The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-03-14

cats. But | don't understand any human
bein' with an immortal soul a-se tim so
much by one"
81 can't hear what you saw" Ann conId
usually hear Mrs. Stones high voice with
out difficulty, but to-day she seemed deaf
Il don't understand any human beSt
with an immortal soul a-settin' so much M
a cat"
"You've got folks, Mis- Stone"
81 know | hev; but folks is trials someI
times. Not that my children are, though 4
I've got good deal to be thankful for. i,Ii'
think goa was one to sink down SO under
any trial. l thought the Lord would be a
comfort to you"
81 know all that, Mis- Stone. But when
it comes to it Pm here, an amt thar; an,
I've got hands, an | want somethin' kin
touch" Then the poor soul broke down
and Sobbed out loud, like a baby: Il Is Il
never felt as eff I'd orter begretch Of r.
women their homes am their folks, Is
thought-p'haps-I could git along bet Z
without 'em than-some; an the LGsh
kuowed it, an SEEM thar want enough
to go round, He gave 'em to them thai
needed 'em most. [ 'ain't-never-felt-
eff I'd orter complain. But-thar-was--
cats-enough. l might "a hed-that--
much"
"You kin git another cat, Ann. MiY
Maxwell's got some real smart kittens, ar
l know she wants to get rid of 'em."
81 don't lrdjlt any of Mis- Maxwell's lit
tens. don't never want any other cit"
"P'haps yOurn will come back. Now
don't take on So"
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stimulated bv Mrs stones ranort He ala
NOT find her 50 ontsnolyan hon, awe Of him
restrained her. Sill, this nbase Of her
character was q reveIotion to him He
told his wife. when he returned home, that
he never. should have known "a 1tas Am
MilIet.
In the course of the call n ran came at
tbe kitchen door Ann rose a,1d a,,s,I-a,.ad
II. bonpin0 nnrvousIv across tba foor she
returned ia fha miniStar With moro distraeS
i'm her face than eyer.
"Nothin' Inf a LITTLE ool with a NroIty
cat,u said she. "The children hev %ot wind
of nv losi,,, willy an, tbeyr rnaS1, II oil
rirbf. Int If seems MS Of should Az, The
keen comm, an, bringin, CATS Th9v,u find
n cat that thev tbinI mahba is WiII1 ans 90
they brine him to show me They've
brojIght NaItv an, white cats an, cats ali
NnIty. They've brouobt waller oats an;
black an, thar ,va,,,;t ono of Jon, IooIla5 any,
like Willy. Then they've brondbt kittens
that thew knowed walnut WilIv bnt tba,-
thouoht nnehbe IA like ;em insfeod Of him
They mean all riobt 7 know. tbnv're raoi
tend er-hearted. but if ,most Ellis me
Whv. thew bronpbt me two little kittens
that hadn't got their eyes open, Jest before
you come. They was striped an white. an
they said they thought they'd grow up to
look like Willy. They We're the Hooper
children, an they knowed him"
II wouId have been ludicrous if tho moor
old woman;s DISTRESS had NOT haap 90 ZEN
nine. However. Mr.. Peal. the minister
was NOT n man to see tbe ridicnlons side
he conId simnlv ba nnazlad and that he
was.
II was . casa ant,raIv ortsida bis evneri-
ence. and he did not Know how to daa1 With
n, He wondered onviouslv what he had
best saw TO her Finally he Vent AWAY
without savinr mrrb Of onltbino, he was
so afraid that what he said 'mi~b3 ha ont Of
proportion to the demands of the case 1t
seemed to him bordering on sacrilece to
treat this trouble of Ann Millet's like a
genuine atlliction, though. on the other
hand, that treatmen5 was what her state of
mind seemed to require.
Going out the door. he slammed and
listened a minute. he thoupht he heard n
cat new. Then he concluded he was mis-
taken. and went on. He watched EAGERLY
for Ann the next meeting niuht b,rt she
did not come. II is doubtful whether or
no she ever would have done so if She had
not found the cat. She had n nature which
could rally an enormous amount of strength