The daily Alaskan., 1912-08-24

slumbers of Frank Hildreth. Re start cd up and turned dis head toward the closed south window of his room. The west windows were wide open. ''Me.e-e-e-rowm
 I There was no mhitaking the meilinu' ous voice of Blessums, the tortoise shell cat
 The cat had come back.
 Frank thumped oist of bed and threw up the south window, Below. on the moonit path st tue foot of the rose trellis. sat Blessums. gazing up st bis erstwhile master.
 Me-e-e-e-rowr' De repeated mourn fully.
 There will be row." yelled Frank wrathfully, and. picking up small chair, he tossed 1t through the window straight at the uns,lspecting feline.
 When the chair struck the path with a thud Blesstlms had vanished simply melted from view. But the chair was there, by some magic of cir cumstance standing on Its four legs in the middle of the rath.
 Frank went back to bed and to sleep dreamlessiy til morning.
 "Oh. Frank. the queerest thing has happenedl~ fiuttersd Linda when he appeared at the breakfast table.
 What Is itg" he asked curiously.
 Why, when looked out of my win dow at o'clock this morning what should I see but Blessums sitting on one of our bedroom chairs in the mid de of the path! He looked too cute for anything, Frank. but how do you suppose the chair ever got out thereT 2 Linda's blue eyea were innocently wide.
 "Blauked If know" lied Frank grossly.
 "why, Frank Hildreth, think it's perfectly awful for you to sw-swear at nee like tha.tr cried Linda, suddenly tearfnIly indignant
 It required half hour to properly apologize to his wife. and in the end he felt Ike criminal "l told you, my dear. that nothing short Of sudden death would ever terminate his sere- uades," he said mopdny.
 "I don't care how or when he dies If I don't have to hear any of the de. tails" said Linda dejectedly. It does seem as though Blessums was deter. mined to come back here and disturb your peace"
 Perhaps ! can think of some rene dy during the day" said Frank, and once more he set forth on his morning sprint for the S.G2 train.
 The result of whole days cogita- ton on the part of Mr. Hildreth was that he brought home that night a .large,pape bag filled with soot-biaek chimney soot secured from some un- known place by his office boy.
 He smuggied the bag ID into his own room and hid it under his bed. He did not wish to shock his wifes tender sensihilities with the details of the horrible way in which he was to end the nightly senenades of Biessums, the tortoise shell cat How could be tell Linda that it was his intention to listen for the first signal from the ma- rauder and then, creeping softly to the window. which he would leave wide open. be would decoy the unsuspecting Blessums up the rose treliis, and when the cat was almost up to the window he would empty the bag of black. Smothering. choking soot full into his face. Result-a hurried and per manent exit on thC part of Blessums and possibly the extermination of his whole nine lives at once.
 That's one way 10 get rid of cat" he thought gleefully as he went to bed.
 Frank left the window wide open. He opened the bag of soOt and placed 1t in a convenient place. He went to bed determined to remain awake until BlesSums turned up.
 He went to sleep at once and slept soundly until he was awakened by the signal voice of Blessums.
 "Me-e-e-e-row!"
 "Ahar grunted Frank sleeplly and slipped out of bed.
 He reached for the bag of soot and tiptoed to the window. He leaned out noiselessly, the bag poised for busl- ness. He looked down at the rose treIls and for m instant was para lyzed with surprise.
 X dark. bulky hun m form was stealthIy creeping up to the tempting ly open window. Frank had brief vision of the form of Blessums sitting as of yorc in the middle of the garden path.
 Immediate action was necessary, for the approaching burglar turned mask cd face upward-snd received the full contents of the scot bag in nose and eyes and mouth
 There followed q choking growl and a floundering. crashing descent to the ground. Frank leaned from the win. dow and saw the burglar leap the
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