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The Catted Anarchist |
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Title: The Catted Anarchist Author: Ambrose Bierce [More Titles by Bierce] An Anarchist Orator who had been struck in the face with a Dead Cat by some Respector of Law to him unknown, had the Dead Cat arrested and taken before a Magistrate. "Why do you appeal to the law?" said the Magistrate--"You who go in for the abolition of law." "That," replied the Anarchist, who was not without a certain hardness of head, "that is none of your business; I am not bound to be consistent. You sit here to do justice between me and this Dead Cat." "Very well," said the Magistrate, putting on the black cap and a solemn look; "as the accused makes no defence, and is undoubtedly guilty, I sentence her to be eaten by the public executioner; and as that position happens to be vacant, I appoint you to it, without bonds." One of the most delighted spectators at the execution was the anonymous Respector of Law who had flung the condemned. [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |