Show THE CAT CAME IN I 1 it the of hie old musician who conic hack hants why of course I 1 bellevo in them said hoara to a group of congenial bohemians crowded around tho lunch counter about midnight theres a hant now and he pointed to a big black cat which stealthily its way in tho door and under a table out of alio t which his eyes glowed red and green that cats a biant and a mascot all in one one stormy night about four yeara ago ho camo inhere and hes never been away binco there used to bo an old musician who visited every night steady for years he used to in hollow eyed and haggard he never said a word but laid down bis money got his bracer old tom gin always tho same and went ou bis way tho timo tho cat camo in tho night man noticed that tho old musician appeared it was a stormy night too just about this time the wind bowled and moaned and tho lightning flashed in red ribbons while tho thunder cracked like tho guns of bastio and reverberated in a boom that mado all tho dishes in tho ahonso rattle it was a bad night too dismal by far for people to bo out in everybody was bitting around tho stove talking just as the clock was striking 12 air frazee expressed wonder that the old man meaning tho musician come in at that moment tho big black cat camo in and took his place by tho stove and borer uttered a meow and lies never been away since and more than that ho never bleeps if that cat should go to sleep I 1 tho house would fall down in aghilo ho gets a little bit sick and then everything goes wrong but alio part of alio story is that tho old musician never camo back two days later ho was pulled out of the river dead he roust have jumped in alio bamo night that cat camo I 1 tho spirit of that old man is in that cat what makes me believe so la that as soon as a band passes that door playing that cat makes for the river as fast as ho can tear ho goes away tho mucio ia hoard and bo tarry when lie what ho goes to tho river for I 1 dont know perhaps it was music that drove tho old man crazy ive heard como musio that would drive anybody so florida times union |