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Cook The Cat.
“Please, sir, there’s nothing in the house to eat,” said Brown’s landlady.
“How about the fish I sent in?”
“Please, sir, the cat ‘ave eat them.”
“Then there’s some cold chicken –”
“Please, sir, the cat –”
“Wasn’t there a tart of some sort?”
“Please, sir, the cat –”
“All right, I must do with the cheese and –”
“Please, sir, the cat –”
“Then d— it, cook the cat, and let’s have all at once.”
– [Exchange.
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Texas) Apr 14, 1883
