The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-11-06
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sleep.
In TIRE ersnlng. r.eerfng sarauwh .
hoss - the door. We san her coming scross
tue N-sd 10 rs she was craving vewv
sssNfYs with her body close dcrn avaSs ),
shs ground. We called 80 her. and shs
answered With low a-crroo. ku: she did
not hasten her pace.
She cr9ps in and rolled over on her
sde, srs we ran 10 her Go feed for ve
we're sInnost starving. We iey isng upon
beg breasts and she licked ne ever and
over.
I Dropped ssl-er uron her, and in the
nishs asoxe. feeling cold | creps closer
70 her, o1; fnst only made re colder still.
and she Was yet and csammy with dark
snosstsre that was coxlng from her side.
Gia a9s gnoE what Is wss at that siuse, but
hare learned since
That wss when / couId hardly have
been four weeks Old. and from that day 10
this I've looked SITTER r1ysesf. you've got
90 do that ia thls world, nv dear For Q
while / and ray brother lived on IN sha.
style sad kept ourselves IL wss 8 grim
siruggis e. nrss, two babies fighting for
life; bat we did it. ~ the end OF about
three months. wandering farther FROM
bone than usual. ! came upon cottage
standing in the fields. Il looked warm
aaf cosy through the open door. and
went ia have always been blessed with
penty Of nerve. Some children were
playing round the Ere aud they welcomed
me aSd maze much OF me IL was a new
sensation 70 me. and / stayed there.
thought the place palace at the tiFne.
might have gone on thinking so II
X had not been that. passing through the
village one day. happened 20 catch sight
OF room behind shop. There was q car
Pet on the door aud rug before the fire.
/ nad never known til then that there
Wstr xsxrh In krs4
mined 10 make that shop my home. and
dii So
How did you manage it7' asked the
black cat, who vas growing interested.
~ the simple process OF walking in
and sitting down. nv dear child, cheeks
the open sesame TO every door. The cat
that works hard dies Of starvation the cat
that has brains is kicked down stair. for Q
fool. and the cat that has virtue is drowned
Tor scamp; bat the cat that has cheek
sleeps on velvet cushion aud dimes on
cream and horseaesh. I marched straigh.
IN and rubbed myself agains the old mans
legs. He and his wife were quite taken
with what they called my ''trastfulness,
and adopted me with enthusiasm. Stroll
ing about the fields Of an evening often
used 10 hear the children OF the cottage
calling my name. II was week. before
they gave up seeking for me. One Of them,
the youngest. would sob herself TO sleep of
night. thinking that ! was dead; they
were most aheetionaie children.
~ boarded with my shopkeeping
friends for nearly year. and from them I
went TO some new people who had lately
come 10 the neighborrd, and who possessed
really excellent cook. I think I conld
have been satisfied with these people but,
unfortunately, they came down in the
world. and had 10 give up the big house
and the cook and take cottage. and did
not care 20 go back to that sort of life.
Accordingly | looked about me for
fellow who lived not far of People said
he was rich, and certainly everything
about him was IN very good style. But
nobody liked him. He was shaped differ
entity TO other men, and he had no friends
or relations. l turned the matter over in
my mind for day or two, and then de-
tsfmined TO give him trial. Being a
lonely sort of man he might be led to
make fuss over me. and If not could go
Ny surmise proved correct. / have
never been more petted than | was by
"Ioady," As the village boys had dubbed
him. My present guardian Is foolish
enough over Inc, goodness knows. but she
has other ties. while 'Toady" had nothing
else 70 love, not even himself. He could
hardly believe his eyes at first when /
jumped up on bis knees aud rubbed myself
against bis ugly face why, Pussy" ne
said, "you don't mean that you like me. ("
and IS | purred III answer TO his caresses
he added With queer. dry laugh, why
nifty. do yon kno. you re the first living
tAing that has ever come to the Of It's own
accord" There were tears in his funny
listie red eyes as he said that
. i remained two years with 'Toady"
and .as very happy indeed. Then he fell
AZ, and strange people came TO the house
and was neglected ''Foady" liked me
to come up aud lie upon the bed. where he
cou!d stroke me with his long thin hand
and at iirst l used TO do this. But a sick
man Is not the best of company, as Won
can imagine, and the atmosphere Of sick
room not too healthy. so, all things con-
siderej, felt IL was time for me to make =
fresh move.
a. Il had some difficulty in getting awav.
"Eoady" vas always asking for ne, and
they tried TO keep me with him: he
seemed 10 lie easier when | WAS there. /
succeeded At length, however and. onca
outside the door. put sufficient distance
between myself and the house to insure my
not being captured. for knew "roady"
so long rs he lived would never cease hop
ing 10 get me back.
Where TO so | did not know.
trusted TO luck and Judgment. and looked
about me. Two or three homes were
otfured me. hut none of them quite suited
IA
day, just TO see bow liked u, there WAS a
dog; and at another, which would other
wise have done admirably for me. they
kept baby. Whatever you do, never stop
81 house where they keep a baby. liza
child pulls your tail or ties a paper bag
round your head you can give il one for
itself aud nobody blames Won. well.
serves you right" they saw 10 the yelling
brat, you shouldn'l tease the poor
thing" Bat If you resent Il hsby's hold
ing yoa by the throat and trying TO goure
out your eye with a wooden Isdie. Won are
called splteiul beast, and "shoo'd" ali
round the garden. II people keep babies
they dont keep me; that's my rule
. After sampling some three or four
families, | finally Gxed upon banker.
Oilers more advantageous from worldly
point Of view vere open 20 me- could
have soGe - \ pubiic house. where the
vituSls we're simply unlimited. and where
the back door was left open ali night Bat
about the bankers Che vas also s. church
warden. and his wifs never sui5ed at any
thing less % an Joke by the hishep1 there
was 81 air Of cold respecsability that |
feit would Re comforting 10 my nature.
NJ dear ehlld. yaa viii come across GYM
les who VII sheer a. re$receAhilitv. dnn't
yea listen to them. kespectahii{ty Is its
own rewsrd-and a very real and practical
reward. IL nav not bring You dainty
uAfBeA sh1 sof peAEt b0t u bFin~S ypD
something better and more lasting Ii
brings vcg the consciousness that You ara
living shs right iAsn. that you are doing
tse rseht thinr that 80 far a. earthly in.
genultv can TX il you arc going to the
right place. and that other folks amt
b0n'I vou ever iet snvoue set yoH against
responsibility. Il. the most satisfying
thing know Of ia this wor.d--amd about
she cheapest
IL wss nearly three wears ~iih this
fanllv and vas sorrv ahan bad q %.