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Show DROVE THE CAT TO SUICIDE Representative Probably Did a Little Thinking After He Had Heard Policeman's Story. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray, representative representa-tive from Oklahoma, made a tour of Washington a short time ago with a party of friends. In due time they reached the Washington monument, and the Oklahoma statesman told at length of the beauties of the shaft. At the close of his peroration, Alfalfa Alfal-fa Bill mopped his brow and turned genially to a minion of the law nearby. "How about it," asked he; "isn't that some little talk on this ancient pile of masonry?" "You forgot about the cat," replied that official, imperturbably. "What cat?" "The brindled cat of 1S9R." "Well, what about him?" queried Representative Murray. "Oh, nothing," replied the guard evasively. "See here," said Mr. Murray, sternly, stern-ly, "I demand to know about this cat" "It ain't much of a story," replied-the replied-the guard. "Your talking there re minded me of it. Y'see this here cat li"ed in the monument. Well si.- ln and another chap that used to bo here about z::ZoTKas ,oui ry,' asyoutX-StPi,0f three-quarters o f nn hn f" ''7', -hen blamed OMS U,U -didn't run an the - 1 tlu'ro cut steps and cmiaiV'iP.500 lU1t inS off the top o? hp " by J,"mi Washington Post I,,on"etU."- |