The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-04

and I called, but she didn't come. i
called again, and then heard herscream,
hut FAINTER and farther of; and then / felt
kind Of horror coming over me, and
dressed myself md took my lanlnEn and
~ Ill 6ae u 49, the lsntera
cow AMI htld It shigh. There wasn't .
sign of her; and at last got down to Boil
ter's pond, there by the edge of the woods
you know, and ! heard kind of growl-
ing: and past me, all in a hurry, as they
60 when they've been doing mischief, flew
those dogs of Bolter's-derce devilsl but
they knew enough to be afraid of me
then. f,.T sffs.3
''And when saw them my heart stood
still, and swung the lantern low again,
and. I saw her. She lay alongside the
pond, and her gray hairs were dabbled In
blood, and the marx Of the dogs teeth
were on her neck: and / Just took her
up In my arms and carried her along the
road home and brought her to the fire, and
there cried over her and called her all
the pet names used to call her vhen I
first had her, little young thing; hut it
wasn't any use-she was Jest Is stiff ard
cold, and laid her down on the bed, and
there she's laid ever since. Oh, it's dread.
full" x~
"YeS, and you deserve to be hung, T"
said the old lady; but COW suppose she
isn't dead, and maybe she isn't. Let us
60 over with you, and stop and fetch
the doctor. Folks has been brought to
that seemed dead. Anyway it's all right. :"
"Well, I'll do it," said the man, : but
it's no use, l know. ~ ~ s.--s. &
The proprietor of the store called his
wife to wait ON it, and he headed q pro-
cession of his customers, and they all
went down to Dodd's cabin, calling ON the
doctor as they passed his house, ana TAX
ing him with them. But when they came
to the lonely little house, no one cared to
be first to 60 in; but At last the doctor, as
being best used to such things, opened the
door and stepped in. 1t was mean little
room, and furnished only with q table,
two chairs, some shelves and bed, and
ON this bed sat an old gray cat, washing
her face.
As soon - sDodd's eye rested ON this
animal. he uttered cry of joy and flew
to her side; but she at once set up her
back end uttered loud " Meow" while
her tail sWelled to immense proportions.
"Oh, l don't mind, Idont mind, - said
Dodd. "Idcserve you should be mad at
me-anythings anything, so as you're
alive. She's COME to life again. Glory,
glory. glory!"
Why, you don't mean to say you were
talking about cat al the whileP' screamed
the woman with the basket. You said
she didn't cook your meat properly, and
"No'ml" said Dodd, II meant to say
she ate most Of it up for me, and tore
and chawed what she didn't eat; but she's
welcome. So that she's alive, don't
care. Though she's weaned from me; l
see that. Our happy times are over; she
!" Called me in to q cat, indeedp said
the doctor.
LEFT my business for a cat!" cried the
storekeepef. .tt4fa
"Oh, what an old fool!'' said the
woman.
"Miaow! yelled the attendant train of
boyS; but old Dodd never looked At them.
He listened to none of their insults, and
they left him, doing his best, with tears
in his eyes, to get that offended cat to take
little milk from a saucer that he held
before her lips, and saying:
"Oh, make up, Pussy; your own Dodd
will never do it any more "-Pictorial
World,