The Burglar Man 2 1 5 
course, I could not do it. Still, if he had touched 
my kittens I believe I should have summoned up 
all the tiger within me in my efforts to defend 
them. 
During the evening many of our neighbors came 
to the house to see what the burglar had done, and 
from what they said I guess there is no telling 
what he would have taken if the whistle hadn’t 
sounded just when it did. For all I know he might 
have taken my babies too. At any rate, I con- 
cluded to put them where he couldn’t find them, if 
he ever came again. 
Among the neighbors that called that evening was 
the gentleman that had brought Snowdrop from 
Chicago. The moment he saw my basket he in- 
quired for Patsy, and mistress took him out and 
handed him over to his future master. 
“ Feline stock is bound to rise,” said he, as he 
fondly petted Patsy ; “ it is becoming the fashion 
now to have real cats in schools and kindergartens, 
instead of mere pictures of them.” 
“ Yes,” said mistress / 4 the many-sided usefulness 
of the cat is gradually becoming recognized. I had 
a vivid picture of her future possibilities when on a 
visit to a hospital for insane, where I saw sullen 
