New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-16
THE COURAGE or ANN1BEL LEE.
NOT AN INCH or GROUND SHE YIELDS. THOUGH
HER HEART FLUTTERs LIKE
TIMID WOMAN'S.

NOT AN INCH or GROUND SIZE YIELDS THOUGH
HER HEART FLUTTERs LIKE
TIMID woMAN's
The cat who ate tho canary once famous.
but the eat who hasn't eaten the parrot is worthy
OF more fame; rather 1t Is the parrot that de-
serves the fame for 1t Is the parrot-Annabel Lee
Is her name-that furnishes amusement to New
York household.
The slyness. the trickery. the deception and the
ca ioery Of a eat ar, supposed surpass those Of
all animals which come into our daily life, but
when pitted against her friend Annabe Lee the cat
OF this household Is 4 Numbering. stupid, foolish
beast: for Annabc Lee beautiful though she be-
is an arrant little coward yet wise and clever
at deception that with the cat she passes for a
plumed Joan OF Arc with a very lions heart Never
did knight make Drawer showing than Annabe
Ice never did one feem more eager for the fray
and yet as the iuggler frankly tells you when he
Is fooing the eyes out OF you. 1T Is all deception
II there is one thing IN the world that disgusts
Annabel Lee it is to the preparations begin for
the tourney The master 81 ceremonies. You may
be sure is u male member Of the family. When h.
rolls low broad seated armchair TO the centre OF
the room there Is a sudden ana deep fan OF the
spirits 81 Annabe Lee She sulks and grumbles
and protests against the proceeding. Next Anna
bel Lees perch H. moved close M 70 the chair and
OF a sudden she conceIves violent dislike for her
sometime favored restng-place. She will have
none or H. SIC viii look at T. But
note the chang. that over her when
she sees that II & useless 10 protest The
cat having been brought into the room by
the aforesaid master 81 ceremonies. Annabel
Lee trips gayiy over to her perch. climbs merriiy
NJ the rounds and then. standing there. pluming
herself and glorving In her beauty. makes pleasant
remarks TO everybody In the room not the slight
est attention does she pay 10 tho cat To a person
whom ordinarily she will not condescend 10 notice
she will now talk I'm the most amiable and wheel
ling way She Will hir; coyly and coquettishy with
SOM. on. whom she usually receives with cold
hnurhtlncss Bu, the at-she IL not Or enough
moment 10 be thought about to b. looked at II
she Is IN the room certainly Annabel Lee - not
aware 81 her presence. and n there Is any reason
~ feel alarm certainly Annabel Lee does no, Know
why
There Is strange fascination for the cat in watch
Ing the KAY Annebel. she displays her beauty
and gives T. her gay spirits. Slowly the distant
cousin 20 The tiger approaches the chair. She II
beautiful too now with strange Hight In her eye.
her graceful paws falling lightly and her tail moving
gently almost imperceptibiy. She II 50 near the
chair that with q bound she could leap into II AMI
stand fsce 10 face with Anrabel Lee" Annabel Lee
OF the green coat and the rel-tippei plumes But
Annabei knows a great deal. She knows that II &
easier - hold fort than 10 tax" H. Sne knows
that the moral effect ~ determination plainly shown
l. enormous and she trips from her perch 70 the
chair steps jaun,y around on the cushion. gives
merry ana careless lhuen or 'i'"N H"' '''i"e'' -
denantly- the time has not come FOR that yet-but
confidently and easily And never does she con
descend look Al the cat who stands there ioolsh
thing. woni ring. no doubt. at such perfect com
posture ana admlrnG such knightly d'sdain ana
such magnificent confidence
lawn come 50 near 20 the chair without being
attacked. ana having fftstfd her eyes on such
lovely sight the cat must come nearer Win an,
other step She is close asan-, tho chair. her head
Lowell with Annnb'i She llfis paw an" h"i1. u
n the air moiion.ess. suple. graceful hHt 50 nun
gry-iookng' And Annabc Ire. does she scod 2r
chatter or object She starts 10 come oyer 10 snr
o,lgc. slowly. deliberately calmly she pWrrs nst
head srcchins out her Freeg neck, r AZ th her
bcak or her claw when shc il AT the very edge. u
the cat springs back. Annahcl dos strkr TIKI, oH i
appointed that the spir.se 80, h sh, -, $40 40
com. for 4 supreme test The cat holds her ground
and awaits The coming 81 her Spl'ni" 49,, h r
teor her. Al the as, minute when she sees that
she has gone too ar NAT me cat % 'n'e1 rca aan
or Scb Ah ANA in the very face Of tie hearted
cat who springs back IN anrsh' gH| s "i nrowess
And Annabcl Lee? There was cat In inc room an
norhood FOR AnnaheI Lee calmly surveys eyerything
but the cat makes love with soit an. pesu ,h
words to her mistress or examines button on the
She OF the chair There is nothing Ing a %SrS
she breaks into an animated conversation. She
calls ask where Fanny Is she wh,S s,rs rS
notes and low Swinging on her perch %. or laying
yvith a string or unscrrving "A metal I'D from
siinnort she amuses herself In score OF ways.
forgetting the OF life.
I'M II Is when Annabel Lee looks down and finds
right under her a pair OF glowing eyes and red,
tin,"d uns moving now and then with great ana
undvlng longing that she s pleased. She gives a
great laugh OF delight. She banks Ike dog ann
news Ike a cat with a Jeering tauntlng meow.
Hanging by her feet with her head away DOWN hhe
swings herself over the cat hooking ana scoiihs
.Ah there she cries and then she shrieks
with laughter Again she initiates the dog. growl-
INC deem down In her throat
"Ah there joey" she cries. and again she nings
her taunts into the face OF the cat swaylnB ana
swinging so exasperatngly near ana with su'h
maddenlng abandon and confidence ,,
And nh this To show that she l. brave flhaiy
she desccnds from her perch. She Is moved WIN
a great determination. She has been torbearns
long enough. She has tolerated the feeble cat 10
time has come 10 end the play. She IS no longer
rareess or Indifferent. Without word she walks
around the base Of her perch, resolute ana unre-
icnting with "A sort OF grim stateIness she ap-
proa the her poor victim stupened ana para
lived with dread. Up 10 her very race Stalks anna
bel Lee She is right under the whiskers ana the
s,f throat where she rcnd them Ana tneh
nor rage breaks forth-she flaps her wings terrible
Weapons Of dreadful sound. and the cat Is gone
fed like the craven that she IL.
Annabel Lee does not crow. Wanting her acnleve
ment No boasting and no Yainslory Tor her Inc
eat vanquishcd the danger gone. Annabel lie, weeps
bitterly she calls piteOusy for Fanny she hutters
fecbly; she is on the verge OF Mysteries:
Wonderful IL the guile OF Annabel l'ee-morc
wonderful than the guile OF woman