Deseret Evening News | 1901-07-06 | Page 12 | A Prophetic Cat

A PROPHETIC TIC CAT CATIn In a neat wat little tp villa la at near larIs there ha h lived for tor or several years a widow ll named name Mme Richard whose whole nf ar sole ole Ile companion I II hi a flur cat ct Alone the two lived In m the com coin house houR and very I rarely did dM either go 11 o far til away 81 from home A short Ihor time ago alO however howeler the thc la laty lady ly felt very vry lonesome and so 10 she h he to Invite a 8 few of her hr neighbors to dInner They came and Ilami ld after arh r dinner the cat at al the Ite room rm and anti on account of lu It It beauty at once on attracted general attention Tho The guests petted It fondly ronel and final ly Iy 1 one nf of them an elderly spinster took It up In her anns annl and antil asked uke It a curious question II Tell Tel me inc pussy she Ile said uld 10 which of ot u UI us w who ho are now nol In the room rOI will die first 1 Straightway the rat eat leaped lep from her meats arms Irm and amid with wih tall tail tal erect and loud loul purrs punt went straight to an atm IU old lady lad who sat Cat at nt tin the other end of oC the room rm Not being pr the Ih entire company burst burnt out laughing and the busies hOt I was wan Wt warmly congratulated ln on II such uch a wonderful cat catA eat A few days day later laUr however the old lady 1011 who hat had hlll bee Iwen hen n selected by the tb eat cat catas ct as aM deaths death next ext victim actually died and then lieu time the torm arose arone arol Some Seine Sm i tee r son lions Insisted that Mme Alms WU uvas a 1 Sorceress lon and amid Ind that her rat eat al uvas U an evil spirit while others maintain that lint the eat cat 01 alone was ni a to o blame blai and ought to lo tobe loli be he li promptly killed The clamor at a last IR t became 10 po loud that six lx of ot the ladles ladies who had ho he been n Mme Mine RIchards on Ott the eventful evening decided to 10 take lako definite action and in so they laid n a for noah mill complaint before the time police IU author authorities In tn which they urged that time the of ot offending offending fending cat Nl whose eyes eye time described de da ut Ii supernatural anti and diabolical should be te killed without delay What notion action It If any the lie police taken Inken Is III nut not y yet ret t known