applause
and / am sure no one called for an
encore. got out Of bed and seized
the water jug Sing 10 me about Lucy
Lammermore would they. II ! could
get my mitts on that Soprano, | would
lam er more than was conducive to her
health. threw up the window ana
peered out into the darkness. But In
addition to his other accomplishments,
the eat is vantriloquist. | could not
tell what point Of the compass the
noise was coming from. II seemed to
come from all Of them. ! did not sec
the use Of wasting good water jug
ON an uncertainty and il was getting
near daylight anyway, so decided tc
leave the situation to my strong armed
neighbor. / have never seen any
proof that n cat has nine lives, but
am strongly inclined to believe that
the cat can yell nine time at once. The
ancient Egyptians regarded cats as
sacred. They mummified 'em. an
not an Egyptian but II | had my way
Il would mummfy every cat In th'
country and then I would have EN- pul
verized
The wild eat Is a tough bird. hut III
knows enough to keep away from tn
habitations of men. But we Humans
won't leave the wild animals alone. i
some antediluvian idiot had not made
a wild cat, the domestic cat would no
have come into existence. One OF tn
most exciting pastimes is feeding but
ter to wild eat with hot awl.
NV favorite cat Is the Ducat. an
what YOU might call n Ducat fancier
For many wears have been trying f
accumulate II good collection Of Ducnt
but | find that competition Is too keel
I'm that line. My wife and children ar
also fond Of ducats and so | canno
keep them when | do get any
The Cat % nine tails was formerl!
used as mascot in the Navy. But III
was not such favorite with the crev
as he was with the Captain and tn
first mate. They kept him on boar'
because there was superstition
among sailors that his presence ensur
ed discipline and prevented raids ol
the grog barrels.
I must bring my learned treatise t
a close now, as | have to feed the ca
and | thank you.
Mountain Breeze.