Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-29
CATO, me TAME PUMA.


Perhaps the most remarkably true sc-
countcyer written OF wild animal hv-
Ing IN friendly relations With man n Civ
go b. 2, Hampton Porter ia hia admirn-
story OF Cato the Puma " here re,oid nH
Tar as fossiblv In Dr. Portots' own
zone sultry morning" writes Mr. por.
ter, "as tho author sat IN his sala. an
Indian entered aud said hu had heard
mat the SENIOR delighted Ia Wild beasts.
saints and s"N"Ial friends. SLAIN ile
mother ot tins littic lion VA the Golden
mountain. be had sonshi u there %
mark z, tesl,ct, and would like TO have
Here he unruiied Ms r.fapc and de-
posted hall ut indirtinctiy striped md
spotted FUR on the floor In that man
ner this puma Of pumus came into the
keeping. of his guafdian.
hs beast was yhriatcncd Cato,
Cato became, Of course. "a powerful
nnimal-pblc to Kill man with ease.
Some uf his nmua.Wcnta wcrv rather
blood -cufdinr. AIR. Potter wfteai
nm early agc. but soon learned that "a
statute ~ ~, John the Evangelist was
not ALIVE. aud gave NJ he pfacilc.g a.
Was a Eood.alEed animal that the prs
tens. II killing he guardian was given
~ both Of nA fuliy Understood that thiz
when cato was watched hiH acting
was perfect. lie Fot Oh - Tar AZ pos.
ethlo m ti' luhki Enll'fNsNhN funin anu
fastened his rlafinl 'frH uluu the pre-
tended victim. Nothing that could favor
hla approach Was neglected. The furni.
hlturc might b. differently arranged
Of vunccnimrnt constructed hut the anti
mails tactics never lnNrd To- utter N gc.
always expected 10 be- onmphmeutsi and
caroaHed after dHTting FROM an ambush
which had hrun reached with much PR.
caution. ana he reared w and fubbsd
hia heul uuuluat ma frigul asking for
"Gato became dangerous when grown.
and occupied ruum ~ himself, from
which he wan not removed while nj.
Guardian WIS gone AFTER bDlnE confined
= couple q aayh. his cnrerness 10 see
his friend back became excessive,
TO sit and watch a man take himself
60 pieces was pleasing but punEilnR, ~
was evident that boots wer" q part Of ~.
could they be taken on. aud why had
these feet their cinws uhe Epursl be-
hind7 Having PRECEDED over the sifnnge
procrss % taking on one nkin and putting
on another. and inspected the ARTICLES
runoVgd, h. was ready for HE own toilet,
which Was confined 20 a gentle brushing
"onc summer morning a large. rabid
dog dashed into the room fruin the street
and rubbed out by the. opposite door to-
Instant aid was necessary 10 prevent the
latter from helnE bitten. for although
hs woSa h1r Sr o er dqs 70 81 pIsSs
others. this would not have saved him.
lie witnessed the whole affair saw the
revolver. the aim and the Hash. heard
the n'pOrt, saw the dog fail struggle
ana die Thpn did n realizing sense Of
potency ~ the revolver enter his mind.
For a while u was only necessary To
wear pistol 10 keep Cato at a distance.
uuio's taste was bad. lic admired Eiar-
fiilruaTranecdal maaetbwnfkc nHehhaabo
Ing. guudy colort a gnyiy colqred pnr-
rot wnr the pr,ttie-t blrd, In his opin-
Ion, he had ever seen.
'@rhe manner IN which Cato departed
this life was worthy 81 himself and may
be- taken ~ the last proof Of HE saw
Rrefy ~ spirit.
s'On the evening Of his death he was
fastened by fountain when NJ N Il SAID.
for unhaully the writer was absent, u
strange dog appeared, whom h. Hprang
~. breaking hlu chain close TO the cui-
lar. ana killed
Aflerwards he climbed tree and
while tho servants shut Themselves w In
their apartments, stretched himself out
On u limb and looked down upan the
fnungied remains Of his victim just ~
that moment man rode through the