The sun., 1894-04-01
CRUELTY. KINDNESS, AND 4 CAE
The True Story OF the Mild Adventures OF
Hanaaitariaa In Brookiys.

The True Story Of the Mid Adventures OF .
HsnasitAriaa In Brookiys.
A well-fed. sleek. and beautiful cat leaped
on o railing In quiet street In Brooklyn and
ran along the enclosure beside Q corner house
last Friday. keeping close to the wall. as cats
do. boy saw II. picked up bottle. let fly.
and broke the cats leg. The boy went OF
whistling. delighted with his good aim. After
that the cat lay in the grass behind the railing
In great agony. II dug the dirt with Its fore
paws In an sndeavor to scoop out 3
hole Of SUFFICIENT size to hide itself In.
Men came along with dogs and "sicked" I"
them at the cat 1t crouehed fiat on the
ground and terror shons in its eyes The
fence protected It. Other en- and boys poked
at 1t with sticks and canes. not all urgently.
but curious to know why II did not run AWAY.
For hours the m aimed beast was prosecuted
in almost as many ways as were possible. The
people OF q household across the street took
pity on It. They sent out and got the cat.
Then they wondered what to do with H. The
neighbors' servants came out and the neigh
bors themselves. and all discussed the prob
lem. The cat hung by the nape OF its neck In
the hand OF Its reseuer.
It could not be put In the vacant lot near by.
because bad boys swArmed there. As to the
yards OF the nsighborhood. nearly every one
contained dog. At last q yard without dog
was found and the cat was put there The
hoys OF another yard saw It and stoned II over
the fence until a cellar grating cover was put
Then the reseuer Of the cat started to get a
policeman to shoot the tortured AnlmsL
policeman: besides, am To De relieved In
hye minutes. Ask my relief"
Well. ifyou will excuse me-" said the newly
arrived policeman when ne Was asked,
don't mind shooting a dog or horse, but |
don't like to shoot cat. iSn see II you shoo.
kicks up a fearful obherY. Cats have nine lives.
you know. ma'am, and they don't die for long
while after they are shot"
Further along on another street was police
man without his Uelt-on duty, homewArd
bound =, win you come aud shoot a eqt.
the ard and looked at the eat.
You ought to send down 10 the Prevention
viii send up a man with a basket, ana ne viii
take the cat ana ehioroiorm u. would NOT
great noise sean and scare people. Your Yours son there
him hoW. Now, boy, the way you. do i this;
right over its head and stand all your weight
right on its skull It's skull will os crushed az
would kill 1t. Good day. mA'Am."
The man OF the house came home and heard
sssoisss @ % and Kin the &c eat IT ia % second e i've
killed many : cat when was youngsE" So
SPOKE hei nut MS ms Tile M wopid not near o. u
yard. she would not sleep wink that night
Excessive cruelty had % angled the cat and
excessive kindness was keeping II in torture.
After dinner the bOY OF the house went TO the
head once Of the aAti- cruelty society in VIII
loughhy street aRd asked that man he sOnt
up toWh tn get the cat and chlorololm It, Az
ter beating the door for long while nan
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the address some one would 20 the next day
and shoot the eat AstOntshsd that such
OF so kindly = society, the boy declined TO al
low the eat to su1sr another night OF torture
And went back to his home. The woman OF the
house was indignant when she heard OF the
sOristy's conduct she put on her bonnet %
see for herself whether the society MAS for the
Inals. She did not hnd out. She knock cd at
the door Of the once. but no one game aud
the place Was shut and dark.
The next day Was sunday, and the eat spent
the dAy la cellar. On Monday Ii took the
ease In its 0Nn hands II began 70 get veil