The Glenwood post., 1913-01-25
CAUGHT THE CAT
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~ 1n this builAing- Althsa 0lnp-
- 0quired casually. - tAsy stseA
- - back door Of The 8inpsoa Aat-
Vnng Devbsrry vas er.ekiag ies
- ~ stone doorstep by way Of help
~ Althes make lenoaaAs for ths
~ - the callers in tie living room.
H I'D attained this privilege b
Gboeg force. inasaseA q tArse otAer
yeeaG men had sprung to thsir fsst
vAao Althea lad nnrnureA esn>
49, about nakiag tAs Isossels.
Yseag Devbery AAA sinpay Asvn Q
~ through their raaks - - hsaA.
- ~ the ioebox aAA Q ~ q ssHL
ta6e With Althea.
- that so!" he PsnarksA IN n
oooo0o to her FsnaFk shout tAs thir
eyS6 Eats. He looked Asva int tAs
ha0e surved oosrt. vhieA nearly ~
sss1e1 the long bsiiAias. II vas Q
enAyeo with walls showing spiAeey
oen1Rooses and narrow llttie DoreAes
A01 Z ended in a cemoat well at the
groo0A. with an exit tAroagh the hose
0sat 70 the street.
OA!" Althea cried st that no
DsoG For something liths and gray
booooo over young Devbsery to the
psroA and vanished. There eoss NJ
coA! never allow him out at night!
CateA him. quick!"
Dsooping the ice. young Dsfbsrfy
Aa1e . leap after the cat. II giidsl
down the narrow staircases like Q
gAest. Breathless. its pursuer reached
the bottom and chased the elusive
feline around the cement court Al
last - grabbed its tail and hung On.
TAs eat, scratching furiously. vas
gefAssed to bis manly chest anA fsr
lively ehoked.
NV I've got yoa!" yssag Dsv
beny nuttsred viciossly. ~Csoaan
y0al Why should she vasto aRostSeo
- yoar
He 1eoked up at tAs caayoa van
~ vas impressed ~ its unvarssl
ososeoay. Then. sssAng . staircase
1saf. ~ started up. NschaaIcaliy
sftse . while he stopped. An the
baek 6sors on that Aoor were closed.
Al isbsd alike. It suddenly dawnsA
- yosag Dewberry that hs vas coa.
fruotoA by thirty-stx hack dooFs and
that ~ chance Of Anding tie FigAt
~ vas rather slim.
Rssglag over the rail. he cosAted up
tro0 - ground and found that be
was - the third floor. He began
eoasi1seing doors. Most Of them had
names On them and none Of the
Names was Simpson. He had not
realised before how very many other
names tAere were in the world. Final
y ~ came to . nameless door and
look . sight out over the court. This
must - the one. for tho angie was
similar to that he had seen when
AitAsa had called his attention to the
ass q the court. He tapped gsatly.
TAs epor Asw e9ea With 1isauist.
Ag saA1hH616 aHd ast vas sAak-
= under 1o1Ag DsvbsETy's nese.
You cloar Out!" said the voSce that
w6at with u Ast. i've besa waiting
NJ you-aol ~ ne tell yoa. II yoa
Sooe aro1nA a0aia bothsring ny cook
ru have tAs NV o. you! A Ioaang.
lrnken husband and she . hard
working w." Then the door was
damned iA yoang Dewbsrry's face.
Walking very rapidly and very
straight. young Dewberry headed for
tAs end q that row Of porchss. He
vas lost and must go at It sensibly.
Selecting . 6oor. he Knocked. After
. while hs found the bell and rang.
Presently Il opened and . woman
peered out over the chain.
Excuse ~, madam" Dewberly b.
gan in his potitsst tones. Il have"
Good gfacious!" the woman cried.
"An age.k u this time Of night" It's
perfectly 11sgfaosf1l disturbing peo-
pie who 6sat vaat to buy anything. :"
| She slammo1 tAe door shnt and rat
tied the shain Iointsdly.
Young Dswtssry leaned against .
pest and Gassd at tAs cold. twinkling
stars. He anA the cat were very
much aloas. n occurred to him that
al this tfo1hae' could have been
averted Id Althea remained on her
back porch and watched his progress.
He began to feel bitter toward Al
thea.
Suddenly he realized that he was
not on the third noor. but the second
! he had counted the back stairs up
from the cement basement where he
had ca light he cat!
Hastily asoending another flight, he
renewed hls serutiny Of doors. Ths
name Of oonDooa was not o. any ct
them. g. st1a eautching the dis.
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