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Show jK BOTH WILD, FOR SHORT TIME Iw Imprisoned Cat and Kansas City Man fV Alike In Disposition Until Storm Wmt Calmed Down. K In Enid, Okln., according to a Kansas 0 City man who boos there frequently, MP thcro Is n collector of curiosities pecu- tBK liar to tho state. His lino ranges from fB Indian moccasins to llvo coyotes. In ffl fact ho handles anything that might l appeal to tho romantic Impulses and jnfl -, purses of Easterners. ijL This dealer's storo window roccntly Iw nttractod tho Interested attention of 11 n portly salesman who was strolling fpm ' ahout tho town In company with tho Kansas City man. With this obese iff traveling man to pauso was to tit ul Tho only convenient soat In this case was a box on tho sldowalk In front rj of tho storo window. A plcco of bur i.lj lap had been spread over It. 1 lj!f Tho portly ono Just settled himself Jj comfortably to enjoy tho window tlls J I , play when his companion heard u T k snarling scream within tho box and ,w almost simultaneously tho fat man ihU wus scon rising high In tho air, pro- fm ', pellod by his own sturdy legs. A IM howl from him mingled with tho ttsi faUotto ono which cmanatod from ll beneath tho burlap. Subsequent investigation developed ft that tho box was roully a crate con- dn tnlnlug a tomperumontal wildcat M : about to bo shlppod Hast Tlio animal sn' had been solzod with an Impulso to ha test Its lungs and claws at about tho m tlmo tho snlesmnn placed tho pos- Kfi terlor part of his anatomy so com lm , vcnlont for claw testing. |
