A Friendly Chat 183 
something very naughty in mistress’ room, I called 
you to me on the window-sill and covered myself 
over you so mistress could not find you ? And 
when she came in, she was so touched by my effort 
to shield you from disgrace, that she did not punish 
you ? ” 
“ Yes,” said Budge, “ and I helped you whip Pug, 
when he came into Mrs. Watt’s yard ? ” 
“ You have both made a very good beginning,” 
said I, “ and if you keep on you will both leave a 
good example for other cats to be proud of, just as 
we take pride in these we have talked about.” 
And now, although we are never even mentioned 
in the books of the proud and highly favored 
Angoras, still I will return good for evil and relate 
here an incident which I heard mistress read in a 
newspaper, of the valor of an Angora. 
“ I shook the paw of a remarkable Angora cat at 
the veterinary hospital the other day. He was there 
to recover from an attack of influenza, and looked 
thin and gaunt, although his yellow tail was as erect 
and as bushy as ever. It seems this feline is devoted 
to a little poodle that is his constant companion. 
Twice the poodle’s life has been endangered by big 
dogs, and in each instance this otherwise gentle cat 
