PERSIANS AND A WICKED WORLD 



But Blue Persians, as well as pink pearls, are over-precious 

 chattels to confide to a dishonest world ! The conductor 

 of the next 'bus to that by which she was expected, handed 

 an empty basket to the envoy from the other side / and 

 when this was refused, declared the cat had escaped on 

 the way. As the basket was hermetically closed, this lie 

 had not even the merit of being plausible, But puzzle 

 succeeded puzzle when the waiter from the Golf Club 

 House, a reliable witness, deposed having picked up the 

 same basket still securely fastened at every cornerbut 

 minus the cat on the first round of the 'bus. " It could 

 have gone to Siberia in that basket/' he declared, " it was 

 that strong and solid!" 



The local police, a most intelligent and valuable body of 

 men, declared that nothing could be done, " as no man 

 could be taken up for telling a lie." And the railway 

 company, after punching a large hole in the basket, 

 announced that as the cat was not insured, we might sue 

 them for five shillings! We advertised and beat the 

 countryside in vain Kitty Wee has gone out of our lives. 

 If we only knew that she was happy, the ache at our 

 hearts would be less. 



We must fill the gap, and are deliberating whether a pair 

 of Blue Persians, or an orange couple, would afford us 

 the greater joy. We think to decide on the latter would 

 be less callous to the memory of Kitty Wee, and provide 

 perhaps a better match in the little Villino that runs so 

 much to orange and yellow. 



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