New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-21
MR.. SUEENEPS CAT.

Robert Ormsby Sweeney druggist Of st. Paul :;
and though recent chronological Iecord reveals
enough king, and though there Is mighty good pur-
Lle royal blood In his ems that dates back whore
kings used to have s0mehing To do 10 earn their
salary he goes right Oh with his regular business
will make sometimes in order 10 place their goods
A. soon as learned that Mr. Sweeney had barely
With him and tried to cheer him up, and told him
that Leople wouldn't hold him in any way RESPONSE
Ie and that. it hadn't shown itself in MS family
for years. he might perhaps finally wear 1t out;
lie Is a mighty pleasant man anyhow. and you
can have just much with him you could
with man who didn't have any royal blood in his
i ve,ns trip and never never notice It at all III
But was going to speak more IN particular about Ca
named DR.. Mary Walker of which he very fond.
Dr Mary Walker remained at the drug store all the
a u1' reserved cat If Dr. Mary walker took in the
town after Office hours nobody seemed to know any.
heern the next morning. and attend to her duties at
the store Just though nothing whatever had ever
One day last summer Mr.. Sweeney left large
plate OF fly laper with water on 1t in the window,
s SSri9f state pr Mary Walker usei to go to this
window during the afternoon and look out the
Of her past life That afternoon she thought she
would call up some more memories, so she went
ON the window-siil, landing with all four feet in the
plate Of fly LAPEL er,r,ea If 10 ,o, and tr.otoo tho
matter very lightly, but later Oh she observe that
the hy paper stuck to her feet with great tenacity
~ nurpose Those who have never seen the look OF
Suri1rise and deep sorrow that cat wears when
he finds herself glued 10 whole sheet Of fly PAPER
rannot fully appreciate the way DR.. Mary Walker
feIt She did dash wildly Through a $3.50 plate
lass window some cats would have done She
controlled herself and acled In the coolest manner
,hnuph YOU could have seen that mentally she suf
erei intensely. She sat down a moment to more
fnIly outline a plan for the future In doing SO
he made a great mistake. The gesture resulted IN
Iung the fly paper TO her person In such way
that the edge turned up behind her In the most
shrupt manner and caused her great incon, enence
some one at that time laughed in ID coarse and
beartle-s way, and | wish you could have seen the
look of pain that Dr. Mary Walker gave him
Then she went away. She did not 20 around the
through the middle OF II. and 80 on out through
,he r.a,s door at the OF the store We did not
sec her 60 through the glass door but We found
,1eces Of fly paper and fur on the ragged edges of
a large aperture in the glass. and kind OF Jumped
at he conclusion that DR.. Mary Walker had taken
That d rection In retiring from the room.
Or MARY walker never returned to St Paul and
her exact Whereabouts are not known. though every
edort was made to find her Fragments OF nyI-
amer and brndle hair were found as far west ~
he Yellowstone National Park. and IA far north as
tho British line, but the Doctor herself was not
sound My theory Is. that II she turned her
how to the west so a. TO catch tho strong eastery
ga,e on her quarter with the sail she had set and
her tail pointing directly toward the zenith The
chances Tor DR.. Mary Walkers immediate return
are extremely slim.