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March 18, 1882.
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m THE WITCH’S BLACK CAT. 1-
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Once there lived 1111 0111 xvileh, one Dmne Kill V1311
1 t‘ ‘I4
A hi-1011115 0111 thing i11:1 stee11le-er1)xx'11e1l hat‘
And she wore, hesides, 11 x'11l11111i111111s e:111,
W'ith :1 very full er11wn 111111 :1 wide, (11111hle1l1111.
She 111111 1-11111111 green eyes,
01' 111111311111 size;
‘W111 121 hook in her nose, 111111 a C1"()<‘11( in her chin,
And between the two he-1' 111o11th went i11.
I11 short, on t11e whole, I think y011:11i1l I
Wi1l:1greetl1:1t she11111sth:1vel1ee11:111 11111 guy.
“'el1, sl1(11ix‘e11:111:111111e
I11 1111111150 <>t'11er 11w11 ;
01', 111-.rI1:111s, I s111)111111111t1.-1 11-11)‘ 14111‘ thute
I 111e:111, 1111 :xl1111e with 111-1' g1'1..1t l1l:1e1:1-:11.
And the ere:-t l1111ek out w11s11x'1>:111, I 111-1-l:1re,
The (‘111 :1111l the wit1-.11xxe1-e:1 1i11ely-1111111-11011 1711ir.
’l'111‘i1-eyt-.5 were 1111111
A1111 their 51111110, I wt-1-.11,
“'21-: the Very worst s111i11- tl111t eVe1'xx11s
A1111s11 wellish111111;-111111t t111-1-.11tox'1-11 11 ,
'1'1121tshe grew 11111r1-,11111l11111re torest-1111111-111111l11111e,
Till the iieiglihora-111ee111re1l4wit11 wl111t truth I e:111't
tell-
’l'11:1t 1111- wit1-11’s 1112191: 1-111 w11.-1:1 witch us well.
111111-1-11, it we '1111w11, wl1e11 the two were unt
ilikillf
That 1111-, 1:1-1-11t l1111ek 1-11t11i1l 1111>sto1‘the t:1lki11rr.
A1111 1111- 1e1'1-11r 111' 1111 the e01111try11l11111t
W1-1'1-. 1111: xx 111-11 111111 the cut. When t11e txx-11w111ked
1111t,
The folks said, “'I‘l1:1t 11111 witt-11 11‘
A11d11 gri1111111l11 5111: 1111- the 111
Sueh11111111-1111511111 11111111,
With her e11t 111111 her 111111111,
t‘1111111 hy 1111 111e:111.< I11-.11,-1111111,
.V111' 111-1111x‘e :14 >111->'I11111111.
The wieketl 11111 witch 11111y g;ri1111e1l witl1 delight;
.-111111111.-1-11t 1 x'e111111w
.11111- 1.111111-111-1111-1,
As ifit w<111111s ‘ “S1-1‘ve'1-.111right!”
The 1':1r111ers 111-1-1111-1-11, “'I‘1111t 11111 witch should be
111
They s1111-. 1111y 1-1111-1-11, “ '1‘11:1t 1‘.11t's 1101.-k sh-.111 be
w1'1111-4-1
1-‘e1't111:1-1111<1:1>t'1l1e11111 witt-11's111:1;;i1‘., 1111 (l1111l1t,
Is that 541-eztt 111111-k1'-ts111-is 111-x'1-r with1111t.
A “'11(‘1i 11:1s111111-1xx'11r wit1111111 :1l11:1e1;1-.111;
Every se1111111-l1111-is1111st1-111-111111ght11k1111wt1111t.
Ifthe eat-1113131111-111.111y. 111'1-,111lrsl‘71 to x':111ish,
Our fears of the xx itvh xx e 1111.-;ht 1‘-1 ly l1:111iah!"
>111I11e 111-if,-'l1l111r<11:11l ;.;r11111l)1e(1,
A1111 11111-11111111-1111111111111-11,
Tlirertts-111f:1 x-1-111:1-11111-13711111-1;, 1lire11111l deep
T1111t w1111l11 111111111-11s11111e 11i-zht xxht-.11 the 11111“
were 11311-1.-11 ;
A1111 xx-1111111 1-.111-1-, the 111111-1; out of such despe-
17110 ways‘,
Thut xx-1111111 (-1111 with the ri1'ergperl1u11.-1 in :1
11111711).
1‘111ttl11-y1-1111111 1111t:1g1'1.-11
“'h11t tl1e gr1-111 1-.11re 1-1111111111 he.
Till once, :1t11 1111-eting, held with gm-:11 i11di1;n:1>
ti1111,
A genius‘: 11st-, wit11 Lhix' wise1111serV:1ti1111:
“ W111-1-e11s, 1111 1l1e 1111w(:r of the wicked V1111
$111111,
A111lth1- e1111s1-. e1'1111r 1.r111111l1-,lies-i11tl1el1l:111k1-:11,
The rt-.111e11y S1-e111x 11t 1111(-.12 511111111.‘ 111111 right
Nelle111111111-11111wi1e11,but11111111111‘ll1rt1-11111-I1ilI-."‘
--'l‘11 11:11:11 the e:1t w hilel“ erietl the 11e11111e.
Zls[11tlII111'I1,
The 1111-117;,-1-111111, yet si111111e-the meeting 1:11:1-
1111111111-11.
S1111-,t111l:11-e:11111l1lwit1-11 is :1 11:111;:er1111s thing;
:1-11111111511’ 11r111-.1-.1-11111-,1:11'11l's111-1-1; 111 wring.
(II'y1111'11t1')'i1,y1111‘11 knew
'l'11:1t11‘l1:11 I
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l’o1-ri11-.- H11-111t11i1y r11111111, 111111 1111-1:11.111 .x111111111 111:
1-1L-:1r.
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'1'111111t 01111011111111-1: .-1111111-11-111111 11.111-.
.11111,:ras11i11-.::1111111-111111111: x1i111 1'1-1:1111111-1111111111-.
P1111111 -1 111111 wi111:1I11xgtI1:1txx'11<11--1 1'1-1-1x-111::
1111- :1-1-1111-11 111-tix'1- 1-111111-.:h 1-1 11111k1- 1111 1111- 11- 1111-.
A111111r11111111-11,111111-1111111111-:1,1111131111--11-1i1111x1-1-11-4.
“<111i1'1;. 11-1 11 111‘
“11:1,1111w!"('.1'ied the pt-111110.
1111110
(‘o111e, ;;:1111er r11111111 r]11s1-11x>-:11171-111-I1-1-x-1-1-y11111-.
A1111 K001! 11r1-1‘i1111s s11;1r11w11t1-11 t11:11 1111- 111.11-11' 1-111
111111't r1111;
‘--1-111.1 .1111; 1111- 11111111 1.11 -1111. .1111.
For,11111111111-<e.s11e'I111-211111-11111-1111111':111:1111-1-,
A1111st1-11;;11-111111 111.1111.111-1111:11.-11.-1-.11-1.11111-1-.
“I11-1-1-. '1-.1.11,1.1111-11111- 111-11111; 1-1-11.1-1-11-1-.1111-111111-1,
11:1)‘1111-11:1i11l1111s1111111-1;1I1.1l 11111 I11-1-1111-11111111111-r
W1111111k1111xx I11-1. 114.1-
'1‘111-111.-11-111-:1111111111111111-1"
'1‘h1- 11115411111-111-11x11.1x1y.:111 1111-11, 11111 ,-11-131111;,
w1111111111;.1-11 111111111-.111-11-11111;
-1i11e1 111111111-411.11-1;;
1-111-1-1-11.-1.11 11.-.11-1111p 111xl1:111i11x.
1111111111111-111111-1,11:1111;
111’ 11111.11- 111.11 111-1-11 >1-111-111 :11 1111- 1-141 1111-11 x11-r1-
1.-1ki11u. ‘
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-- us 1-1.1111 51111:, W11-11 A 11111 5111 1141111111 TOM AKI1 swoon 1-1-:1-1:11.“
A1111 t111-,1-1111:-1-,, sure as 111111, 111 0111111 evil :11111tr1111l11c1V
Is this 1'1-i-.1,h11'111 0111 xx it1-11, 111111 her w1t1:l1-like
111111111111"
8111111 1111‘ 111i<1'11rt11111-S1111-x’1:ry 111-s1’ri11ti1111,
'1‘h:1l 11111111011011111f:1r111-1-111-11111-11:1rl(11‘11r kil1'h1-11-
11 1111-111-111111-r1111w11H s1111il1-1l,11rtl1e1:11xx'st11k1111si
1t't111- 1- 111 5111111111 t11r11s11111-, 11r t11e1111r.x-11 give :1
1111 ,
lfthe ehil1lre11 got l111rt, 11r t11r-l11111s1-wi1'1- 1111111-l1ills,
Or the stove w1111l1l11‘t11r11w<:111y1)11e of 1111-Se ills-
“'1-,r1-11seril11-11 hyt11e11e1)11le, wl11-111-Vet‘ they 0.111111-,
T11 th:1t xvieke11 l1l:11-k 1-.:1t111111 t11:1txxi1:11e11 0111 11111116.
B11ti1'111r- (11111-.11 11111111-re11,
01‘ even 1.111-1-111$ utterotl,
B111 t11 $111111 just 111111"-w.-1y hetwixt one thing and
1‘111111-r,
‘N111 (11 11111111 the 11111 1x-111-11, 1111t her 1111wer tn
s1111'1t111-r,
11s1‘1-1111'-111111111-1111111.
A111l1111-1'111l,x, 111111111111.
Resx>lve1l, “T11 111- 1111111-..iI‘ we 1111.<si11ly can 1''
N1111111- V1-ry 11:11-11 11i:11tr--
W111-111111-111111111. i11:11'rig111,
11111111-r 1'1-11-1-‘111i11 the 1-l111111.<1 111111 '1w:1-1 very 111111
xx r-:1I111-r %
T11e111-,1111l1-11111-1- 11111r1- wt-r1-:1<s1-1111111-11 1111:1-1111-r.
Ry[xx-1151111111l1y1hre1-A (1-11111 1':1r 111111 ['r11111 111-:1r,
T111-11' e:11111- with 111111 1-11111i1111:11111 M11111: little four,
.s-1111111 1'1-11-r,
“'h(-11 1111- 11.11 .xI11111111s11111-1-r.1- 11111, 111111 :1x11-1-
11111-1111111-1-1 111-1-.
"111-1'1-Ix’ 111-1' 111-: 1"‘ ‘-N11xx1'
111111 :1 1x11:
(‘111111-1111111-k 1-11111 111' 1111111-11111-111-11 .-1111-111' 111-1'
11111-1'.
A11111l11-r>11111-111111-1-At11tl11-1-1111..1'111-1-1:111,
Ag11i11- “'111-11 :1 1111x11 (11:11 11111111- x11-11111<1
111-:11-11.11.1111.
“'1111 111111111111
.x11111-111111-111.111-1-111111-1-111111.-111.111211-1-.11.,.1.1.1 .
A 11-11 [11:11 >1-1-1111-11 1-1-1111111,;-'1'1'1111111111111111111:111111
11-11,
1111111-11111-111111 :1 11r1-.ke111-1- 11111.-'1 fl’i21111‘111111x1-.1,
I11tl11-ir111i1I.<111'11r11111- 1111111111. 5111- x1111u11(Ix'111
V1111 N11-11111
“'ith1151-11111,1111111111-111-11111111111:1111-1-I1111-111111-
(-111.
’1‘l11-11a--111!" 'l‘11111-1-111-11111111111-11 1111-11111 111111-
s111'11111.', ‘
“'it11, “A11:1)' 1" '['11lI11- 11r1111111xli1-11 1111- 1111-11-11’
1-111 1111111-11111:.
'l'111'. :11‘1-1-11'.11111111311111--:1i1'l
'1'111-1 - 1.11.111-7111.1 11111-11-.
A111l11x t11ll11w .111 111111! W111 1-1-Ix 1111- 1111111 xx 1111
W1-11111 11111-1-2’
And W111-1111-1-1110 1‘111'th 111111 11111-111-11111111night
A1111 sxx111l111x1-1l 11111 11111: 111-. xx111-1111-r 1111-11-
tliuht
“'11s 1111 thr1111:11 1111- :11 .1111'1111-.111 1111- 1-]111111.<,
11111111' x'i1-w,
The felks 111-1-1-r 171111111 11111. 1111)‘ 11111r1- 1111111
3-1111.
lint wh:1t 11111t11-1-‘.’ ’1'11t-.1’ went. 111111 1111- w:11 111'
tl11-irg11i11:
1111111(1-r.<A1111 1li1111'1 (‘:ll‘O, 111111 111111 1111 1111-1111s 11f
11111111-1113;;
l<‘11r, 11111-r the 1111-01111: got 11x'(=ri1<fri:11t, ’
111111111111-11111-111111 111111111"111lj1111r111-11t'111-1111-111x111,
1-111111111110 felt, 111-rl1:111s, 1111111-11>‘ 111-'11 x-111x111-11
’l‘1111tt111-y‘1lsne11 the tw11 xx-111-11111-s I11-,11111111u.1; their
ri11e.
Tlmy wt-r11 11111110, 111111 was 11111111,
13111911 r1->111111-11 111-1' 111i111 r1-1:11.
A1111 the t'z1r111:-r.-1 111-111 11111 x-1-x1-11 xx-i111 witchcrntl
:1g:1in.
'1‘111‘yhn11 111111111 11111 tl11-1-11r1-.
1-‘11r:1 wit1-11, switt 111111 sure.
A1111 111-rt-11111-r the xx-111-111-s 111 111111 1111111 were fewer.
If