Evening star., 1925-03-08
Heard and Seen

me ancient scotch believed that
"hen an animal seemed to be look
ing at something invisible to human
sight, 1t saw ghost.
No friend of the cat but can beli.v.
that felines often see things not ap-
parent to the human eve
Often a cat will start up from It's
c0ntemplative dreams, raise its head
and look wildly at the ceiling.
You try to follow its gaze: YOU see
nothing but the molding. or the pic
lures hanging on the wall. the paper.
the line where the walls and ceiling
meet
There is absolutely nothing unusual
there-yet your cat will contfnu. 10
stare, its eyes getting shsalu+.I,,
round in their fxity, especially If it
be night
Who can say what cat se.s7
Maybe II does see ghosts Or NAV
be 1t is able 10 see small practically
Invisible bugs up there on the cell
ing, almost microscopic things which
you would have TO have a magnify
ing glass to see.
. These. strange. fxed stsres of cats
into what seems to US empty space
have been noted by all friends Of the
animal, and undoubtedly have done
much toward giving it a reputation
as a mystic.
The habit, too. probably has some
thing to do with the dislike which
many have for the feline tribe. Those
who are apprehensive of "spooks"
WIFE not welcome the strange com.
munfon which the cat seems to hold
with nothing
Your honest dog, old Rover, never
sees things" He is content to run
and play, and sleep sometimes.
The cat has another strange habit
which it's friends have never been
able to explain. This is it's trait of
wandering away for days at a time.
suddenly dropping out of sight. van
ishing completely, and as suddenly
returning.
1t is a trick one might expect OF a
brute that can see something where
there amt nothing" said a friend,
pointedly. If not grsmmatically, with
whom / discussed the problem This
friend, it hardly need be stated, was
not friend of cats
If you happen to be friendly TO fe-
lines, however, you will recall the
sorrow you experience every time
you pick up the lost ads in the paper
and see where somebody's cat has
strayed away
The chances are 10 to 1 that the cat
has succumbed to the ancient wander
lust OF cats, and has vanished as COM
pletely from its home as IL IL had
never been. Only recently | saw an
ad for cat with a 'bushy tail" and
/ knew just exactly how those folks
felt
I hope the cat came back
Among the ordinary, everyday ad-
has its adventures, believe me-ths
disappearance of a favorite cat is one
of the saddest, and it's return one OF
the gladdest.
Personally. / would give a great
deal to know where old Jack Spratt,
my cat, went about a month ago,
when he was gone for three days and
nights.
Old Jack meowed to get out, and we
saw him go down the path and dis
appear into the night. Come back,
Jack" we said.
Morning came. and there was NO
Jack. Night came, old Jack was still
gone.
Day again. but no Jack. Night once
more, and still no cat
We pictured him run over, lost,
locked up in garage or barn, or
gone to live with others-cats will
do that--but knew nothing about
him He was gone, that was all.
+ And where he was is a myst@y
still He never told. He came wsn-
dering up that path on bright Sum
day morning, as nonchalantly as hs
had gone down it: and only the
friend of cats will know how glad
we were to see him.
He ate a pound of beefsteak with
appreciation, and Immediately went
- Ma ~ U ArEwETJ.