Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-10

EllNA ana marie mao SUCH AUlc
and lots Of playthings. but when
Aunt Grace came out from the
city and brought to them big
cloth cat real-looking one.
too-they' forgot all about dolls and other
kinds of toys.
"Oh. isn't it just a lovely kitty" ex-
claimed Betina to Marie as SIC fondled
the huge black cotton-stuffed Tabby. "Oh.
she's a lot better than q sure-enough
kitty, for she'll never scratch. and we
can just hug her as tightly as we please"
Yes. and she'll never upset our dishes
when we have tea. as our old sure-enough
kitty did last summer" laughed Marie
I'm so glad auntie brought her to u.s..
Then Betina and Marie took the big
make-believe cat out into the yard TO
play and after q while they were called
to luncheon and ran into the house. leav-
ing the cotton-stufied kitty sitting calmly
under q tree.
What have you named your kitty.
dears?" asked mamma, as her twin
daughters took their seats beside auntie
at the table.
"Oh. we haven't named her yet" said
Marie Well wait till she shows what
sort of a disposition she has before CIV
ing her a name. We want one that nts'
you know.
yes. II she's spunky and inclined to
SCr0tCn QORS ana DIG OIuSI GAYS VIC ~ SsSAA
her Spitfire: but If she remains gentle
Wen call her Sunshine . said Betina:
And meanwhile the stuffed toy cat sat
calmly under leaf1ess tree IN the warm
sunshine. And as she sat there the
warmth seemed to cause her to move. and
pretty soon she began to purr softly:
why" she thought to herself. Il do
believe I'm coming to life. At least. 1 can
feel. And yet I'm not supposed to have
inst cal
stuffed with cotton. But-whats that;
Why, It's my tail wagging back and
forth. az sure as I'm a cotton cat! NOW
wouldn't that make real. sure-enougn
not hungry. too. I'll believe I'll catch
grasshopper for luncheon"
So saying. the cotton cat raised up or
her four legs and began to walk TOT tne
first time in her short life or course sne
was not so nimble as she hoped to De
come. for she was like any little creature
lust beginning to walk. But after a rev
minutes she went of toward another
big tree with a pretty good gait.
But Just as she was looking about fol
a grasshopper she heard a familiar voice
coming from the house: Now. Marie
let's go and play with our new kitty;
And the cotton cat recognized Betina 3,
voice. "Ah" she pu PITT, to he nsen ~.
come to life. for they'd keep such close
watch over me that I'd never have any
fun. No. I'll just pretend to be the feel.
ineless cotton cat and never let on thai
am alive. I may not like this place al
ways. and may wish to hunt for another
home. Truth Is. don't believe I'm going
to like these little girls very much. for
they're too quiet and stay-at-home Tor
me. I want excitement" Then the cot
ton cat sat down under a shrub that grew
about ten feet away from the tree where
her owners, Marie and Betina. had left
her. ,,.,,,
''Why, where in the world is our kitty
cried Betina. looking all about the spot
where the cat had been left I'VE left her
sitting right here. didn't WEI"
"Of course. we did and / wonder who
has come and carried her off. Oh. locke
there!" And little Marie pointed toward
the cotton cat under the shrub. Now.
isn't that the strangest thing you ever
saw. sister? Why. who could have moved
herr
Rover must have come slipping round
from the barnyard and carried her there. /"
explained Betina. But you'd have
thought he would be afraid of a cat
even a otton-stufYed one" she added.
Then the little girls decided to play at
having a tea party. and Marie ran into
the house to get their dolls. Annabelle.
Papinta. Rachel and Major Andrew.
Major Andrew was the only male doll in
the house. and was considered quite a
"swelr' in consequence
After the tea party had been in progress