The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-21
WHIPPED EVERY DOG.
An AngOra Cat That RevenEcd the
Slaughter of Her Kittens.

slaughter OF Her Kittens.
From the Cleveland Leader.
Down in Athens, O., there is an Angora
cat with fighting record. When she ap-
pears on the street every dog within sight
sinks off with his tail between his less.
Not one of them dares TO pass her. and
yet, under ordinary circumstances. she is
peaceable, law-abiding cat. She made
her record last summer, and the tale of
her provocation is tragic.
In June she became the proud mother
of four puff-bal kittens They occupied
basket In the barn, and every one petted
them and made much of them; but one
fateful day while the mother was away,
rats killed all four of the kittens. When
the bereaved parent returned a dreadful
sight met her eyes; but, like pet AIajorie
Jennings turkey
She was more than usual calm,
She did not give a single dam.
She was too desperate for profanity. Ac-
cording to the hostlers testimony. she jusy
buried her face in her paws and thought
long and meditated vengeance.
The owner of the cat has a kennel of
fine hunting dogs. Taoby had had vari-
GUS skirmshes with them, and had reason
to think them evil characters. She evil
IDENTIFY figured out the theory that dogs
were the meanest creatures she knew, and
dogs must have killed those kittens, for
she rose with her white fur bristling and
her eyes blazing. and made a Decline for
the kennel yard, where five dogs were
summing themselves. Swoopng down upon
| the Innocent dogs she took them, one at
time, and punished them unul they fed,
| covered with blood and yelping dismaLy.
Tabby's blood was up. Some dog had
killed her helpless babes. She didn't know
| what dog had done the deed. but she
| didn't intend TO take any chances on al
| lowing the guilty one to escape, so she
| started out on the warpath, with firm
| intention of whipping every dog In town.
| The neXt-door neighbor owned IA valuable
! pug dog, who was lying luxuriously on
a blue silk cushion on the front veranda.
/ In at the gate came an avenging Nemes 8.
| splitting fire and slaughter. In two min
| utes that blue silk cushion was spattered
| with red. and the pug was candidate for
| a dog hospital Tabby left him bowling
| in agony, and rushed on in her mad career,
tackling every dog, big or little. that
| showed his head The righteousness of
| her cause spurred her on and each con-
| test added to her thirst for gore. An
| italian greyhound was fit for nothing but
carpet rags when she got through with
! him and dignifed St. Bernard has been
| blind in one eye ever since ne met NEAR
nate fury in Angora guise.
| The crusade attracted the attention of
| passersby and crowd soon collected and
| followed the cat Betting on each event
| ran high, and the excitement grew,
| Finally the cat neared a butchers shop,
! in whose door sat a bandy-legged bulldog
| of great Tenown. A murmur ran through
! the crowd. The fame of that bulldog as 8
! fighter mad spread far and wide, and every
one prophesied that the dauntess con
! dueror had met her Waterloo. She made
| straight for the bulldog. He rose and wad-
| died out to meet her. He knew just
what he would do to her. He would take
! her by the back of the neck and break
! her back with one shake. Then suddenly
| something fell from the sky upon the back
Of his own neck, and hood rained intc
| his eyes and ears. When he could see
| again a wild and demonac cat was stand
ing ten feet away from him, but she didn'
stay there. She few through the air
landed on his back and clawed burrows
before he could touch her. Then she was
gone again.
The unequal contest lasted five minutes
and at the end Of that time the bulldog
whipped for the first time in his life, skunk
into the shop, and Tabby hunted for an
other victim. None appeared. She hac
cleaned out the town, and, after looking
vainly for more worlds to conquer, She
trailed sadly home and sat in the barr
door, wailing dismally al the afternoon
| Since then every dog in town will cross
| the street to avoid her.