The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-03

thought OF the cakes an tho way,
They were yellow cakes with white
tops, The more I thought the hun,
gricr ] got. I wondered N there was
any rule about the cakes. thought
it over Thero was Sctcr take any
thing from a plate until they put d
ON the floor Can you beat that one?
When / got homo l barked al tho
front door, / don't scratch al tho
door any mere there's rule about
that Saki opened the door went
IN tn a quick way, went 10 tho
drawing room, where the ladies were
Tho ladies weren't talking SO much
as before. They were sitting az "a
lot Of tables, They were picking up
papers and laying thom down aganL
The cakes were on a blgger table iu
the center OF tho room
stood az tho door and looked at
tho cakes They were in a bis sil-
yer dish, Nothing could be- done
about them, ON account OF tho rule
Il was sickenlng.
An idea came 20 me. thought,
There must be Kind lady among
80 many, IN so in and look for
d kind lady | did
There was a lady az a table not far
from the cakes. She was a lat lady.
| thought. I'm Try that one.
Tho ladies Rt the table where the
fat lady was stopped putting down
papers. A thin lady gave tho tat
lady look II was not a kind look
She said. Il discarded the nine Of
spades. partner you must have
known | was out"
went over 20 the lat lady. I put
my head In her lap, / rolled up my
eyes az her
The rat lady said. ''oh. look at this
precious lamb put his head In my"
was surprised az what happened
then. Tho fat lady stopped talking.
She turned white. She put her hand.
kerchief TO her face. She got mp
from tho table. She went away from
there.
The thin lady said. Wei. what 90
you think OF thatg She lost dozen
tricks for US in one rubber. and when
Just mentioned" Tho thin lady
stopped talking She did iust what
tho fat lady had done, so did the
other ladies at tho table. SO did
ladies at other tables. IL was strange
went 10 the table where Aunt
Caroline was sitting. All tho ladies
LEFT the table In a quick way, Aunt
Caroline said. "McrcifuI heavens
Sho icft tho table Ia n quick way.
She went out IN the hall with the
other ladies Many OF the ladies' were
coughing heard Aun, Caroline
calling Saki between coughs
looked around the room for an.
other kind lady There we're no Ia.
dies left in tho room. I was afraid
they'd taken tho cakes with them
looked They hadn't.
went over 10 tho table where
tho cakes were. stood on my hind
legs and looked In tho dish. I
thought. "a kind lady might PUT Il
on tho floor" but there were no
kind ladies ieft-just chairs and "a.
blss and cakes and me. There were
nlns cakes In the dish. I broke the
rule. / broke Il nlno times In a
quick way.
saki came in. He dragged me out
OF the room. lie dragged me out 20
the garage. The chauffeur was
there
saki said. Il request much water
from hose qulckly--soap also"
The chauffeur said. Listen. felin.
you can't pull that stuff In here,
You'll spattsr every car In the
The chauffeur stopped talking. He
made coughing noises. Ho said.
Great jumping pole catsr' He went
away from there. saki made the
water come out OF tho hose. He held
me under g. He rubbed me with
soap. He held me under tho hose.
He rubbed me with moro soap. He
KEEP; on doing it for hours and hours.
Iit got soap in my mouth. He got