I got a mighty good reason to keep this cat, Sam.

You'll see." "Well, why don't you--" Sam was interrupted by n vehement appeal from the stable.

"Oh, we're comin'!" he shouted.

"We got to bring our cat in its cage, haven't we ?" "Listen, Herman," Penrod called absent-mindedly.

"Bring us some bricks, or something awful heavy to put on the lid of our cage, so we can carry it without our good ole cat pushin' the lid open." Herman explained with vehemence that it would not be right for him to leave the stable upon any errand until just restorations had been made.
He spoke inimically of the cat that had been the occasion of his loss, and he earnestly requested that operations with the clothes-prop be resumed in the cistern.