ANECDOTES ABOUT CATS 261 



The cat in question was sent when a kitten from Bath 

 to Evesham, in Worcestershire, and formed a warm 

 friendship with one of the sons of her master's opposite 

 neighbour, who was an intimate friend and often at 

 the house. 



The young man left Evesham, but on his returning 

 there he referred to his little friend the cat, whose owner 

 had left the place and resided some ten miles off, and said 

 he would go and call on her owner and see if the cat was 

 still in the land of the living, and whether it would re- 

 member him. 



Accordingly he made out his visit, and on his arrival 

 the delight of the cat was so great that her owner con- 

 sented to his bringing her back with him, that she might 

 enjoy his company for the rest of his visit at Evesham, 

 and she was so perfectly happy at being with him that she 

 remained on the best of terms with the pet animals and 

 birds at the strange home to which she was taken, and 

 none of them ever exhibited any annoyance or jealousy 

 at the introduction of the visitor. 



She would sit on her friend's knee, and rub herself 

 against his shoulders and face, purring loudly all the 

 time. At meal times no choice morsel would tempt 

 her from his side, and at night a snug bed was prepared 

 for her and carried into her friend's bedroom, but even 

 that would not satisfy her until some article of his cloth- 

 ing was placed in the basket for her to lie on. During 

 his absence in the day time she would trot about the 

 house, seeming quite at home, and, when tired of looking 

 for her friend inside the house, would go into the garden 



