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Show TnUE TALE OF A CAT. Hat !" trtonitillil.aitlitt I ill It no Jfli.r. ! 1M.II.. ntil.llln, Ttrunly la n big IlnaVtyli i-nl lit lo Jlalleeoof theileeiet ili Haven year of life liato mated merlilsaliirc-ly merlilsaliirc-ly brud btitmch ear lua iavlde.1 to Ml ati re it ItileJIigrliro, hw lie la I rolnbly llio lt Infonntt ma In Iho lilndc In whleli lin prowl. Ilrutdy la rry regular In Ma habit hab-it Mi ben meal time rtdl mound Iw It nlwuy found Innmlng In rout of tlienfrlgrratiir In wliteli Ida f.l It Mured nd there 1m Maya, tryinx nnd acrnttliliig until timicUaly nttenda In In wanla 1 but lio doe llirm timet Adiy Aliliongli rirtleilar nbnut the Imur nt whleli lio la fed lie la more In re gnrd ti) what liuiutx. C'altTa liver, ruwt too It tbo only thing lio indulgp In Nothing elan, not even cldekui I ah c r other tidbit, dear to Dm fellno lirnrt cn temj t lilm from llio liver Ilia memory la atrong, for bo never forjnta n frlinl or forKlrc n foe li In ii his mnatrr returna fn in I ii'Iucm nt Iho titual hour llnaidy la nt tin front iloiir In greet lilm with lilt ilee, iuulcn1 urr If III inaatir It not on tune Ilmady rlliiLs nwuy to Ida favonto phtco on n chair near tho KltclKii range, 1 ut when lilt ninMcr ri tuma lio it all niiimitton nnd afring op to rrcelt e n cariti. I Outil le of occasional tncuralnnt Into tbo precinct Infeatcd by rats And mini ho seldom Abaeut lilinat If from homo. I And there bo n-cilvc every attention 1 Nothing I tK good for lilm. Although I Id want are few M lien lio Mie n drink of water bo climb upon tho sink nnl mews, 'lwu i Inlnllrn cries notify tho linu-chot 1 that ho la thinly, and water It soon forthcoming At the ilmlng table bo I n favored pictl Ilbclinlrl phufl liolloibit of hit maalcr rcgulirly, but bo will nut j lake It until it hat been nicely ruabloiieil 1 with n uewwiprr An I tho louder It rrncklcs tho Utter lio like It. I'll fro lio sits, iuh tly gaze upon each member of tbo family In turn until tbo inral It concluded nn I then be leave tho table niuitlywltlit!iedlners. llnvlngbcen well an I carefully trnlmil lio I able tu participate In conversation I ku thesci "Hello, Itmaily,' are you feeling well till morning r sonu body niks ' Jleow," ho will rcsioud Tlivt mean Yni." vvniitsomollvvrr "llcnw" Tlilabnlwaysulteredwltli cmtdiaal Two eric are taken for n negatlro reply, an I three, nccouinnled by tho same iiumlvr of scrnli lies, signify I that bndesimi In liaveAilonropuuil ' Iloilldlke whlilllng, nnl If nny ono ' does siibo iiteows' twice nnd stilka out of tho room In whleli Ida tonuentcr la !!oslcci In theMiuo nmrtiucnt n Id matter, I Alraot a valuable as a watchdog, nnd, taken nil In All, It j qullo n rvmarkablo cat Now ork Herall. |
