El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-05
Z 7 had stepped showing and was

T had stopped showing and was
growing bitterly cold. The two
4 lighted globes before Th5iT apart
ment shone out cheerfuIly just ahead
Helen released Warren's arm and
ran up the steps. Her thin evening
gown and wrap were Inadequate Tor
so Wintry a night. The haIlDoy
opened the door and Helen's drawn
VI shoulders relaxed under the CRATE
full warmth within.
mo wonder you're cold" grum-
bled Warren, as they went up IN the
elevator, with that flimsy little
wrap"
ooh, it's nice and warm here" when
thew entered their own apartment
More steam had been put on and
the dining-rOom radiator was thump-
ing resentfully. As Helen went out
to open the valve she noticed the
lighted transOm of Nora's room
Nora was always in bed and her
light out by 10. and now Helen turned
in establishment when the door opened
and she came out fully dressed
Why, Nora, what's the matter2"
IT'S the kitty, ma'am- can't find
her. anywhere. I amt seen her since
you've been gone"
Then Helen realized that Pussy
Purr-Mew, who always came stretch
ing and yawning to meet them, had
not appeared tonight
she must be shut up in some of
the closets"
4 looked in all the closets
looked everywhere, ma'am."
Well, she's here somewhere, of
course"
Helen then began a hurried search,
but Pussy Purr-1Iew was not in any
Of her favorite hiding places.
Warren Grunts.
What on earth are YOU dOing?'
demanded Warren, when Helen came
into the library and DOked behind
the gas logs with his cane
Dear we can't find Pussy Purr-
New! Nora hasn't seen her since we
Warren, who was having his smoke
and his paper before he went to bed,
answered only with an Unsympathetic
gTunt.
Then Helen went back to her own
room and looked through all the
drawers into which Pussy Purr-Mew
being of investigating mind, loved to
climb.
Every drawer was opened, but none
of them disclosed a curIed up furry
D2u. Helen began to feel worried.
When had they seen her last?
Nora was positive that she had
been in the kitchen before dinner, but
could not remember seeing her after
wards.
Warren. try to remember" plead
lngly Did you see her while we
were at dinner-or just before We
How i'm thunder do I know9 I've
got something else to do besides keep
ing tab on the cat"
Helen was now thoroughly alarmed.
Having looked in every possible hid
Ing place, she and Nora now began a
search of the impossible Ones-includ-
oven.
Then. woman-like. Helen repeated
! her search in circles. looking in the
same places over and over again
She couldn't fall out the window,
/ could she, ma'am?'- asked Nora
| Kept Helen in a state of constant anN-
I lety because of her stubborn deter
mination to sit nOnchalantly on the
very edge of the WindOw-sills- But
only the bathroom windows and one
IN the Kitchen were omen now
4 Horrible Thought.
The window in HeleD's bathroom
/ was nigh and narrow, and Helen
stood on the edge of the tub to peer
down into the dark alrShatt elghI
! flights below Could she be lying
/ down there bruised and bleeding In
; the snOw2
Impelled by this narrowing picture,
Helen interviewed the elevator boy
/ But he had not seen Pussy Purr-
! New nor heard any piteous cries.
Then Nora was questioned Sharply.
I was she quite sure she had not IeIt
/ the Kitchen door open? Nora suouJIy
4 maintained that she had not but
/ Helen knew that when the stove
! smoked she would open that door.
/ Finally Helen went back to the IL
/ DIaLy with desperate
! ~ Dear, she's not in the apartment
: Nora and I are going down to see i
] she has fallen out the window.
/ Rot. Cats don't fall out OF win
Well she's got out some way!
/ SEe-ll freeze a night like this
Huh! Trust a cat to make itself
! cOmfOrtab BILE"
/ But Helen already had a scarf over
/ her head and was now getting INTO q
/ long coat Warren threw down ms
cigar with muttered profanity.
Wen, If YOU must make 1901 %
4 yourself suppose III have TO so WIZ
/ you You and Nora can't be poklus
| around alone this time of night
/ Turn off those lightsl You've got the
I whole blamed show going
I They first searched the basement
/ engine room, coal cellar and laundry
/ Then out to the back courtyard
] where Warren used up Dox o.
Z matches peering into dark corners
| and under some old scaffolding.
! oh, we must find her-we mus
Z find her. insisted Helen, franuca!ly
1 She got out to the street. her mlht
ruled with narrowing pictures O.
! Pussy Purr-Mew half frozen undel
I some snowy dOOrsteps.
Grumpily Warren led the way oacA
] through the basement, out the deIlN
( cry entrance and up into the street
/ "Oh, if it were only light we mlSh
| sec her tracks in the snow!
/ Now look here; we won pun or
| any Pinkertou stunts. We've carried
! this thing far enough. Now you CONF
! on upstairsr'
"Oh, wait, dear! There's a police
man stationed down there. Won't yo'
ASK him what? To call out the re
serves to find a cat2"