Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-01
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THE PARROT AND The CAT,

OdHV, u lnllucHt WnuAt eNacl nRc WIZ
known only to herself, uni the fam.
lily Bible. There was also in the fum.
ily servant Maggie Mngoogln, and
Chnuncey, the kitten. Jane, with gen.
tlc assertion, usually swNyed the dc.
clsnns Of her brother, IN spite OF
certain lordly domestic superiority he
assumed, Maggie clearly dominated
Jane IN regard to the home affairs;
and the ktten, which was u recent nc.
QUESTION, assumed the functions Of a
baby in that 1t ruled the whole house.
hold by lts will and caprice,
But what on this particular day
ruilled the ordinary placid surface Of
Whliilcbys serenity was the fact that
the n,lghbors In the Hut on the other
SIDE OF ,he hall were moving, In ord
nary cases this would be matter OF
no consequence, but TO Whirleby, on
account Of Ills sisters complasnnce
and easy chnNtablentss OF disposition,
tt was u matter of great concern,
Early in the spring, when The PEG.
pie on the floor below had moved, hrs
sister kindly concealed to store for
them, for u day or two, three chairs,
he'd, Two bureaus, and n table. These
had not been sent for until the 18th OF
August, and meanwhile the Whiifleby
apartments resembled a storehouse, A
month ago the family on the second
floor had gone AWAY, borrowing for
the occasion from Jane, Whlilloby's
new steamer trunk, which he had pur.
chased for his vacation trip 10 Mon.
thpll, and the SUN cusc his s,styr had
given him for Christmas. No trace
OF these articles had appeared since.
And only Two weeks before the Jenk
inSes across the shaft had suddenly
cleared out, and having exclaimed to
Jane that ut the last moment they
hud forgotten to provide facilities for
the transportation Of their kitten,
asked her to take charge of II until
they could call for It in the evening,
The kitten was handed to Jane across
the shaft, was never returned for, and
had now become I'm established mem.
Der Of the household,
The atttudc of the rest of the IN.
haby,anis Of the Whitley household
toward the feline was varied with each
individual, Whiiflrby, while express.
ing in sarcastic tones the greatest con-
temp, Of the qundrupcd, secretly own.
ed TO himself II slight feeling OF fenr
OF 1t, which indeed he possessed for
al Ia nArts, In
WHITLEY, cCocd OVER VI and talked
baby talk as il the hing was really
human infant, though at the same
time she had ever vague feeling Of
dread uncertainty rs to ms nest prank
The cook, expressing her lonthlng in
40 uncertain terms, openly de.ested
The "lUtlle baste," designated 1t ne
the "the devils own" and probably
when Jane was out Of sight and hear.
ing, gave 1t sundry blows with the
poker or kicks from ihe toe Of her
stout shoe. And finally, the very
afternoon ON which we have de.
'scribed Whllcby coming up IN a caf,
the cllmaN of hcr relation with the
'i'.e" ''"" ,,, ',''N',," w., ,t ~
P"S '""S '''" ''"'' ~ "i'S''' wv W u
had drawn thufNy cIHW across her
rudy rotund face, Maggie came
bouncing in upon Juneand announced:
III be aIther lawn IN a week win
thot Tiger, do be wlllln Ter docook.
in and washin', but not to kape no
menagcdje, thnt, Olnt.' And Jane
mad accepted ms u'tlm"tum neekly
ANA apolog"'Ical'N' alter the lhanner
OF mistress ana Inalu'
But to return 10 WHITLEY; lie
came slowly up the dark flight OF
stairs and w&h an mir Of proprietor
snip opened the door. Ihen suddely'
from the aim rtcessrs ol me kltchen
a voice, nasal and metallic, greeted
him WIN;
you'll gVt all mats coming "
YOU!
SWELL" thought WheiiIIeby. Jane
has probably invited the JanliorH
chlldltn up ana Is probnbINaIIowlng
them to sun themselves with my sat
urday and Sunday dessert ANA
Whlnieby' whose aversion TO children
was deep-grphnieu Nnqqslleere'shruhk
slliently 'in'o Tue string rum pu'
soon, urea o, qu't'N r'T''n 'l ~ e"Hr
ing ~ Tue s'ru'gnl rV ,,,' -, M,''"MS y,
',ne mus opPosate, Nn,nIenS s, 'o''
h'ilise'l W uhe PUHo anu , SV'r.'u " NY,
'lrhe OIL 'hoP'n - hu. he i"" o"'S
prayed rev bars when the same
strident voice from the ktchen sung