happy glow spread over her as she dried off in 
a cage near the stove, and her fur began to fluff 
out with wonderful softness and whiteness. 
Jap and his assistant were much pleased with 
the result, and Kitty ought to have been. But 
this was preparatory: now for the experiment. 
The Slum Cat 
“ Nothing is so good for growing fur as plenty 
| of oily food and continued exposure to cold Deeg) 
weather,” said the clipping. Winter was at ooo 
| hand, and Jap Malee put Kitty’s cage out in oie 
| the yard, protected only from the rain and the ? at 
: direct wind, and fed her with all the oil-cake Ms \ i 
and fish-heads she could eat. In a week a - 4\ " 
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change began to show. She was rapidly getting ee ae eis 
fat and sleek—she had nothing to do but get 
fat and dress her fur. Her cage was kept 
clean, and nature responded to the chill weather (vy 
-and the oily food by making Kitty’s coat thicker ee: 
and glossier every day, so that by midwinter £ \ 
she was an unusually beautiful Cat in the fullest ail % ek 
and finest of fur, with markings that were at ve on 4 fl 
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least a rarity. Jap was much pleased with the i Ee eA ae 
. : Mies re 
result of the experiment, and as a very little Cot Dorp 
success had a wonderful effect on him, he “wo 
began to dream of the paths of glory, Why 
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