The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-19

pair of gloves over my hands. TO
rteep them from being scratched and
Bitten. These gloves Trip loved. one
day when | was particularly busy
she found them. and lay biting them.
and looking around saucily at me.
90 Trip" l said, must l play
with you?'
Certainly L must, so 1 took the
gloves, put on the right hand one,
and. as she seemed very impatient.
tousled her with the left Then I
threw toe left a few feet away. to
see her pounce upon it, she bounced
eagerly, and then, to my great de-
light. cana back 10 me with 1t in
her mouth | tousied her about the
ears Some more and threw II again.
Again she brought 1t back. Once
more I threw it. This time she found
it. but kept 1t to play with all by
herself That would never do. /
took 1t from her and shut both gloves
in a drawer. Play Was over.
That evening told the family whal
she had done. and took out the gloves
to see II she would do il again. In
stantly She raised her head with the
Wide-awake air OF creature expect
ing something to happen and waited
while / put on the right hand glove.
/ held the other for her to snif at,
then threw it from me, She darted
10 II. seized It, and proudly came
/ back with it 10 lay 1t at my feet.
Five or six times now she did the
same thing, keeping her inconstant
pussy mind fixed upon the one idea.
which in itself Is q hard thing for
a cat tn do. unless she is after a
mouse. When | saw that she was a
shade less keen for 1t, put the glove
away aud paid little more attention
to her for that night
on the next evening I tried it
again. This time ! threw the glove
up on "A chair, She leaped up after
IL and fetched It back as readily as
/ before. / could then throw TO any
chair of to aH%- paFt-ef -tha-re+sEla
and have 1t fetched to me. The play
with Trip became our regular after
dinner froiic. she would even perform
WIN strangers IN TIE room. nut they
disturbed her somewhat. She soon
came to know the time for playing
and If | forgot il or DELAYED In get
ting the gloves she would walk close
to my chair and look up wistfully
into my face. | used to declare that.
when | rose 10 get the gloves. she
smiled. Cats certainly can Show fear.
I pain. appointment and anger in
Their faces, and Trip showed pleas
Ure as plainly as her other feelings.
She was the most knowing thing
| One evening when / throw the glove
upon the sofa. it fell into the crack
/ between the sofa and the wall, Trip
/ burrowed fer 1t, reached a long arm
/ down after it. and ciawe1 Il up. Then
she fairly pranced with II back u
1 me, she was SO 0yful at having sue
ceeded in reaching 1t. / threw Il
Iupon the sofa again. but not into the
| crack. She Jumped after It. but pre-
/ tended not to see II. as cats VIII pre-
! tend not TO see the thing they mean
/ TO take. and went 10 burrowing down
! into the crack again. ] waited IL
see Il she would bring tho, she
would not, she would still search the
crack. So l quietly fetched ii fnT
/ self and threw Ii where she wanted
! TO find 1t. She wasa perfectly salts
! fed then, and quickly brought il tc
me as before.
| After this the sofa hecama our chfel
! playground. Tfin. when she saw m,
putting on my glove. would rush Il
the sofa and wait beside it, watching
i for the throwing of the other. Her
next step was to wait upon the sofa
+ Instead Of beside it. reach up to catch
! the glove upon the fly.
Finally-now. this Is exactly what
She did-night after night. when !
was ready To throw the glove, she
would run 10 the sofa, mount 10 hel
place upon it. stand up upon her
hind legs, and make ready with hel
front paws to catch that glove, just
as II She We're child playing bal
/, with ma; thaa, having caught the
| glove. she would hurry with It 10 me
( barely wait for the tousling. AND
scamper back to tho sofa to stand
up again and catch It some more
She was a true playmate. intelligent
and responsive We have never had
& cat like Trip,-Nina Moore Tiffany