Show MARK TWAIN S RENTED CAT humorist furnishes something for scribes to puzzle over mark twain as 1 ats custom hides himself during the summer from the head hunters those persons seeking autographs photographs or inter views this year he selected tuxedo park as his retreat renting an old colonial house until the latter part ot september when he returned to bis new york home there during the heated days mr clemens wandered about the country byways or spent the time in various shady nooks la his grounds A visitor who succeeded in dincov ering his whereabouts found the great author in his famous suit of white flannels seated under a tree petting a kitten here did you get IP queried the friendly intruder for a moment there was a twinkle in the aged humorists eyes it was succeeded by a solemn look as he re plied I 1 rent it from a neighbor you see I 1 cannot afford a cat not even a young one subsequent inquiry proved at least the first part of mr clemen s statement tp be true he had actually rented the kitten tor the summer sea son what does he pay for ita nobody knows what mark twain pays for anything all the world Is inter ested only in what mark twain Is paid the sunday magazine |