Show DEAD CAT HAD THIRST Was a Wonderful Animal and Absorbed a Whole Demijohn hn of Whisky I I I The rhe fame of ne camps cat had spread RO so rapidly that people came from all parts of oC Brooklyn to see ee the tho big white cat that had a Il snow mans man's face race marked ed upon its back hack The Tho cat was vas born with the peculiar mark The only black spots on the cat were grouped so that the they resembled two eyes a n nose and a laughing lau mOIn mo mouth mOh Kh KhIn h In a human caricature But this Was Mas not the only peculiar thing about Kuh- Kuh ne ne-kamp's cat Its owner a saloon keeper got ot the tho cat from a Il sailor allor who staggered Into the 8 saloon one d day a n. few years n ago o and said that sailor pallor I the cat could talk The had trained the cat to perform many tricks and was not long long- longIn In convincing the saloon-keeper saloon that the cat could really le So the saloon-keeper saloon paid 10 for Cor it it The cat died a a. few days ago and thereby thereby thereby there there- by hangs a cats cat's tale I tink she ed herself ml Writ t acid explained the saloonkeeper sa sa- saloonkeeper loon-keeper loon to those who called to Inquire Inquire in inquire In- In quire about It I r noticed so far bath back backas as Labors Labor's day she had s ex- ex on her mind because she would not talk tall at all to del barbers barber's cat next loom door Aint it Bross Dots right replied the barberIn barberIn barber In rn maim mah opinion chimed the negro Janitor Jack dat ere cat Jest eat cat herself herself her her- self to death She certainly did love ham For awhile Mr 11 Kuh kamp were kind o 0 o 0 me But Dut I told him I seen dat cat open de e Icebox door wi her own paws and dat aint no lie He And he said elf she could cut d dat l ham as smooth as I could cut It She were 1 all right said Bross for tor when she came on my barber shop I vere yore a at dinner m my man barber harber all alldor allder del dor time dot she took der cigars out of oC der er case She certainly certain were a n right smart cat added the negro nero But only said ne Kuh-ne-kamp what hat hatI I cant can't understand Is ho how a n cat cal can open a box o of sardines a n. can- can opener Most every morning Tack Jack ere verc cleaning up dot cat would open a a. couple of boxes of sardines for her breakfast Yes chimed In Harry the bartender bartender bar har- tender and that cat could drink like a fish Many times I found the suc sue suction suction tion hose attached to the whisky barrel barrel barrel bar bar- rel in the cellar when no one was there but Jack and the cat And Jack once saw her tugging tugging- at the end of oC the hose hose Data cata eata eatn mya ma shoelace too said Joe the Italian bootblack I looka my stan one daya shoelace gone Me no car cant buta huta wha he maka I use for sho shoelace lace He lIe gota Sta no shoe Data funny cata cats You think so 50 Yes Yen and everybody hodr else thinks think so replied the bartender She could stand standon I on en her hind legs loga and walk around th the rn room m and she could sit up and CI cry like a ti bah balm baby Ah she sho could drink out nut of a glass Ins InsI b by holding hollIn it In her paws she could I waltz to music when the organ grind ers era came around she he could do a somersault somersault somer somer- omerI sault she could stand on one leg lep- she I could Juggle a L ball buH In the air all and pretend pretend pre pre- tend to be bo dead when asked to perform that trick but she Is la dead earl now and I 1 think rom someone has poisoned her When hen henI I I came to open the place th the other morning I found Cound poor Minnie dead upon upon up ur- on the floor I Veil said ne kamp she vont ont eat eal der del rolls roils und drink del der milk is left for der people upstairs no more V hat And another thing 3 added d d' d Fred laden Eden den one o of the saloons saloon's patrons she sho wont won't look over my hand in a game and tip off orr the double trump cards I hold will she Bross No replied the barber harber und she wont won't no more sit on der del bowers in der Bucher game too I yonder vonder if it she go on heaven asked ne Kuh Ve cant can't tell ten hen she Bhe got a Il soul aint it Wen Well said eald Bart I if if she possessed a I it roust rust have been a sow Bowl of or a a. wan wan o of them Foort They tell ten me the o of Buddhists go Into animals an and if there Ivor Iver dies a Buddhist his turn up In a 0 delicatessen store do mit der cat Vat Yat I have got ot to asked aske ne Kuh-ne-kamp wiping a tear from his check cheek have to bury It said the crowd In n a chorus And AnI I if ye e want luck added OReilly ye bury a gallon dem dem- dem John of good whisky be beside It In the back yard and leave It here during the period of o mourning which is 15 four our hours It'll take away av it Dots Dols right added the barber I heerd like dot from my gran yerman Den I bury it t now remarked Kuh- Kuh ne The crowd went Into the rear yard and lInd helped the saloon keeper to dig the grave They The waited until Kuh no had placed the demijohn of or whisky on the grave and then all returned to the saloon A few minutes later Kuh was busy at the bar OReilly went into in o When hen he the yard with Ith a new spade returned returned he had a bulky package under his coat He took It Into the barber shop hop next door The b barber provided the glasses The crowd sat around and seemed to enjoy the cats cat's w wake ke Wh When n the wako wake I was over OReilly was seen at work ml n. n burying an empty demijohn in tho the t grave rae of o the cat 1 The following day the crowd again assembled In the saloon OReilly told Kuh kamp that the twenty four I hours of mourning were were- over and anti he hI could reclaim the demijohn of whisky The saloon keeper went vent Into th the yard rard and dug up the demijohn i Dots empty he said a dead cat can drink like dot clot It makes me feel fed like I am a damn fool I Aint Ain t It it And Aral the crowd said it was was New New York Correspondence Chicago Inter Ocea Ocean n. n |