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Show CAT ENDS OWN LIFE BECAUSE , HEART BREAKS OAKLAND, March l.-Lut rltss har been Mid for "Bmir," a cat. whi died by hta own paw, bscsuse of a broken heart. "Buxay was the household- pet of lira, and Mra.01tnry liuatv 17.1 Jl Ira wood avenue. Berkeley, where ho waa the spoiled companion of the Hunt children. For years he had relrned with none to dispute him. That was until Hunt started to Wrn how to play . the banjo. One Huntley evening; Hunt was strum mine; sway at a leaeon. "Butiy" Insisted upon assisting In makins; hia master -a musician. Time and time strain "Huuy'' " became en tan tied with the St r ins; a on the musical instrument. Aa many times Hunt disentailed him and rebuked him In tones befitting; those used by a subject to a ruler. Tnn came the last straw. Pop! went a strlna. "Out you go," stormed Hunt as he jrxanped the rat by the neck. And he put him out Into the cold night. At t:J the next morn In c Mrs, Hunt was awakened by sunplc.ous smelling- fumee which filled the house. She tnveotln-ated. Down In the laundry she found "Ruuy dead on the stove with the faureta turned wide open. Yesterday "Bussjy's"4 funeral waa hHd with flowers and everything-. "Buasy" obtained hla name from that of former Mayor Ituzsie of ""Mraxo, when me Hunts onco lived. |