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Show AND THE CAT CAME DACK. Rose Superior to Little Ma'.tert -Ike Chloroform and Burial. John HuiroiiKhH, tho famous nature student, inner Hied of ildlcullm; thu new school of nature wrlterR, the school that attiihutes n iiuito human Intelligence to animals nnd In hoc In. "Mr. Ilurriiiighs dined with mo one night," said h mngn.lne editor of New Yoik, "and ntuom; my gunstH was n yptuiK nattno writer of tho now school, "Tills )ouug man tidd a wonderful story ''ahout tho Intelligence of oysters. oy-sters. Ho said 'ho was going to put tlio story In his now hook. Mr. llur-roughs llur-roughs gave n dry laugh and said: "'Let mo tell) on about a eat. Thin stoiy Is finite as authentic as the other one, anil it should do for your book nicely.' "Tho student paused Impressively, then Btild; " 'A Springfield couple had a cat that ago had rendered helpless, and they put It out of Its mliery by rnnn of chloroform They hurjed It In tha garden, nnd planted n rnsehusli over Its remains. The neft morning a familiar fa-miliar scratching took lliem to tho front door, mid tfiero was tho cat waiting to ho let In, with tho rose bush under its arm.'" |