Wildcat Eats Wildcat.
Savage brutes shipped from California in the same cage have a falling out by the way-A case of assimilation.
A 50-pound Wildcat, with a split eye lid, and fresh battle scars about its body, was the survivor of a catfight. The Wildcats were forwarded by W. D. Gambel, of Wells, Fargo & Com. express at Chicago, and forwarded to its consignee in Ohio by Erie train No. 12.
Mr. Gamble averred that as a matter of fact there were really two in the cage, although only one is visible. The other, he said, was somewhere within the innermost recesses in the disreputable-looking beast, who looked viciously over his shoulder. Tufts of grey fur was strewn about the floor of the cage and the whiskers of its occupant seemed to bear out his statement.
“The cats previous to assimilation were entrusted to Mr. Gambel’s care at Kansas City. He was there assured that the animals had traveled together from Fall Brook, Cal., in peace and harmony. A pair of turtle doves was ugly and quarrelsome alongside of them pretty and purring critters,” said the retiring messenger, and Gamble believed him.
How the difficulty arose Gamble cannot tell, but an hour out of Kansas City there was a sudden “phhtt” from the cage that made him overbalance in his chair and roll over on the floor. When he got up he noticed that his pets were crouching in opposite corners of the cage, their ears laid back and their bob tails twitching nervously. he also noticed that there didn’t seem to be as much solidity in the structure in which they were confined as he would have liked. So he hastened to poke some beef in between the bars as a diversion. He had no sooner done this then the cats came together with a thud of extreme suddenness, and two yowls that made his blood drop 15 degrees in temperature. He would have left the car right there, only that he scorned to leave his post. He would also have been compelled to descend from the top of the safe to get to the door, so he drew his revolver with trembling hands and rising hair and awaited developments. Every minute the combats struck the bars of the cage with such force that it made them quiver. The fight lasted over an hour. When at last the haggard messenger left his post and cautiously approached the cage to investigate there was only one cat left.
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