Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-12-16

whatever is It:" cried MRS Dan
gerficld. kissing her brother
Cats for the Cats Home" said Sir
Maurice.
He waived his startled kinsfolk
aside while the baskets were ranged
In n neat row on the floor Of the hall
then he paid the porter. feebly. and
shat the door after him with an air
Of exhaustion. lie leaned back against
il and said:
81 had 4 sudden message-Aunt
Amelia is going TO pay a surprise visit
TO this inf-this Cats Home these
little fiends are pretending TO run for
her. I saw that there was no time 10
loSe-there must be Cats Home with
cats in tor she'd cut them both out
Of her will. bought cats-all over
London-they've been with me ever
Since-yowling-they yOwled in the
taxi-all over London-they Travelled
down as far as Remington with me and
IN old gentleman-a high-spirited old
gCntleman-yOwling- only the
cats, but the old gentleman too-and
they travelled from Rowington to Little
Deeping with me and TWO maiden la
dies-timid maiden ladies ,-Yowling.
Oh, what = thing Il Is for man to
have a nephew and niece, But come
on We've got to make Cats Home
ut Once.' And he caught up two bas-
kets.
''But we've got a Cats IIome-only
it's full OF kittens" said Erebus.
Good heavens. Do you mean to
say I've gone through this nightmare
for nothing?" cried Sir Maurice, drop
ping the baskets.
ooh. no: it was awfully good Of
YOU said the Terror with sweet po-
likeness. THE cats will come in aw-
fully useful
They'll make the home look so
much more natural-all kittens isn't
natural" said Erebus.
"And they'll be such pleasant sur
lDTiSt lOT Auul tlueild-Sne WIS Only
expecting Kittens said the Terror.
"What?" howled Sir Maurice. "Do
you mean 10 say I've parleyed for
hours with n high-spirited old gentle
man and two-two ,-timid maiden
ladies Just 10 give Aunt Amelia a
pleasant surprise"
ooh. no: il was awfully good Of you
TO take all this trouble said the Ter
ror. We might have been in a hor-
rid mess"
at was splendid Of YOU" said Ere
bus. And you must want your sup
per-.
Sir Maurice sank into chair and
wiped his beaded brow feebly. Il
ought to have had more confidence in
you" he said family. Il ought TO
know your powers by now"
Tie refused firmly TO sup amid the
yowling of cats; he insisted that he
must see them safely deposited in the
Cats Home before he could touch food
or drink.
"AlI right" said the Terror "I'll
just put on a pair of thick gloves.
Wiggins's father. the higher mathema-
tician. you know. says that hydropho-
bia is very rare among cats. But
it's just as well to bc careful with
these London ones
oh lord. never thought of that"
said Sir Maurice. with a shudder.
The Terror put on his gloves: they
carried the yOwling strangers down to-
the Home. and bestowed them in
hutches Then ut last did Sir Maurice
recover his wonted seIf-possessiOp.
self-pcssession as admirable as the Sc
renity Of the Terror. but not 80 dura-
BILE
At supper he reduced his apprecia-
tive kinsfolk to exhaustion by his en-
tertaining account Of his parleying
with his feIlow-travelers. He could
not view it with more impartial eyes.
II was on the way to bed that the
brilliant idea flashed on Erebus.
Eve ought to have more cats" she
said. Think how pleased Aunt Ame-
liza would be-
The Terror stopped short on the
stairs. bordering the suggestion. BY
Jove. yes. II would he 4 good time to
work that valerian dodge" he said.
Besides. We should have TO use our
bicycles for the benefit of the Home.
I've always wanted to do that
Then we must catch the morning
cats said Erebus.
Among the possessions OF the Twins
was a cheap alarm clock: he set it for
half-past five. At that hour ii awoke
him with extreme difficulty He awoke
Erebus with extreme difficulty. Five
minutes later they sailed forth into
bitter morning. armed with rags.
string and valerian. They bicyclei to
Muttle Deeping. There the Terror
poured valerian on one of the rags aud
tied il to the bicycle of Erebus. She
started to trail it to the Cats Home.
He rode on to Great Deeping. aud
trailed his rag from there. In the
Cats Home he found Erebus awaiting
him.
THAT ought to catch the morning
CATS he said.
1t did.
But the best-laid plans of mice and