Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-29

the family brings out an old portfolio
which has been kept In q butcher shop
and hence has odoTs Of beef clingtng 20
1t. this Is what happens.
just then Matthew appeared to have
sEnelt the tea in his dreanns. for he
gave himself a shake and aSaIn came
ana thrust his big head upon the edge
OF the table. MinCuche, too got up
and stretched herself and yawned. and
when she was quite awake she craned
out her neck to sniff at the packet Of
papers IN the greasy covers.
Mlnouche. who for long time smelt
at the papers, osgan to pJrr and rub
ner head against the corners Ct the
ledger. Pauiine caught M Minouche
and fondled her as If she were a doll"
a
They took their candles and gave q
parting caress 10 Matthew and MI
nouche, who both slept in the kitchen"
Here one finds true friends Of animals
who give their pets warm place to
sleep
Nine. Chanteau puts the chiId's for
tune between the meat favored covers
IN secretary and says TO Pauline:
Tneret Minouche win not be able 10
come and eat 1t here, will she2"
Inc idea Of Minouche opening the
secretary and eating the papers quite
tiekled the child's fancy, and she broke
into a merry laugh.
She began to joke with Lazare. who
amused ner BY purring like q cat and
secretary
Another fondness Of cats, that for
heights, Is shown later when the young
people are playing boisterously. MI
noucne, joining In the meTriment.
sprang from the table to the top Of the
cupboard"
The reader Is shown the young child
running along the terrace with Mat
thew. the dog, or strolling to the end
OF the Kitchen garden with Minouche
the cat. Here one sees again NJ Zola's
sure apprehension Of cat nature. Or
dinarily they do not stray far. except
upon occasion. Scampers with Matthew
and Minouche are mentioned.
This entire family liked their nets
The father, an invalid. with his news
paper on his knee, was watching Mi
nouche, who was fastidiousIy licking
her fur. The dainty way in which the
cat was licking herself had absorbed
his attention"
The author speaks Of q room little
used and says: "O.lly Minouche spent
her IDLE hours there when she could
manage to glide inside of q morning
and just now she happened to be living
asleep on the middle of the eiderdowfi
quilt She raised her head in surprise
at the invasion and stared at the new
corners with her green eyes"
Cats always seek the softest places
and usually the very center. Their way
OF looking at their human friends when
thus surprised is often comical enough
The room was being used for the
signing of a document. Meanwhile
Minouche had sat up on the eiderdown
quilt, the better to view these strange
proceedings" Here the reader gets
in little true example of cat curiosity,
which. fortunately for them, does not
always kill.
Nine. Chanteau, having already stolen
part of her niece's fortune, now
hastenS to give the remainder of it to
the girl with due form atty, saying:
You are now big enough to take care
of your own money. Stay! II you
really find it so troublesome, give 1t to
Minouehe, who Is looking very atten-
lively at you"
In the quotations given so far the
reader finds the cat presented in vari-
Gus of its favorite acts and posturcs
of variety unique, as far as we know,
in the great works CT fiction. Tomor-
row We will give the remainder of the
pleasant history of Minouche.