uder as before, and I say to mine vife all de cats in de city bin
come on the shtep-valk fon mine lager bier saloon; dey squall like
hoonerd dyvels, and I try more to shcat dem vay. But it was no goot; dey
shquall--I cannot say to you so bad as dey shquall. Mine vife say dere
bin a tunder-shower fon cats; ven I lie in mine bed and shtand it so
long as I can, I jump up und shwear dat I shoots all de cats in de
vorld; I dakes mine bistol and runs de shtairs down, but I bin so mad,
und I go so quick, dat I falls the shtairs over, und in a minute finds
mine head knock on de vall, my right hand in some Schweitzer cheese, de
oder in de shpit-box, und von foot in de big ice-pitcher; so soon as I
can gits up and goes to de door und opens it, I goes on de shtep-valk,
und mine foot shlips, and I falls down on mine back, and breaks all de
bones in mine body; I feels mine hand on de shtep-valk, and I find it
bin all covered mit soft soap; I dries to raise mineself, but I bin so
heavy dat I down falls before I get up; yust den mine vife come and help
me, and bulls me fom de shtep-valk in de door; ve do not hear de cats
den, und so ve goes to de beds again; so soon as ve lie down I hears de
cats so vorse as de oder time--I hears notings but cats; I never was so
much afraid except vonce ven a lager bier barrel fly in bieces; I goes
to de vindow and I dinks I hear dem on de awning, und I gets out; yust
den de cats shtop, but I say I vill find vere dey bin on de awning; I
valk along und my foot trips on some shtrings, and ven I fall I hear one
loud cat-shquall dat fright me so dat I dinks I bin fall on more as
dhree hoonered cats; ven I can get up I feels on de shtrings, und I
valks till I finds a box; I brings de box to de vindow; Katrina gets de
lamp und dere ve find in de long vood shoe-box seven cats vat vas fixed
dis way: seven notch holes vas cut in de side de box, and de cats was
put in de box mit deir heads shtick out de holes; on de oder side de box
was seven leetle notch holes vere vas de cats' dails, und a shtring vas
tie to all de cats' dails; I know dat de cats come not in de box by
demselves, und so I look to see vere vas de boys; I comes de shtairs
down again, goes on de shtep-valk so soft as I can, and I finds vere de
strings comes down fom de awning; I keeps hold de shtring till I find
it come to a big sugar hogshead by de next house, and dere I find dese
boys; yust den I say 'Vatch!' and de boliceman comes and dakes de bo