nd emphatic howl at the
word "law."

"I know the law!" howled the other, and then cried, "Neow, give me
mine."

"'Tis mine!" howled the first.

"You lie!" drawled the other, and then asked in the same tone loud and
emphatic:--

"Who made the law?" and the first replied in a prolonged undertone.

"Who broke the law?" he then asked, to which they both sharply replied,
and clinched in a rough fight, screaming, "You an' I, you an' I! Spit!
spit! Meow! meow!" and there was a roll and tumble, and scratch, and a
howl, and the air was filled with dust and flying fur.

When their fight was over both were scratched and bruised and sore, and
blood oozed from their wounded ears. Each felt ashamed of himself, and
stole away and hid in the hay-mow, and spent the forenoon smoothing out
his ruffled fur and dressing his aching wounds.

The next day they met again and decided to leave their case to Judge
Jacko, a venerable monkey, who lived in the adjoining shed. Judge Jacko
was an African by birth, but in early life he was stolen by a wicked
sailor from the land of palms and cocoanuts and sold into slavery to a
travelling showman, with whom he wandered over many countries and
learned the manners and customs of the people. He was a careful observer
of all he saw done, and hence he acquired a great amount of information.
Those who would learn rapidly should be careful observers of all that
goes on around them; knowledge obtained by observation is generally of
more value than that obtained from books.

When Jacko had become advanced in years he was fortunate enough to have
a permanent home with his master, who had also retired from the
travelling show business. In his quiet home he had a chance to meditate
on what he had learned, and he became so wise that everybody called him
Judge Jacko.

When the cats presented their case, he put on his wig and spectacles as
emblems of his judgeship, and procured the pantry scales in which to
weigh the cheese. They sat quietly down before him and anxiously awaited
his decision.

He broke the cheese in two parts and placed a lump in each end of the
scale.

"This lump outweighs the other," said he, "justice must be done. I will
bite off enough to make them equal," and so he took the lump out and
nibbled at it a long time, and when he put it in the scale the opposite
end was the heavier; and he took out that lump and bit off a large piece
to make it equal to the other. Thus he continued to e