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Saved Two Mems Lives

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Two young men kept bachelor quarters
together in q quiet little. street, in the
Quarter Latin, Paris. 1 have forgotten
their real names, but will call them Jean
and Charles. They shared their modest
apartments with one other companion, q
cat.
In order to economic, the friends pre-
pared their meals at home on a little
charcoal stove One evening while Jean
was standing by the stove cooking the
supper he felt an uncomfortable desire to
sleep. He simply could not keep his eyes
open. His head became heavy and
nodded. Finally he left the work to
Charles, and throwing himself upon a
couch was soon in a deep slumber
Shortly after this Charles algo began to
grow drowsy. He blinked his eyes,
shook himself and tried to go on with the
supper. But it was of no use. The force
was irresistible. He was too sleepy even
to reason and see how strange it was
For the last minute or so he had been
dimly aware that the cat was wandering
around the room in evident distress and
crying loudly. but his brain had become
too stupid to quite comprehend the fact
Almost before he knew it he had sunk
into chair, his head hanging limp and
his eyes closing
Suddenly he was awakened by a sharp
puff of air in his face. He jumped up
quickly, realizing that something was
wrong. a pane of glass in the window
before which he had been sitting was
broken. The cat was outside on the
window sill. Hastily pushing up the
sash to its full extent he swallowed a
glass of water, and with difficulty
aroused his friend.
Then the two looked around and began
to understand what had taken place. The
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slowly filled the room and gradually, so
that they failed to notice it, had over
come their senses and thrown them into
the stupor that came so near proving
fatal
The cat however, had detected the
danger. Feeling suffocated, she, sought
means of escape. The doors were shut.
and her masters paid no heed to her
cries. The window, though closed. Of
fered the only ray of hope In order to
reach it she jumped upon the back of a
rocking chair that stood before It. The
spring, and the weight of the animals
body, caused the back of the chair to
strike the window pane with a force
that shattered the glass into fragments
The cat was released, and a saving Whit
OF cir blew upon the sleepers within
Feline CarOusnI.
A most exciting cat fight occurred Iast
week In the back room of n Berg
meyers saloon. Thirteen cats met there,
presumably to discuss plans by which
they could most effectually disturb mid
night slumbers, when, in the midst of q
discussion and while a large tomcat
was making an impassionate address, a
dispute arose, and the fun began. Fur
flew and a din was made that aroused
the town. 1t was dangerous to attempt
to quell the riot as the cats seemed per-
fectly wild. After a few minutes they
ceased from sheer exhaustion, and three
cats lay stone dead. the others staggering
off to their various homes. They pre-,
sented such an appearance of intoXica-
ton that George Notes, the barber, made
an investigation. and found that the
cats had been drinking beer which had
been left in key in the corner of the
room. He determined to watch the key.
and late that night saw a cat walk into
the room, slyly creep to the keg. where
1t drank until hilarious. This story may
appear incredible, but it is fact. new
ertheless.-Greenup Ky) Democrat.
Protected Its Mistress.
One night last month my wife was alone
in the house. and hearing a knock at the
basement door went down stairs and
opened it, when she behed a drunken
tramp. Without a word he thrust his
leg into the passage, and In reply to a
question as to what he wanted, replied:
Money to get a nights lodging and
SUNNI at to eat"
Remove your foot and will get you
what you want" she said, terrified al
most to fainting. =
mo: ha! ha!'' and then suspecting she
was alone, he thrust his foot further and
soon had her pressed against the wall.
almost breathless and on the point of
fainting. 3
She felt something whiz past her Shout
der, and a yell of pain came from the
tramp. q
80! what's that?" -
Tiger had been asleep in the kitchen,
and hearing the commotion had darted
over my wife's shoulder into the brute's
face.
With a rush for the street, where he
went sprawling, what might have been
a tragedy ended, and dear old Tiger had
saved his mistress life.-New York
Times.