, 1875-09-12
THE MAMX CAT.
Told bv u Country Doctor In Ne"
England.

,ro,a nv n Country Doctor In New
England.
5tisnn old New England superstition-old as
tha d.vs Of the great Salon sensaton-but still
,rav.lent in out~districts. The Egyptians have
a fancy near akin to it; but then there Is 3
o-ava diHarence between an Egyptian and
Eew Epelander. although both, no doubt be-
law, n the human race. 1t least, the ethnolo-
gists say 80.
:. Beware On 'ern, Job, " Was my mothers last
Injunction to me years. since, when tho dew OF
liza WIS On the grass, and the great, golden but
4orcrna aIvays nodded good-morning as went
hv And it WIS IN Injunction she always served
~, vonnp married couples just beginning the
.,or1d I had iust caught and Gagged my bird, in
svaat Molly Davis, who made greeu grass. and
DAISIES. and violets, and June weather. wherever
aha xpant and Was about to settle down IS
ooun,rv doctor. an IN old man now, and full
- ,hi,ns . Int never think OF Molly in her
h1,sacn, a. aha was when / married her, with
mi hnmmipg over aud over to myself, and
have done it some days hundred tlmes'
Aud hsr feet
Had music swest,
And her voice WIS low,
And abe sent,
As STE want.
Sunshine to and fro.
uR.w.ra On 'em, Job" said my mother that
draamv sautember day when Molly and parted
1ror, her 70 start in life ali by onrselves, and
ro,, Molly. bo sure you never leave the cat In
10 roorn with the baby. It's dangerous, my
r,otber always pronounced dangerous with q
sho,t o-uand I've heard Of queer accidents
h.nnonin'. People have done 1t, and have como
h,ck to find the baby dead and the cat pnr-tn
.rav in the cradle, just as il it hadn't had sny
hand DIM. in 5t;r .1oooea mildly. "H.vent you out
,;vad that notion OF the anc1ents, mothefE
had long since outived the snclenta; IT'S strange
how modern people are when tney are young.
ia the oats way Of expressing the music IN ats
eont''. There was music in everything to me
inst then, with Nelly blushing her ros!aat: aud
Ira }i;fe shading OF into golden hazes on the hort-
zon. ~ o,o. ,,;saor, II
ra3o;nad nv mother, garcastlcallyi but and
hsra she tapped her forehead with one withe1ed
finrer-.. it isn't disorder yon'ra subject TO-
Job 1t never did run iu your fathers fan1lJ'
and Won take after the Needhanla."
Some further comments she aaaeo Us 70 sne
vanity Of book-lcaraing in general. snd that OF
Job Eeedham. II. D., in particular conelndang
with an intimation to Molly that. il she ever had
oncasfon to marrY again, which she olon to1Ah
she would, as the heeahaps were !ong-AYets.
she could AFFORD her some valuable hlnts as 10
And the first is, Molly, never marry man
Nth ho.,t -iarnin'. Book-larnln' makes fools Of
people; and if his own mother mas 70 say u pe
cause nobody else ever will, Job WAS sensible
boy before he took to + ha Tasn so ana abaut
ever take any more comfort in Job, WITH hls
Greek. and his Latin, and hts ologles. and pony
pocs. and his words OF fifty syuaoles: fouy
eylIables he calls 'sm. 1t cost bis poor fa.nef
mint q money-did Jobs education-bnt l
sbouldn't care about that il it hadn't made him
I'll over spain 40 tnat he isn't Job Needham any
more"
eray eyas-a sadness that almost went into hqal-
dation IN tears; and physiclan Is was, with
fresh diploma, forgot my medical dignity, and
tried to k1ss har--and did. ,:,
.spshavl what fool you are, Job, Just IKE
rour father for ali the world!" said the elder
Mrs. Needhanl, with soupcon OF contempt "'p-
ing her faco with the corner OF her apron.
aDnt beware Of cats, Molly,' she went on
supplemanting the protest with tho old injunc-
tio1 "they're strange" IA short agaln) "crea.
lures; and, il anything should happen you'd
neyer forgive yourself"
remember The dag SO we'll, and the septem-
Der haze on the woodlands. and the naples
turning to cones Of fire, and the old Neeoham
house doing 10 the sunshine, ana my motner
standing in the door aud thinking: tenderlT, al !
reminded her Of father, OF grass-covetea
crave AWAY beyond the woods Ihence 1 vent
forth to find the value OF the Z in my equation:
the turns, and windings and transposltions ol
which we're then uncomprehended, It must
have been an unsoiyable quad1atic, I think.
with manv surds aud negatives, for it's still
enacs nv analyes, and fhe solution seems far
ther OF than ever afte. all these years while
nave vaxed wriukied and gray in long bunting
| for the uuknown quantity. Mt,lly is gray, too,
and the suggestion OF daisies and vloets no
| longer fingers ABOUT her. although the June
westher Is there still, and abe is tho esme warm,
| nlacld soul. With haze enough for perspective.
that x she was then md always has been, expect
| ing no unknown quantity in this world, and con.
teut to wait for the until it comes. They are
| few-1hese souls Of sweetness and highland
| how it rests man to meet them!
am Dr. Job Needham, at your sefvlce-fees es
reasonable. 1 have been announced to TIE
| world AZ Dr. Job Needham BY the same little
| sicn-board ever since began business, and
| sign board and doctor have wagged On together
tor score and eighteen years, until there Il
sort Of sympathetic understanding between
| myself and the little rarailelogram, "ltn
| ..Job Needham, II. D." painted in dngy gold
| letters On black ground, and bordefed with
dingy gold border, that represents me- am It
TRANSMITTED into humanity or 1t il translated and
written out On bit Of deal; and have often Tan
cied that the appearance OF every new weather
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