Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-10-11 | Page 4 | A Cat Tale

A CAT TALE, Aj The little old woman to town would gj( To buy her a Sunday gown, IJi BUt a storm "Came up and the wind dlT blow, I And the rain came pouring down: HI And the littlo old woman, on. sad to see-In see-In a terrible fidget and fret was she "V In a terrible fret was she! .J The little old man was cross and cold, Of For the chimney smol 1, that day, And never a thing would he do but flcotf In the most unmannerly way. -rf When the little old woman said: "Liatei to me!" -Jfl lie answered her nothing but "fiddle-'de dee!" .3m No, nothing but "fkldle-dec-dee!." -JE Then she whacked tho puggy-wug dpf she did, l As asleep on the mat ho lay; wlj And the puggy-wug dog ran off and. hMj And howled In a dismal way, For a puggy was he of spirit and prldf; And a slight like that ho iouldn't abide? lie couldn't, of course, abido. ""fSj, ' Mi Then Muffin, the kitten, said, 'Doary sati What a state of affairs is this! I must purr my very best purr. I BeeAjf Slncc everything goes amls,s!" jSfr, So Muffin, the kitten, she purred purred m; Till, at last, the little old woman sif, heard 2 ' Tho little old woman sho heard. 5pt And she smiled a smile at the Httle5 man, slJu And back he smiled again, tiSli And they both agreed on a charralpse plan JUfO. For a walk in the wind and rain. Stki Then, hand in hand, to the market tow h They went to look over the Sundla gown . wC For the coveted Sunday gown. ."fi Then the chimney drew and the rooflSi grew hot. Jpv And the puggy-wug dog and the cat ..jgii Their old-timo quarrels they quite fors$f And snuggled up close on tho mat. -fix While Muffin, the kitten, sho purred at purred, -$5 And there never was trouble again, heard No, never again. I've heard! Ellen Manly, in St. NlchoJasH