Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-22
This and That
BY Charles E. TraceWeH.

Little Nipper Eat on the back steps IN
the g,oaming q sophisticated look deep
euing in his round eyes. If you do not
believe that cat can appear Sophisti-
Gated, you have never studied one just
at dusk. That is the time the intense
look of feline sophistication appears.
There was something rogIish, almost
dsvilish. in the small tiger cats eyes
as he sat there staring around him az
the sights visible only to him. invisible
to his human friends.
Cats surely see things we do not
This belief has been held so long and
so consistently by their friends through
the ages that there must be something
TO IT, II they can hear SO much better
than we can, as they can. and they
are able 20 outsmsll us thousand
times. as they do. there is no reason
why they cannot outSee US, too
Little Nipper. friend OF man. enemy
of all his entire tribe with the exoep-
ton of his friend, Jack Sprattl. seemed
to see whole new realms to conquer
there on the far side OF the althsa
bushes Nodding blossoms Of purple
and white, stirred by the slight breeze.
kept beckoning to HIM. singing THIS
song:
Little Nipper. you are small but
mighty. -,
got the wisdom of Napoleon and the
encrgy of Hannibal wrapped up securely
in your thin tiger-striped frame, SUPER
imposed on background OF ligntcses
silver gray.
with a flying les, YOU tackle far
larger cats and send thsTn away hewi-'
NrOff
first rule OF colrbat--always get thc-
lump on the other fellow
MINER nodded his head Saseiy.- as il
agreeing with every word that his flower
friends said. Do not the flowers. Ike
cats better than they do dogs2 we
think So Cats may be seen often play
ing with flower blossoms. tapoAng tnem
gently with their paws. never lnlurinS
them. Often they dream for hours
beneath the shsitering foliage, the
leaves rustling music in their ears. :.
This evening Nipper was thinking CT ,
CONQUEST. not flowers. He had rlght
10. as the dominant warrior Of tne
momsnt. Small. 1.-THE, with propensity
to spring first, this almost runt-hSs
fellow had licked many cat twice or
three times his size. Tonight le Ieit~
as If he could do 1t again.
He gave a few tentative meowS. 50
faint that they attracted the attention
OF lust one cat, none other than JACKIE
Spratt, himself Jack was convaIeSeInS
from a recent Illness in his own PACK,
yard. He had Signali5ed his improve
ment by eating q good dinner OF SteaA'
Now he faced the darkening world WIN
mind at ease. =
He watched with large round eyes
as Little Nipper made a sudden dash
down the walk, up on the fence, 10 the
top of the arch over the back gate
ne-two--three-aS quickly NlppeTs
swarmed to top. where he sat surveying
the alley as from watch tower.
Jack Spratt stretched his dark tiger"
coated frame luxuriantly. after when
he Sauntered down the walk 20 the
arch. He stood on his hind legs, Ms
white forepaws on one or the cross
bars.
Meow" ne said 10 Nipper. q,
Then, for the first time III months
he climbed TO the top of the arch.
And there the two cats sat, large
one and small one. looking out N the
twilight at the world OF their alley,
With a spring Nip jumped down,
closely followed by Jack Spratt. Away
they went, around and around the
yard. fash Of light gray. fash OF
dark gray and white chest.
Little Nipper sat jauntfiy on his
launches. as II daring Jack TO come on.
No sooner said than done. With y
spring Jack bounded down. and, before
the surprised Nipper could take time
to breathe. had leaped into the air and
come down Squarely ON NipperNS back,
There was q great SQuallfng then, as
the small cat struggled TO see clear If
his larger friend lie could not do this
at once. however, as Spratt was hold
ing him down with all four feet. the
while looking somewhat surprised at
his own success
Nipper finally managed 10 free hins~
self. wiiereupon he took himself honse
TO his own back yard and was not seen
in Jack Spratt's again that night,