Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-07-17

more than you can say Of most of you
dear friends. She's shared our crus
and eat up the leavings of the steal
tLat otherwise wouldhaye been wasted
and she's never seemed to lay it u
against us when we drowned her kit
tens"
"There'd have been 10 dozen Of zen
if we hadn't drowned 'em!" said Nancy
"and you don't want to 60 to gettinl
sentimental over any messes OF
| drowned kittens. You just go and mai
| up that box Of crockery, and lie NJ
the feather beds, and put the burlaI
over the parlor set, and take down III,
spare chamber curtain fixings, and
then you'll have plenty Of time to at.
tend to your cat. TIN be better te
go along toward evening. Cats don't
mind being out nights, and it'll seem
kinder natural to Priscilla to start out
at sunset"
So il befell that as the shades 81
evening were gathering mounted my
wheel with Priscilla In bag dangling
from the handle bars, and sped out in
the direction Of the suburbs. ! was
glad it was dusk. A man feels mean
when he il going to drown cat.
l hadn't gone 20 rods before I met
Jones.
"Helo" said he, what you got in
your bag?"
Cat" says 1.
"Good gracious" says he. ''you amt
never going to give your cat away.
It's bad luck to give a cat away when
you're going to novel
"The next person / encountered was
Mrs. Green. She was returning from
a meeting Of the sewing society, and
stopped me.
Good evening Mr. Barker said she.
"Hear you are going to move, HoW's
Nancy? Hope it'll agree with her where
Won are going. she don't look over
and above pert lately. And shes get-
ting awful gray! What you got uyour
bag?"
"I've got a cat" said I, beginning to
feel savage enough to do for all the
cats in the country, "and I'm going 8
kill it,"
"Kill IT," cried Mrs. Green Good
land, Mr. Barker! I don't see how you
dare! It's a sure sign Of poverty and
death to kill a catl"
/ wheeled on; by this time It was
quite dark, and was close TO the river
| left my wheel in a elump q bushes
and united Priscilla's bag In hot haste
from the handles Of my machine. Then
with my wrigging burden crept
stealthily toward the river. / suppose
had legal right 20 drown my cat,
but somehow | felt like a criminal in
} dime novel
was going 10 give Priscilla a stu
Dendous send off. and had lifted her |
high in the air for that purpose, when
The emitted a yell that fairly curdled |
nv blood. and simultaneously an iron |
hand fell on my shoulder and a stern
voice said;
NO. you don't do It! I've got you
safe this time. I've been watching for
ron. You've got a dead body in that
bag. and | arrest you'll"
'Let me alone" said l, 81 amt ado
Nc anything, and"
Good Lordi" cried the officer, it's
ilivel"
-of course it's alive" said !, cor else
shouldn't be here with it. And
shouldn't be here anyway, If ii wasn't
or Nancy"
"Great Scottl"cried the officer, then
Is mother is concerned in it. What
fieud in human shape she must bel"
WELL" said l. 'Nancy is consider
bile Of a tartar when she gets reused
p."
The officer took his knife and cut the
iaE
"It's fortunate I was in time, " said
lie, and then the cat broke up the
Gene. You should have seen her. She
ave utterance TO on ear-piercing
clawed her way across
he officers face and left her tracks
larked with his blood.
'.The-er-er-dick faid he
MY he didn't phrase it that way-as {
e wiped the blood from his manly | q
neaments, why in the name Of CONF
lon sense didn't you tell me it was a
lasted cat that you had in your 2
.ag2"
'You didn't give me time" said l.
The cat had disappeared in the j
ushes, and the policeman walked away :
n disgust. Invent after my wheel, and {
ound that some scamp had taken adj 1
antage Of my absence and made off
18th it, ! may add that though hav-
lg been repeatedly invited to return
{, and 'no questions asked, !" he has not
ct done so. Il
I walked home sadly. avoiding Nan 7
Us questioning. / gave her to UNI q
erstand that / had traded the wheel. =
The next morning Priscilla sat on (.
ar bedroom window, placidly licking I
er fore-foot. =
Heavens and earth, Silasi" cried 2
.ancy. there's that cat been and res Ct
ERECTED herself and looks just as E