The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-06-23
rHE K,rrEs IN THE MOUSE.


/ Vas psssl ed to lnow of What. but sssce
The somisg o, semIramls Il IL quite simple.
Her mys,erlous amber eyes and lishc little
bedy Of fairy silver have taught me the
,futh fairies are The seGls Of all little Kit.
tens. Aaa only LET him deny this who can
cast the afs, proof 10 The contrary
| say lei '.llma deny I, for whstyer 10
fragrant to behave ard pleasant 10 presch
about the kitters Of The world, every wo-
man Ii fsia to Aecept and 70 repeat How
gladly, then, viii she welcome such fair
dOetrIre a. this coreerning the kittens that
have left the world Ard II her own "lit-
lie lion, snail ard dainty sweet be stiii
her daily eompanion, The has enly to DIT
with II In her arms for ~ hour some night
when the moon Ia foil, to understand That
to all strange sseet Il nlences and potent
hidden presences tbs rellesnt. eerle iittls
creature 10 aka. Especially will she feel
shis n as ! trust every woman who loves =
kitten knows, n has been named for some
besuiiful dead queen.
Something Of this cot6ded to Pleas
~ We tat togetter over the fire one night
soon after the arrival Of stmiramis. MY
coli ience, admit, was cautiously giver,
for Peltas, though he 10 so old, 10 alive to
most gracious unrealities; yet be persis .,
AZ do most men, IN classifying cats smong
the facts OF the world ard 10 treating them
| accordingly, Nova beautiful kitten, pro-
PERL understood, Is no more to be rated
with the stupid things that have dimen'
.ions and dates than Ia \ rose. There ID
magic about her for which her mere exis-
tence does not account. ] wanted to teach
this to Peltss. One Of the penalties q
bepg very old, ss We are, Is our unwilling
ness TO bother with new beliefs. But one
Of the incidents Of lovirg some one very
much Ia to want him to believe quite a. you
do. No wonder was little frightened to
begin.
Semirsmis lay before us on green
cushi)p, her head turned from us 10 superb
indifference, her whols attitude that OF
tired queen ready to murmur, ON with his
head" as an ans Ser to argument.
feel, said | to Peless, As " we were
two Nubian slaves whose gifts she has just
despsed
50 do |, said Peleas, 30 sfiably that
suspected that he had been doing.
| Peless, | went on, which do you behave
Semramis was long ago--a queen or real
goddess
A queen, faid P,leas decidedly; only
queens are as idle as cats. Goddesses buss-
tie about too much.
Ii was that bit Of sympathy on the part
Of Peleat delivered, ss | now believe, TO
cover the fact that he had been asleep-
which lured me on.
think so too, cried; and, Pelea', l
know what she will be after she 10 dead.
O, course after they die they 60 some
where or do something-you'v only to
look at S .mramis' wonderful .Periian tail
| to be sure she Is immortal! And Of course
II you've any humor you can't picture
heaven with cats serenadipg on the pearl
battlements. But 0 Pelaas, / know what
| bee omes Of them.
What doesf irq1ired Peleas uncertain
| ly.
Haven't you ever thought ] cried.
Why, you know when they are alive they
really are the goblns among all animals.
They walk by Themselves they are mys-
terIous, and they live apart, no matter how
| much you love them. Their eyes change
| with the light, thoy see in the dark, they
love the moon and the night-they are fey
| all their days. Well, when they die--lin't
| II clear they become fairies!
Delicious rubbish said Peleas smiling.
IL ssmiramis had suddenly quoted from
the Persian | could not have been more
amsz.d.
should like to know what Ia more DELI
cious than most rubbish Inquired with
spirit. Not facts, surelyf
Let's read bit more of In UmbIia, said
peless with that main.strength tact which
| a,ways msddens me. nodded sulkily
enough, and never heard word OF the ex-
auisite things he read. Peleas the breath
OF whose being ard the soul Of whose be-
Iiefs ia The heart OF all delicious rubbish,
a. the worlds fancies--Peleas to turn upon
s entrants and me like this II was some
line before could retson l. out. My con-
clus 'oa 10 that, however sane and adorable
any man NAV be, In matter OF cats d, 10
likely to be a barbarian. Strangely enough,
they all seem proud oft, Now sometimes
In the greatest COZ fieIcel ! confess to an
inability to appreciate orchestral music and
terrapin, and admit that ! shsl forever pre-
fer sounding brass bard and oyater-stew;
ordinarily however, merely become silent
when ,Ither Of ttcfe tupericr things are
mentioned. But a mar and Pe'eas is the
preste,t Of these--so soon ~ cats are touch
ed upon, far from maintaining laudaoie
let!cence upon his own psucity OF soul,w
brave II out 10 the world thst he likes cats
the least OF all aaimila. Heis pFouder OF
no other lack of taste, unless IL De OF hls
,a,hlng for shopping.
Al sooa ~ Peleas put dosn The BOOK
began again, being - brave ~ am
old.
Yoi dent care about cats, Informed
him. because you don't know how TO take
care of ihem. Cats are live Olives and
tanana,. You have TO acquire taste for
al three. You can no. do this By dSgrad-
irg them and frish.euifg them
A dserad.d olive and friahtsred oana-
ns, interrupted Pelea, Ia idlo,ic bewidsr.
m mt.
Ca.,. cr,el. Listen, Peleas, ! have
beer thinking. have made up sone To-
structIons about the voluntary care ofcats
which, II ytu will follow, will teach you 10
1--we then, win you iistfns
~ - kas Nre hfru