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Pussy Meow 
dignant. “ The idea of such an outrage perpe- 
trated on us poor unsuspecting cats,” said he. 
“Where is the Humane Agent? Why don’t he 
arrest the thieves ? ” 
I told Jack that from what I had heard, one 
might steal all the cats in Christendom, except the 
highly favored Angoras and Persians, and he could 
not be arrested, because the law does not protect 
cats. 
When Jack heard this he could hardly contain 
himself for anger, and he invited me to go over to 
his yard and sit on the bench with him, where we 
could talk the matter over quietly. But just then 
his mistress called him, and being a very obedient 
cat, he went right into the house. I went over to- 
ward my poplar tree, and as I neared my house I 
heard my mistress calling me also. But it was 
such a pleasant evening, the moonlight was so 
beautiful and the stars shone so brightly, I really 
could not bear the thought of going in. Even the 
whetting of the carving knife did not tempt me, 
and I did not heed my dear mistress’ call. It 
seems as though I could hear even now that tender 
voice falling softly on the night air : “ Come, 
Meow, come,” before she finally closed the door. 
