The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-01

}-- went 10 the cat ehow IN town,
rl Harold Snorg. the aged cat admrer
at We-tghe,tcr county and wasn't disap-
POINTED for ] didn't expect 10 see anything
ia' would interest ne.
they were of course. a very polite lot
~ -1t- for which their fond owners had paid
af Of money. They sat up and looked
rrery and the ladies admired them, but
'lcy weren't the real thing. such as I've
owned and raised
Breeding aud cost don't make a cat
Gate have to be born with the real catness
So them and then they are beasts 70 be
wondered ut Give mo the common or
nee cat, aud he will run rings around the
fr,-' .ngora that ever crossed the ocean
in l glass case, If he's born with the proper
csrmng
ihe first cat had that developed genius
Wis little black fellow that camo roaming
INTO ry yard one day. had dachshund
and hr and the cat used to eat out Of the
sumo dish
When spring came they played in the
vari together and one day saw the cat
lead the dachs up tree. The cat would
.in UP aud down the trunk and then come
hack and make noises at the dog ns much
H- 'o -py.
s. lat chance have YOU got 10 get away
from a real husky dog you can't climb
Pretty soon the dachshund began TO
claw at tho bark and in about week
tpei him sitting on limb six feet from
ihe ground The cat was perched on
another branch, making the most congratu-
atoiy sounds; and he had a right to, for ne
bad taught the dachshund 10 climb.
had "A pool of goldfish in the garden,
and near it was bed OF catnip. The tutor
.lt used to picl, bits Of the nip and drop
-aem in the pool I wondered what his
zane was. for he liked catnip himself just
1. AN real cats do.
The fish paid no attention to the catnip
for some time but AZ last they took nibble,
and after that they devoured all that Sir
lohins would bring TO them. To make
q .ans story short, Tobias trained those
f-h 20 come out of the pool and frolic in
h cltnip bed.
lie would swish his tail In the leaves until
i. rocked OF catuip. and then he would trail
&. .n The water The fishes came out and
wriFgiad after him TO the catuir. and when
they had feasted they went back to the
water When fish gorged himself so full
mat he couldn't wigg!e back Tobias would
pick him up and carry him, very gently.
Winter approached and one night
remarked that would soon have to take in
'c goldfish. Tobias disappeared the neIt
morning and the following night es | lay
In bed heard tho yowling joyous it was
Of aoout twenty cats.
ST dayhreak went out in the yard and
found Tobias aud dozen boon companions
asleep on the grass in the attitudes of Roman
;enators who had stuffed themselves for
hours. look into tie pool told me tho
worst.
The goldfish were gone, and knew that
Tobias had pulled of the game that he had
h-en planning all summer, a banquet Of
crpip-fed goldfish for his friends. They
ay drunk for two days, and then all went
away hut Tobias and his friend Herbert,
gray cat Of exceptional intelligence.
] have a typewriting machine in my
study for I have 10 answer great many
etters from nquirers into cat psychology.
lul while Herbert was recovering from his
6a auch he used to come and watch me
in One day / discovered him beating
he keys and encourag' d him.
Ha didn't know English, Of course. but
aou found that 'cvbnm' meant milk in his
'.e and that qwertyliop was a call for a
Of fish. made him know that ssdfgh'
oi.d be regarded by me rs a signal for
zip ia case bis tail got caught in the ratchet
oc anything If the sort
lime PASSED and Herbert disappeared