The sun., 1894-04-29

cred the friend he had lost. but he had dlseoy.
cred the reservoir whence we're drawn the ae.
: ;Sst ssss s. = oE"ssa %pSs ana
came even more intimate he MT Only fo.
on my table. would MUNICH his nuts and raisins.
mean while looking curiously on At my writins
come from such a constant plotting Of clean
White paper; He never went swsya MI, MIth9uI p1i
0nt %i Sts Su. for ffa s thfn s.g Rs
Whii. Kitty clover was alive 7 never bad any
she had stood guard over him. and on several
occasions had protected him when Sam and
made TO him some dem opstrations Of host iiity,
and after her death had kept my door closed
1st all feline Int,u.on u. B9t rd NOW thst
mained to be seen whether spotty would re,
member the lnstructions Of his mother. and
waited the coming OF DICK with considerable
He came down when the kittens were scarce.
a.y1 IG INTO the so room he psu.se 'front.' oi ny
ways the same took iST the rOSsn, 3, Geo Coed
Violently. soothed him ss we'll as I could.
% scton Sssd % spottS % 70 @s as
soS soS 's t. snas sa ws sofG Boy
q p' .mns. tt' tn. 'SE d h ben mad. dS 3, Ouse ySs
perceived @ that Sis little heart had f.sum p ed its
G on Ii. Not mSSn Ss9 tse DAP
ing. but on the fourth morning Dick Of his own
yolition paused at the slcoye to say good
shy 6sS Sd rsHs sS@ al Ps eas ons ths H%t
S VIA 4.ry Sety Of ns ssPs ana
ground and lofty tumblinR. SDotty. had been
taught by hi; nm mother all manner Of cat gym:
been domssticstst All these they taught % tsSs the
visitor who vii Witnessed the psrformsnee % The
applause itreceived no doubt put II into the
0 sss Ssn
t ,he be bell 81 the front do0T n, he would repair to
he would at once usher in the kittens and put
them through the most remarkable PAGES.
to be one Of the performers. To tn. very last
he continued shy OF strangers.
, 80 the winter wore away in one one round q
iellow..;whieh last we had chrlstsned Rip
he had deyeloped-but after day or two they
were were not interrupted when. At the advent Of
his sumner residsncs on TOP Of % the elm mt tree' o.
near my library. Soon after this the time
came for our departure to our own summer
W
with us our whole rodent and feline family,
Providing a large basket for sam and . larger
one for Rip and Spotty | got cage for Dick
and his mate; but as we were on the poiht OF
setting out found Il impossible to secure the
little gray lady. After missing train In the
fruitless attem pt we. set out without her. re-
marking to my wife, Well Dick will have no
trouble In getting another wife. for our woods
are full OF gray squirrels"
We were TO go by the New Haven cars to New
York. and thence by boat ND the Hudson and
we started early to have am pie time to get our
four footed passengers on board tho cars. and
while we were waiting outside for the coming
train there was much shifting Of the cars and
tremendous pulling and shrieking of tho
locom olives. The sounds were well nigh
deafening. and In the midst Of the din heard
q fierce struggling In Spotty's basket. 1t was
SO securely tied that II took all of q minute to
Just giving his last easp-dead from fright at
tho unearthly shrieks OF the locomotives But
this was not the last murder committed by
that railroad. Sam died from q like fright as
We entered the New York tunnel.
JAMES R GILMORE Edmund KirksL