The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-10
Capernaum.

Ny cousin Marian and have had such a
time with Aunt Ann's old cat and kittensi
the cat is black and white, not very prettily
marked, and her nose is too long, and she
looks bow-legged. Her name is Capernaum,
and Aunt Ann has had her for a long time
Well, one day, Marian was sent on an er-
rand to the other side of the village, and
coming home she found a beautiful yellow
kitten on Colt Street. 1t ran after her and
maouwed so pitifulIy that she took it up in
her arms.
She knew by the way it acted that it was
lost, so she went To one house after another,
and asked all the people she saw whether
they knew where it belonged. But nobody
knew anything about it, or wanted to take
it in.
So Marian brought 1t home, and we fed it
with milk. 1t was so happy then that it
purred and played all the time, and Marian
and named it Daily, and begged Aunt Ann
to let us Keep it. But she said she did not
want any more cats.
Then give away Capernaum and keep
Daily" urged Marian. "Dafy is ever so
much the prettiest"
"Capernaum is good mouser," said Aunt
Maria, from her rockingham in the corner.
Aunt Ann was silent. l suppose she was
thinking how many years she had had
Capernaum, and maybe she hated to part
with her.
"And if you want kittens" Aunt Maria
went on 81 should think Capernaums two
kittens were enough"
but they are not 50 lovely as this little
play with this ball! Look, Aunt Maria!
Look, Aunt Ann"
They looked, and could not help laughing,
for Daily fairly leaped up in the air again
and again, to reach the ball OF yarn which
Marian dangled above him. AT last he caught
it out of her hand, and rolled over and over,
kicking and clutching it.
By-and-by, when Aunt Ann got up to cross
the room, Daily ran after her, and jumped
up to catch her apron strings, and then she
had to laugh again.
At last, after Marian and 1 had coaxed
and urged long time, Aunt Ann agreed that
| if we could find good home for Capernaum
and her kittens, she should be given away,
and we might keep Daffy. But it must be a
| good home. / think now that she did not
believe we could find anyone who would
| take the cat.
But Marian and / started out next day,
after school, and went to all the houses
| where we were acquainted, to see if any one
| wanted Capernaum.
But all the people excused themselves
| Some would not keep cats for anything
| some had dogs that couldn't stand cats and
| some had all the cats they wanted already.
| At last, however we heard of family, half
a mile north of the village, who had just
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not brought a cat with them. So Maria and
/ trudged along the road, and went there for
| a last trial.
Sure enough, the folks there thought they
| would like cat, and would take the kittens
| too. There were only an old man and his
| wife and his grown-up daughter, SO it would
be good home. We promised to bring
Capernaum after supper, and then we hur.
| ried home to tell Aunt Ann.
She looked rather sober about it. and gave
Capernaum twice as much milk as usual
that evening. The kittens were Just getting
50 they could lap milk too, but they were
common little black and white things, moi
to be compared with our beautiful, dancing
leaping. yellow Daily.
After supper, Aunt Ann put Capernaum
and the Kittens into o basket, and tied 9
cloth over it. Then Marian snd took it b.