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So quick and vigorous were his movements that he 

 usually extinguished the flames before they had 

 burned to the end of the fuse, and he always did it 

 without so much as singeing his soft coat. 



4 And so Jim has turned fireman, has he ? ' 

 laughed the genial manager. ' Well, I suppose we 

 might as well discharge our regular firemen now.' 



Viewed in the light of subsequent events, this 

 seemed almost prophetic. 



It was not easy for Jim to become habituated 

 to the new theatre. It lacked that dinginess and 

 those odors to which he had long been used. He 

 was provided with a fine dressing-room, but it did 

 not seem like home. As a result, he wandered 

 about the house still more. A popular actress was 

 just then at the theatre, and a mutual -admiration 

 society seemed to be organized between the lady and 

 the large and faithful cat. 



From the early days of history, special magnetic 

 or psychic influences have been assigned to cats. 

 They have been called the companions of witches. 

 Special powers have been located in their bodies. A 

 cat's blood has been part of nearly every ancient 



