The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-23

D tNNN hHEHE" 'i % fH# 4H Ht"N'H Hat#t
! hof feet iiuuaehgItaf. too III
many .uHIaurrH brought iu tHHIi
own OF the ueIFhbufH luai as =
. Glanced ~ happen and HrIlvelF e.
changed them fHr current coin u
ihr fealm Nnu drove Iu from Tie
suburbs aud nearby Villages with
whole wagon lufdH ~ eats Grated
up and ready for delivery Ht 81
cents a bend
lu fact for Two weeks % simply
+. Blued eafH around that ul1.lma
/ skating rink. now the headquarters
OF The Oriental Cat to OfImitad1
. All thaY had to Do Wa 10 hand IN
/ their fuuf legged, fufflal voucher
+ and the money uaa promptly forth
coming And thr aaHHiHf Of the 0HI=
. entail ct 60 llImIfeII WaH mot II
/ all particular either Anything In
J the shape of ca cat would do All he
. insisted On uaa that the ut must
I. hr alive He drrW the line at dead
ones
when questioned ms ~ what they
+ we're going 20 do with 80 many HafH
I the uffahls president aud tha equal
iy 1hllsIuE secretary and treasurer
uf the company replied that they &
F pppted "a find "a market for them n
f china. hence che title Oriental Cat
+ Co. IN certain sections ct che flow
cry Kingdom felIueB were very
scarce aud would command high
prices especially If they we're good
|mUuagra and raf .rafeheHH An active
able bodied eat would almost bring
I itH weight ln silver IN SOME parts 81
I China. aud Ba millions ~ people
there required cats the market va
practically unlimited The Oriental
I Cat Go Limited had organized for
T the purpose OF supplying that mar
/ BET and they proposed doing ao
Three HHrI# rolled by three
busy bHsfIIuF weeks for the Orient
T 90 Cat Go and ItH Officers and hired
utalatauta nuumapalIH and the
country round about had been
pumped dry of cate You rUulan T
have found another ore of the an
imnIa With d nur.taatheI comb not
D. solitary Ht al bad been HaHt
Into fhH TamnualHHH nav uf the
Oriental at co Limited
Cats ~ the score hundreds and
thousands had been taken ln and
paid faf HF tho smiling and un.q1it=
ouH officials and employees OF aid
company hut strange fn say none
had been shipped away Not n cat
They were 40 HtIll being housed
ard fed IN The old rink on Main
street. and many "a crippled broken
down haH#f worthy of a hstifr fate
found lie way ihithef 70 be cot up
into cats meat" aud distributed -
drove - hungry felIaeH
Some daYa passed without any
move lsIHE made on the part ~ the
cal company. and then uat as theg
had bsEuu talking # getting the
animals ready fnf shipment 90 plague
az rate suddenly broke out iu Boom
rpolIa Nobody seemed 20 know
whore they had an come from. bit
There thsf wsfe aa thick aH hsaHf
around a pretty girl ar maf1u.taaH
"a Jersey swamp And they we're
about the fercrat and hunEflsat
rodents that ever peaIefed a com
munIty AZ that
Nothing. apparently HaH safe
from their attacks They invaded
cellars stores warehouse public
buildings. private buildings. the
mansions ~ the rich aHd che tene
meuta 81 the poor. every place In
fact. where they could fad anything
worth eating ur worth destroying
On the mIdsf ~ The iHaniatlon ths
people suddenly bethaaEht them
selves ~ cats. Cats uera uhht waa
recfed. and they we're needed at
once
But where ucrc theY 20 be- had.
unless perehaure the Oriental Cat
Go. u1mItedl could Be induced IN
sacrifice Ifa stock after taking such
trouble ta get BE- together
u seemed almost ptafldeufIal that
the rat epidemic happened 20 break
out While The cats we're yet within
reach. Instead % being IN route IN
china. a. they might have been q
fsw DAYS later
The eats werp Hiill Ia the city and
their assistance vas urgently need
"a ln the present crisis.
with enc accord the pupulace be-
gan atarmInR the doors ~ the orr
entail cat 60. uImitsdl and de
nanded eatH Cats cats We
must have eats'" was the cry. and
the public spirited president ot the
cat company aforesaid sitting In
his snug office. heard tho cali and
rune % the occasion.
Cats Certainly" said Mr.
uuhha in the hlandest ~ accents.
Sell 'em n ans body wants en-. dr.
Tubha hHnE ont 81 s'rn
MAY look a little steep. gentle.
men. but that BE- shat they wuuld
bring IN china Hate 10 diHappoint
our customers there but have "a do
It. I suppose. seeing the cats are
badly needed here In the present
emergency Got that sign. Mr..
Tubbs Ali right hang 'er ont
And the sign IN question vas
promptly swung 90 the bre"fe.
FOR SALE Choice Cats. SO
Common cats. s."
Precisely ono week later McsarH.
IIubbs and Tubha the nhiiging off
flsIa ~ the Oriental Cat Co limit
ed closed up their now eatleas and
deserted place of business IN the old
sink Al the corner ~ Main and