Identifier: cat00hunt (find matches)
Title: The cat
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Hunt, Violet, 1862-1942
Subjects: Cats
Publisher: London : A. & C. Black
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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n, so shecarried us one under each arm. There were about thirty cats at Mrs. Feltons,and only nine of them were grey like us. Therewas a ginger cat, with a Roman ribbon round hisneck, who took a fancy to me. Freddy could notbe parted from a white girl-cat; he likes girls, Ihate them. I mean never to marry, but Fred likedfemale society from the very first. Then therewas a black cat who had been on the stage. Hesaid he had been very much neglected in his youth,and once had been walking about on the tops ofroofs till he got too far away from his home, andsuddenly found himself, on jumping down somesteps, or ladder, or something, in a great widecovered place, with people on it, shouting. They all stopped when they saw him, and aman with a stick rapped it and said Attention—please, ladies and gentlemen. He was the business manager, and the black cathad jumped into the middle of a dress rehearsal.The real manager was acting, and he took nonotice of the black cat till he was done, and then
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A BLACK CAT BRINGSGOOD LUCK TO A THEATRE. FROM TOP TO BOTTOM 143 he wouldnt have it chased away, for, said he, ablack cat brings good luck to a theatre. So theyfed him, and he lived there, and had perfect libertyto walk about where he pleased. He did go wherehe pleased, and whether they were acting or notit made no difference to him, he just walked on, sothey call it, and smelt their boots, or sat on theladies trains, or licked up stage tea-trays if he liked.The reason he was here was that he was the guestof the managers daughter, who had taken him offthe stage because he had brought luck to herfathers piece. But he often sighed for the nicemerry days. There were little saucers of milk and warmRidges Food dotted about the room, one for eachcat. Fred and the white cat, however, chose todrink out of the same saucer. Some of the catswould not stay to be spoken to, but slunk underchairs, and one nice tom hissed and spat. I didfeel so ashamed of him. He was left severely tohimself while th

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