The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-01
THE CAT AND THE FLr PAPER.
How tho Conbtnatian Disturbed the Peaee Tn
astuyvesant Square House.

How the Coordination D,sturSed the Peace Tn
as,uyvesant Square House.
One Of the old residents OF stuyvesant square
spends q portion Of each evening, especially tae
twilight hours, at the front windows OF the base
ment In his rambling. old-fashioned house,
which opens out on the square. Immediately in
the rear is the big kitchen, the windows Of which
are as securely barred as those OF como safe de-
post vaults. Those bars would discourage bur
glars. but they cannot keep flies out. as the good
housewife long since learned. Being an old
fashioned woman, however. It WAS with consid.
erable reluctance that she abandoned the time
honored method OF darkening the rooms and
beating the flies out with a dishcloth or a long
paper whisk. Her husband brought home come
highly recommended fly paper. and insisted that
1t should DO widely distributed around the
house, an extra allowance being made for the
kitchen and dining room.
The other night he and his wife were seated
at the front window looking out on tho square.
They were at peace with the world. Nothing
was further from their minds than house
breakers or fly paper. Suddenly there was an
unmistakable soft thud in the kitchen. The
housewife jumped up in alarm and sat down
again In tho dim light she could see the out.
line OF q strange form. with glaring eyeballs.
II came In a series OF eccentric jemps from tho
a at msd ante a.tsm unS ai 10 oiim NON The enS a siier . @ak1isS
among the furniture. darted across the floor,
emitted fearful sounds. and disappeared down
the cellar stairs
The Stuyvesant square man 10 too easy Roine
70 be much perturbed over an incident Of that
kind.
at Is not Q burglar. Maria" he said. because
no burglar could get in through those barred
windows" And be did not even offer to so
down into the cellar to see what the strange
visitor was doing among the coal and wood.
His good wife arose to the emergency and TO her
"Smoke your pipe" she said, "smoke your
pipe and keep on dreaming. No wonder you
never get rich Nothing ever disturbs you. /
don't suppose you would move II that was =
panther, and for ali you know IL is n wild beast
stairs instead Of up or IL might be devouring the
baby. Let mo tell you one thing, you can
gather M all that pssky fy paper and take IL
| have been frightened out OF a years growth
this very minute"
What has the fy paper got to do with this
unusual visitation r her husband asked be-
show you" she replied. Like a well-trained
witnessed an exhibition Of feline activity such
posed Wild beast was none other than a tame
cat Of the neighborhood whose shrunken sides
easily permitted IT. to get through the barred
windows of the kitchen in search Of food.
cat had planted is feat squarely on one Of
the accommodating sheets OF freshly plastered
ny paper, The ny paper was not TO be shaken
on, for With each movement OF the tangled cat
With considerable dificulty the good woman
released the cat from its pr~edicament. There
Ia no ny paper In that Stuyvesant SOU sre house
at present. and the tame cat can como and go
disturbed the even tenor of life In the old
Second avenue home.