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Show , , ffail V I VISITS WITHll A Cat Party. It Is nn honored axiom that old iialds nnd cut nro tho most congenl IS'SSftW' Ml8 Tucker that fm&tMtw .l("V for th0 Cft, - fl Mmi i ' Ju8t ,lko other ' I MM li "Dra,t lho cau! ' I, Mm Wf Bcrcicil Miss IJjwjL ml Tucker one morn-' morn-' Wf 7 '"B ns 8ho oncncl I ih tm 11 cr back door 7 4 discovered that kjA 1 r Jones' cat had 5C5rr) stolen a piece ot jjF--Ci liver left by the tTVwM """ft i teller on the JStSfr -SjjJ "Drat the cats! LYS WttBn,t ""eh a Fffflf&vf&i thlng on oartnV Tt&Wft nml 11,0 lraclMo ' $j 0,d ,nrty rushed. MQ houso for the tea xBjVj tho boiling water O HltVas '"t0 th ,i,sbPan. ( Mfeil IInvlns takcn I IK j3B prcclpltato night, Tom had niado ground enough to turn safely ami roconnolter. Seeing the const clear onco moro, ho stalked ciutlously toward Miss Tucker's back door nnd was Just about to pounco upon tlio unoffending liver, when the door Biidilonly opened. Thero was a wIM swish, nnd a dory hot liquid fell In a flood' upon him I Yowling ln pain, tho cat flew over tho fenco and disappeared dis-appeared under tho Jones woodshedj Just ns llttlo Johnny Jones appeared upon tho Bccno nnd shook his fist at Miss Tucker stnudlng threateningly upon tho back ntoop. "I'll fix you for that, doggone ye," yelled Johnny,, forgetting neighborly otlquetto and civility to Ills superiors. Thnt night, after MIsb Tucker had retired, thero began n series of roost disheartening walla about hcr back stoop. Hushing down stairs, lamp In hand, sho openod tho back door. Horrors, tho stoop was covered with cats! Grabbing the broom, she pursued pur-sued tbem madly down tho path. Then sho returned, railing at tho varmints. No sooner had sho gotten Into bed again, than tho chorus, greatly accentuated, ac-centuated, began onco moro. Mercy! This tlmo It was on the front porch! Again tho maiden lady chnrged tho cats and retired, and once moro tho cata returned, After chasing thorn away four times, sho pulled the covers over hcr head In affright. Thero was something uncanny about It nil and besides a black cat with yollow oyos hod almost bowltched her In tho darkness as she struck at him with her broom. All night long In a perspiration ot fear, sho lay ln bed, her head as well as her body covered with comforters. As soon as tho first suggestion ot dawn appeared, sho got up timidly and npproachod tho porch. As bIio did so, a great tiger cat Jumped to tho ground j and flod into J.ho bushes. Cautiously opening tho door, Miss Tucker peeked through n tiny crnck onto tho liorch floor. Strewn all over tho porch was moro than a bushel of catnip. Hushing Hush-ing hurriedly to tho back stoop, she 1 found thla also covered with tho same aromatic plant. Llttlo Johnny Jones had been revenged. o o o Tlcklelnktums. It n young man tells a girl sha tt beautiful liquid eyes, sho will bo disappointed dis-appointed If ho doesn't drown In their depths. As ono writer expresses It, when ho gays her lips nro luscious, sho wants to know what ho Is going to do about it. it it it An editor paya very llttlo attcntlot to the head ot a poom. What ho is Inlorostod In is'TtaIueX , it, it ir What' matters It if you worm yoar heart at nn imaginary flro so long a you warm ItJ it ' Even tho undertaker has to be un- j dcrtnken Ja tho end. ; ' it 'it it 1 Proverbs are jonly excuses for easy editorial squibs. , it it it , : When In Homo, do tho Ilomans first. o o o Need Help. An exchange say that the people who need religion nro: The man who left n' horse slnnd out In tho cold all 4 wtn; out a -blanket on; lho man witi grow, : like a wild benst when his wife usk lam for money! the woman who is nut was' s she ought to be! the minister who " looking for an easier place and a t'W"- salary; the man who watl-s tn. siree with his hands In hi pock. ts. while ms wife carries the baby; the man vim keeps a dog and say ho can't att 10 take the .home paper. |