Concerning Cats 



ceded my sister, and was at the theatre on the even- 

 ing when she arrived with the Pretty Lady. The 

 latter was carried into the kitchen, taken from her 

 basket, and fed. Then, instead of going around the 

 house and settling herself in her old home, she went 

 into the front hall which she had left four months 

 before, and seated herself on the spot where she 

 always watched and waited when I was out. When 

 I came home at eleven, I saw through the screen 

 door her " that was lost and is found." She had been 

 waiting to welcome me for three mortal hours. 



I wish those people who believe cats have no affec- 

 tion for people could have seen her then. She would 

 not leave me for an instant, and manifested her love 

 in every possible way; and when I retired for the 

 night, she curled up on my pillow and purred herself 

 contentedly to sleep, only rising when I did. After 

 breakfast that first morning after her return, she 

 asked to be let out of the back door, and made me 

 understand that I must go with her. I did so, and 

 she explored every part of the back yard, entreating 

 me in the same way she called her kittens to keep 

 close by her. She investigated our own premises 

 thoroughly and then crept carefully under the fences 

 on either side into the neighbor's precincts where she 

 had formerly visited in friendly fashion; then she 

 came timidly back, all the time keeping watch that 

 she did not lose me. Having finished her tour of 

 inspection, she went in and led me on an investigate 



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