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Show A C at Story from tUe Metropolis. There re-iies :n Thirry-ri ib -ttrrt a gentleman named Miehaei Hariirj. and he is fortunate enough to p.ssess not only a beautiful wi:e. but a prctty ittle daughter, scarcely three yars o: age. The chili's Lame was M-inde. and from her playful, happy nature, and rare beauty, -he has ben a general gen-eral favorite with ad who have been so fortunate as to enjoy her parents' acquaintance ac-quaintance and her own childish friendship. friend-ship. Among the chtid s playmates was a favorite cat. and the young lady's feline friend having established a homestead of her own beneath an cd-jyining cd-jyining building, deserted her little fragment of the ren ns h jiho and took up her exciu-ive residence among those of her own "kit aud kin.'' Not knowing know-ing that the eat was about to become the maternal relative of a numt-er of yoang Thomases or Tabbies, the child was almost heartbroken at her suddcu desertion, and for days it searched the parental domain without ceasing f r its playmate. On Monday evening last the child heard a mewing under the bui'ding. where the feline fami.y had taken refuge, and perceiving a small aperture leading thereto, she erovtded her little body into it. Ouce in. .-he could not extricate herself, not knowing enough to carefully back out. and remained in the narrow hole liil Tuesday morning. Iu the meantime, the father and mother having missed the little one, were in an agony of grief, and engaged in a wild search for the lost one. Suspicious parties circulated circu-lated stories to the effect that the child had been stolen, and some even went so far as to designate the child stealer. Two or three said they had seen the child in possession of a suspected party. par-ty. In the meantime, while friends were making search, the mother wandered about, crying for her lost darling and moaning piliously. Suddenly Sud-denly her quick ear detected the feeble voice of the little one calling, and following fol-lowing the sound the child was rescued, after an absence of 13 hours. She was quite exhausted, and over her the cat was standing guard, purring and occasionally lashing her tail against her sides, as a group of bright tyed rats peered forth near by. or scampered past in the distance. X. I". Jlirakl. |
