Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-07-19

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interest as the cat, and wore an ex-
preston of great satisfaction when
the bob disappeared and another un-
wary club was brought to the sur.
face for Judge.
One day the fishing became very
poor, and after watching the line with
great impatience Ned saw reckless
little club swimming near he sur
face of the water about foLt from
the shore. Ned sprang up, and before
the club could get away he caught it in
his mouth, and, taking it over 20 Judge,
laid the fish on the grass and watched
the cat eat it.
Ned learned that he could catch fish
quite as skillfully as his little mistress,
and from that day on he followed a
regular plan for catching the clubs.
He would go to the edge of the lake,
and, by touching the surface of the
water. attract a little shoal of clubs;
for when any slight disturbance oc-
ours on the surface the clubs rush up
to see whether some food has dropped
in. Ned would then make snatch at
the foolish little group and always
catch at least one fish. Sometimes
they failed to come up in shoals, and
then Ned would stand perfectly still,
seeming hardly to breathe. and wait
until a solitary club came along. when
he would catch him.
The cat and dog do not wait for
their owner to accompany them now.
but two or three times day the dog
will go down to the waters edge and
that he is meeting with success and
join him. Sometimes they seem to
hold consultation on the matter of
going down, and will start off together.
walking side by side until they reach
the lake, when the dog will go to the
waters edge. and the cat stand near.
waiting, as in the picture. If one of
the other cats from the house hap
pens along Judge will refuse to eat un-
til the other cat has had all it wants
and goes away.
Judge is something of a hunter him
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the woods. where he remains for two or
three days. living on the small game
that he catches. He captures small
birds occasionally, and brings them to
his mistress, and. although he has
learned through frequent punishmen:s
that this trait does not meet with az
proval, he is so vain of his accomplish
ments as hunter that he cannot re-
sist the temptation to catch one oc.
casionally.
At about five o'clock every morning
he gets lonesome and declines to be
comforted until some one gets up to
keep him company. If another cat
comes around he gets Jealous. and. 60
ing long way off. viii sit alone until
he sees that the rival has gone away.
He has one pleasure that the other
pets do not share. for almost every day
he accompanies his little owner to
school. and. taking his seat on the top
of her desk, is permitted to remain
there until school is dismissed. when he
walks home at her side.
He has a strange taste for foods,
and likes vegetables better than meat.
He will take an ear of corn and eat
off the kernels with great enjoyment.
and enjoys raw pumpkins. squash and
turnips. When the cat goes away for
one of his vacations to the woods Ned
tslonesome and insists on going with
the family on all their trips. and some
times when they start out in the boat
and forget to take him he has been
known to swim a mile and half to
follow them and be pulled into the
boat.-N. y. Tribune.