Archie and Mehitabel Author:Don Marquis Don Marquis first introduced archie, the cockroach, and mehitabel, a cat in her ninth life, in his newspaper column, "The Sun Dial," in 1916. In a previous incarnation, archie was a free-verse poet while mehitabel's soul belonged to Cleopatra. She is toujours gai, but archie is more philosophical. It is he who records their songs and observat... more »ions on the boss's typewriter late at night. But he is not strong enough to make capital letters so it all comes ot lower case,« less