The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-07-25
TALKS FROM EXPERIENCE.
Tale of a Lost Cat.
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ietone at cat, to kill it. want to see
somebody with two strong hands close
round that boys neck.
Of course the CO: is only beast Of
the tiger tribe; but man is said to be
of the monkey tribe!
once had cat that for his sake
made me love all other cats.
This cat died; that is how / know
that I loved it SO we'll.
We don't know how we'll We love
anything until we lose it. Is there
man who knows about that chair in
the Office that he lost, because he
wanted to go hunting? How warm it
looked when he saw the other fellow
there cuddledl
1s there man who knows Of thxt
opportunity be lost, because it Was
not big enough? How gigantic it
seemed when from it's midst the other
fellow was plying jokes at himl
It is the lost things that weave
their love magic around us.
SHE came to Geek and to save that
which was lost"
The lost Atlantic has had more
poetry written about it than have ell
the esasts and merchandise on the
continent Of America.
When ! think how, after they are
gone, I shall love people whom I know
Itsy now to idealize their virtues, to
magnify their goodnese,to disown
their 9Failties, TO set them in my
mind as plaza Of pleasant prospects.
upon which delight and comfort
myself to look; so, thst when the
evil days come, and the time draws
nigh when I shsll lose them, shsI.
console myself that while they were
here I did Cor them what could;
made life for them according to my
feeble measures, in some way, mere
worthy of living.
This cs:, &C as!z, sss7 little beast,
some might say, was for couple of
short years pleasurable in the house.
1 cared for him from the time he
was kitten unable to drag himself
around. His mother forsook him.
Sometimes, on summer nights I tied
him to . stake QUE Of doors, With o
saucer Of milk or water, as Hager
might foF' Ishmael-the difference be.
ing, that the boy. was worth saving,
the kitten seemingly Of no, use; with
. scarcely enough vitality to last until
morning. He did not seem promising
enough to make me think Of the
. '''singed ost.'' -.
j. But nature experimsnted in him
with the problem Of Survival; and
he lived. After encouragement he
exerted Independence and ens.ne. :s.Sc
growth. Whom he expanded into the
dignity cf maturity; went around
among u.s.: all, displaced from the
earth hie guantion Of vagrants, could
drink milk or eat meat, and cared
/, little ior the one or the other thing
particularly in life but to. bask his
rounded" long, smooth body 10 the
:: sun, or lie at our feet toying with the
hand that earaased him, dreaming,
: how, when he should awake he would
catch the aies that were Interfering
(: with the rhythmioal swing of his tail,
We realized in him then, one CT tho
family, and no one proposed 70 do him
hurt or belittleness. - ~ ,... l
- He had few faults or habits, the
most remarkable in him Of both being
his dislike 81 Fwomankind. The trail:
ing pf swoman's skirts on the aoot
msde him nervous, aud with an I'M.
willing frown he would vaoate for the
approaching person; betaking himself
to retirement. d He& POSSESSED mag
,nstic, or supernatural instinct regard.
ing people; tho Sgsowl he issued a. he
sometimes :hastsned; Informing me
that person was coming who perhaps
did not like me we'll, or love oats.
When I should be again alone ho
would jump to my lap, nestle his head |
under my chin, pat and stroke my |
neck with his paw and purr with dne
fstisfaotion. <fif:A ~ aA.,E}l2e ~ !, !
Again, I could not help often think.
ing as he looked wisely into my face |
and his paw sought to disarrange my |
hair that he was sorry wore hair
pins. 49, IL, !
T. But his death. is whss;sI have, ID I
speak about. S8someho~. We >o.n bear
Joyful things very bravsly, but the
SORROWS are what We wish to share in