From: sgrimm@dimensional.com   
      
   "Chris Mark"  wrote in message news:200309   
   6140020.10900.00000178@mb-m12.aol.com...   
   > Well, I'll take you fellers word for it that it is gospel.   
      
   I don't think anyone said it was "gospel".  It is a "yarn" as you stated and   
   should be taken as such.  If you read both versions of   
   the story there are differences in the details.  In one version, after the   
   wagon tipped and the cats scattered, Phatty rounded up   
   the cats with food....the other version said he solicited the help of miners.    
   Also, the largest sum of money was $25 in one version   
   and $30 dollars in the other.   In a tale, these differences will happen.    
   While getting that kind of money for a cat is certainly   
   possible based on supply and demand, I don't sweat the small stuff when it   
   comes to a fanciful story.  Details are important in   
   history, it's the 30,000 foot view for yarns.... at least for me.   
      
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