The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-22
50 THE CAT CAME BACK


into a hand bag, so as not to look
conspicuous, for l am very sensitive to
the vulgar gaze of the public. l had
scarcely reached the street when she
made an awful meWing that made peO-
pie turn and stare at me. Then a
small boy shouted, "Who stole the
cat?" This made the perspiration run
from my brow until [ reached the car
Sitting by the side of a lady and feel
ing very nervous, the lady looked at
me, then at the bag, and remarked,
You ought to give that cat some
fresh air. So l opened the bag to do
SO, when the cat gave bound out of
the bag, carrying the sack with her
upon the floor, yelling and scratching
for all she was worth. The lady gave
an unearthIy scream. and nearly faint
ed; then the blessed cat rolled under
the skirts of another lady.
Did you ever hear two cats fighting?
Well, she evidently thought she was
having another tusSle with another
cat, for she yelled and fought terribly,
the lady screaming at the same time.
Down l went upon my knees to catch
that cat; then | made grab at what
thought was the animal, and it being
dark, | made a mistake and caught
hold of the lady's ankle. She jumped
up, yelling at the top of her voice
that the cat had bitten her. and
banged me over the head with her
umbrella. Finally, tapping down up
on my silk hat, she began to cry.
At this stage. the conductor brought
me a heavy stick. Hitting the cat q
couple of blows that | know would
have killed any ordinary animal, | put
her into the bag. After rescuing my
hat from the lady who was still cry
ing that she would die from hydrophO
bia, and ramming my hat upon my
head | jumped off the car. AS | left
j saw the smile of satisfaction upOr
the womans face when she caugh
sight of my nat which she had sat up
on.
1t is a good thing the darkness par
TALLY concealed me, for my appearance
was rather sOrrowful. OF course, yOI
know it was my intention to drown thu
cat; but now I had killed her l Nigh
just as well go home. | felt sorry a
having caused the cat such a violen
death, but when | remember the smil,
upon that persons face | feel lik
killing her too.
just then / fancied I heard the ca
cry, and, to my establishment, she wa
still alive; so turning around [ mad
for the seashOre, seven blocks away
Keeping on the darker side of tn
street, so as not to attract attention,
at least reached the water and [ threy
the cat, sack and all as far as [ could
It being dark | could not see wher
she went, so after hearing the splas1
/ waited until | knew she must b
drowned. 1 turned round to go HON
when to my horror / saw that vile Ca
sitting about a dozen feet from m
with her head and feet sticking throug
the sack. After hunting some time i
the mud I found a brick, which I al
tached to piece of cord, then tying
round the animals neck, | hurled
with all my might and ran away.
If 1 had walked away it would hav
been all right, but policeman ha
been chasing a man for rObbing a We
man, then losing sight of the robbie
and catching a. glimpse Of me turnin
the corner, took it for granted I wa
his man He followed me, shouting g
the top Of his voice, stop, Theft
was stopped by the fist Of a coal hea7