The Slum Cat 
back yard was new proof of the royal impo- 
> = 
4ce ; tency of her bringing up; while her frequent 
PO wallowings in the garbage-can were understood 
wo ~ . . ® 
ot p eA to be the manifestation of a little pardonable 
4 :\ Aim high-born eccentricity. She was fed and pam- 
af NY ne ae : Fix pered, shown and praised; but she was not 
a Ae \°/ happy. Kitty was homesick! She clawed at 
\ if “ that blue ribbon round her neck till she got it 
, \ off; she jumped against the plate-glass because 
that seemed the road to outside; she avoided 
people and Dogs because they had always 
...\ proved hostile and cruel; and she would sit 
and gaze on the roofs and back yards at the 
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‘Sill other side of the window, wishing she could 
wig | be among them for a change. 
Z| But she was strictly watched, was never al- 
Z| lowed outside—so that all the happy garbage- 
Z can moments occurred while these receptacles 
__ A © of joy were indoors. One night in March, 
=| however, as they were set out a-row for the 
z 
early scavenger, the Royal Analostan saw her 
{ chance, slipped out of the door, and was lost to 
A, view. 
i Of course there was a grand stir; but Pussy 
neither knew nor cared anything about that— 
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