The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-30
THE CAT CAME BACK.
Ahongh Drowned, shot and shipped
10 Distant Points.

Aoh the tnlcagO Tribune.
There is one woman at least in Chi
eago who is thoroughly convinced that A,
cat Is hard thing 10 get rid of. In mo-
ment OF thoughtlessness O West Side w,-
man allowed one OF her little girls 10 sr.
cept as a present from a neiehbor a wee
itue kitten OF innocent ana amus.ns
Ways. This was two years ago. As m,
Kitten grew TO adult cathood fl devci.
oped traits Of wickedness and became a
pest 10 that family In particular ana A
u.eau nuisance 20 the neighhorhood IA
ssneraL MIX and meats and pet birds
disappeared IN what for a long time WIS
an unaccountable way, until al last mrs
y was caught red-clawei with inc
uiood and feathers OF a missing canary
shleared about her Jaws Then the lie
cree OF expulsion was passed. There were
Sonne VINO insisted that the cat should be
Killed outright. but this was sor,atbi,,.
the kind-hearted woman shrank fro,,,
She mad a better plan. She would SEM,
pussy 10 her sister in Milwaukee THIS
SISTER had admired pussy from its kltt,-,
uays' and Oft expressed wish TO hay.
PET Just like II. a postal card did the
BUSINESS ana arrangements were made Tor
Sny transfer OF the cat from Chicago 10
AuWaukee. Pussy was TIED I'm basser
duly labeled and sent off one NIondav n p
terhooh by express on its eight-four milo
Journey. Three days later il was back at
tne west side house, puTring and rubhiuc
-e'il'St 'he members of the family ia "a
manner which i'm cat language meant:
~ ousnt 10 be glad to see me. for I've
walked all the way back from Milwaukee"
temporary absence had not improved
pussy 5 behavior. and before the next SAT-
uIuay night a neighbours hoy was hired
10 take the offender to Garfield Park and
rose IL. lie was a bad boy and PASSED the
Woru among his companions that he had
cat 10 XIII. That afternoon four bows
Went TO Garfield Park and with then, went
cat tied in bag. A boat was engaged
ana rowed FAR out into the pond. where the
cat-laden bag was tossed into the water
Ihen the boys put in two or three hours
ioanhg under the trees before they went
pack 10 help the ringlcader collect and
spend the quarter he was to get for lur-
ing pussy away. At the front gate they
round the cat dripping wet and meowinp
like a fiend The bows said - frei
le" prlckbats at pussy and went on with
out asking for the quarter Before morn
ing pussy had robbed the milkpans all
along the block and eaten up a beefstealx
winch careless butchers assistant had
IeIt on low windowledge. Satisfied that
hothlng short of death would part the
cat from her the woman reluctantly or
dered the man who was doing chores
ABOUT the house to kill pussy. Ten min
utes later the report Of gun was heard.
and soon after this Pat was busy digging
hole in the vacant lot back Of the house.
While close beside him lay the dead cat
Did you kill 1t. Pat?" asked the woman.
shading her eyes with an apron TO shut out
the sight.
Deed an did, mum. She's that dead
now she'll never trouble You again" the
saving of which was accompanied by q
KICK at the cat, which az once got I'D and
scrambled off. Pas dropped his spade. and.
crossing himself reverently, said:
Lave it alone, mum. Shure it's the divil
ITSELF an l wouldn't touch il agin."
Many people tried their hands at getting
RID Of pussy after that. but all of them
failed. A railroad man tied it in a bag.
threw 1t from a freight car bound for Oma-
ma ana shut the door, but the cat came
back-hungry, tired and footsore, but
chock full of mischief. Little girls said
nice kitty and lugged II OF to distant
parts OF the city; old women carried il
nome with them and tried to starve 1t into
submission; boys harried and worried, and
stoned II, but the cat lived through il all.
ana is back at its jackson boulevard home
just as contented and happy as If the even
serenity Of feline life had never been dis
turbed. And the woman! She is a devout
church member, but she says something
which is never heard outside an experience
meeting every time the cat shows up.