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Show -A--J TOLD pBilii ... e Black Cat BlBf (SBb-o-o-w on ' shrieked I ho black Hfcome on over fellcra an' girls, IHyo a duo lunch gratia Willi me JMmllk enough to elinwn In" he 'fellers mine, a goodly ns-o ns-o of grlmulkln nrlstncrncy. A8 cllnw I,ou from the llit-in llit-in the tnrner, minus a tall nml i I'cppcr nnd-tfalt 1' te, a no-gal! no-gal! mt the focus of fully half nc scandil Hint ranged the irds of Hit1 neighborhood, and ,lz who was lately seen Willi-air Willi-air of rntclllto kittens Itcsldes tle crew then were other rata u shidc anil more or lcn re-Itllv. re-Itllv. They scratched up to tlio the fene ami tumble l mer, Ij trciellng Hie emnlum lied served m a garden, and llnilly In u lapping ilirlc nrouud the i,nl of milk oor which Hlack ersldul with nugtist liopinllt npplng ceased not through Uck g lather because of It, and .eniiiit glilng out of the supply Then White I.lz spoke up In put suburb in tone She slanged nil) smithereens, Thninis' 'they en enguged once, and after the meat was broken she nlwnvs dm Thomas), how on earth did ippen' Two weeks ago jou firound looking like a cidavet on dlsipieaied While we are Ing whit In blue b!u7cs Iccnme Wm4iPJ - o a Dairy Lunch With Me." jou turn up without wainlnr. the comer butchei and as will inert lias Ilrldget iclented" ehes gone," said Tom, trluui-. trluui-. Then ho turned to tho listen-oup listen-oup "You hnvo all doubtless of the waj Hildget tre ited mo lie folks our folks -left fm thu e. Why, the last words of lien. I'll our youngest were Take Tom. Ilrldget, and see that he for nothing ' And that hypo, miss of mlBnamed liuollli,eiieo ilandlj, 'Yls miss' liei veiy ,'ls, miss' They lift tho house ere scarcely at the cornir when nfounded bit of Imbeillltj ' Wthat again," lnuiniptc.il Pep. M-Hnlt I'ele, whose early strug-H strug-H existent o had Inttifeied ie-HB'hls ie-HB'hls eduentlon. "If that a ling. BHIon t snvvj" '" Biui"t"B'" cnor"Re1 tl10 rct. gi about to remark," sild jiiaek Tom with line scorn, 'the fnmlly had srairely left when thit concentrated atom of Inaptitude ripped the ribbon from my ncik. klckel me, turned mo out of doors without ceremony and warned me that "If ye lcr show jer black ellvll face agin yell be Imng'd, su je will ' "I went. My Bufferings nn be better Imagined than described Th Ink of m "Jumped In and Hid Myself." creeping about In tho licit nnd nln: I who hid known nothing hut coddling nnd luxury from the dij I first saw the light In that ery cellar W-e-l-l, she mij havo thmnn me out, but she was not rid of me I ill earned of my revenue K-r-r-r o-v-e-n-go o1" "Solinds like u dime novel," suggested suggest-ed cllow Lou, "I'stt'" thin from White I.lz, who was Interested In the nbsorptton Then she nddid ' Somo folks do i.ot know how to behave In decent snsslety Dash my bulwarks, that may be all right on the turner s iloon, but cut It out when jou nie a RiieBt In th1 brown front row. Chop It, Do It at,ln and jou will be Invited In-vited to rcsoom jour station on tho file cscarc," Thinks," said Tom. Then ho went on. ' W-o-l-l I wntilied and waited nnd waited nnd watched l.very nlkht I took up mi station bick of the kitchen window. Hut, bless ou, theio was not much to re sein Ilrldget was llvlrg In stjlo mil bad mocd up to the fund-ly'B fund-ly'B apartments bo I found tho old secret pissigo tluough tho toal bin nnd I roinied nnd linunted the place nights. It was almost ton miuli to bear to ireep llko a common burglar where I hud a perfect right One night I ran across my own llttlo bluo uishion lying on tho nursery floor, and I almost cried. "lho sights I saw I shall never forget, for-get, If I lho to end out my ninth existence ex-istence My hair almost turned gra. "To begin with, Ilrldget planted an Immigrant lolonj right unlcr our loof. I Two fenialo cousins onuplod misses' I bedroom Ilrldget herself slept In Miss IMythes boudoir, light In the blid's-ovo blid's-ovo maple bedstead 8ho used everything every-thing she could lay her bands on Thoy nlo their meals (seven a daj) In the bnclt parlor. And such meals! Ico cream and slues who a continuous perfoimanre. Tried spring thicken was n staple. Aspiingus, ciullllowei nnd oilier hothouse rm lilts become, dally necessities Of courso tho trades-piopln trades-piopln welt- In tho deal. With my own eaia I heard Ilrldget caution the grocer boy to Hit It all on tho Mny bill ex-ccpt ex-ccpt butler untl snlt and cmtme.il "ho nutters went-from bid to woise. Ae had nn average of threo fettd a week You ma bo suio there 1 I H "Tuinatl Me Out of Doors Without Cciemony," was a plethora of miscullnlty nil cousins cous-ins Wo entertained the district leader, two captilns and three electric cir conductors con-ductors of undisputed weilth All of this time I was plmnlng my little plans. Difficulties beset me on cery band. "How could I communlcaln with our folks? In a general way 1 knew they were nt Iong llrinrh but wlnt specific roof sheltered them 1 did not know. And If I did? Of course. I have often heard the master referrel to on''bnite' Tho missis, with like eonnublnl out-spokcnness,I out-spokcnness,I have often heard inlled. 'an old cot,' but of couise I am nwnio that that Is playful and melnphorical, and that they do not understand u word of our linguago. "At Inst I hit upon a plan. It wns a desperate chance, but an only chance When I bid tho details nil nrranged I stnrvcd mjself not ery dlflltult under un-der tho circumstances until I wns hut a shadow of my former saturnine sleekness sleek-ness " Hero Yellow Lou nlsed a skeptic il evebion, but wns stured Into silence by White Liz ' Tor ten dnys," continued Tom, "I did not eat a bite. At last one tliy, when Ilrldget was picking tho wash hampir that mntlo weekly excursions to and from tho seashore, I Jumped In nnd hid mvself, and allowed mjself to suffer tho agonies of transportation Of tho express companies tho less said tho better. I was pulled and hauled, jerked and miulcd, hammered nnd shoved until un-til I felt llko an untlnned boneless ham doing through tho Nlagira whirlpool Is ildlng on nn nspbnlt pavement com-paiod com-paiod to my trip When I had about given up hope of ever seeing daylight again wo reached tho hotel. With Joy unbounded I heard Ilcssle's olcc-'Open olcc-'Open tho basket, ma." Then I fainted. 'When I enmo to I wns In llesslos lap, her arms about my neck. 'I know,' sho sild. with amazing perspicacity, 'Hildget his been a brute, and ho has come all the way down hero to tell us about It. My poor pussy!' " |