The Slum Cat 
Black, but he retreated a thirty-second of an 
inch, and the Yellow Warrior closed and 
clinched like a demon. 
Oh, how they rolled and bit and tore, espe- 
cially the Yellow One! 
How they pitched and gripped and hugged, 
but especially the Yellow One! 
Over and over, sometimes one on top, some- 
times another, but mostly the Yellow One; and 
farther till they rolled off the roof, amid cheers 
from all the windows. ‘They lost not a second 
in that fall to the junk-yard; they tore and 
clawed all the way down, but especially the 
Yellow One. And when they struck the ground, 
sull fighting, the one on top was chiefly the 
Yellow One; and before they separated both 
had had as much as they wanted, especially 
the Black One! He scaled a wall and, bleed- 
ing and growling, disappeared, while the news 
was passed from window to window that Cay- 
ley’s Nig had been licked at last by Orange 
Billy. 
Either the Yellow Cat was a very clever 
seeker, or else Slum Kitty did not hide very 
hard; but he discovered her among the boxes, 
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