XXX. 



tber Senses tban urs, 



MY Dalmatian dog, " Spotty," has been considerably 

 agitated in mind this morning over the appearance of 

 a strange cat in my back garden. Albeit he is not on 

 particularly friendly terms with the two feline members 

 of the household, " Spotty" yet contrives to bear and 

 forbear where the cats proper to his home are con- 

 cerned. The mother-cat is somewhat given to a spite- 

 fulness of disposition towards her Dalmatian co-tenant, 

 and her black son, the " Professor," treats the dog 

 with high-handed contempt. But, as things are, life 

 rubs on easily enough where the canine and feline 

 units are concerned. 



A stray cat, however, appearing within his own and 

 special domain, causes " Spotty " a world of anxiety. 

 He longs to be up and doing in the way of battle, and 

 his voice rings loud and deep when, secure on the 

 broken glass-bottles of the garden-wall, the strange 

 cat contemplates his attitude and hears his loud voci- 

 ferations with equanimity, or with something which 

 goes as nearly as is possible to expressing a feline 

 smile of contempt. 



" Spotty's " anxieties, however, are not limited to 

 this barking at the cats which perpetually leap to and 

 fro " over the garden wall." When not a cat is to be 



