[Illustration: KATS.]
If a kat iz killed in the fall ov the year, and thrown over the stun
wall into yure nabors lot, and lays thare all winter under a sno bank,
and dont thaw out in the spring, and keeps quiet during the summer
months, and aint missing when winter sets in agin, I have alwus sed,
that, '_that kat_,' waz ded, or waz playing the thing dredful fine.
Speaking ov kats, mi opinyun iz, and will continue to be, that the
old-fashioned kaliko-coulered kats iz the best breed for a man ov
moderate means, who haint got but little munny to put into kats.
They propugate the most intensely, and lay around the stove more regular
than the Maltese, or the brindle kind.
The yeller kat iz a fair kat, but they ain't reliable; they are apt tew
stay out late nights, and once in a while git on a bad bust.
Blak kats hav a way ov gitting on the top ov the wood-house when other
folks hav gone tew bed, and singing dewets till their voices spile, and
their tails swell till it seems az tho they must split.