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THE CAT-<br />

A Wanderer<br />

Every one is aware that a perfectly comfortable,<br />

well-fed <strong>cat</strong> will occasionally come to his house and<br />

settle <strong>the</strong>re, deserting a family by whom it is la-<br />

mented, and to whom it could, if it chose, find its<br />

way back with ease. This conduct is a n^stery<br />

which may lead us to infer that <strong>cat</strong>s form a great<br />

secret society, and that <strong>the</strong>y come and go in pur-<br />

suance of some policy connected with edu<strong>cat</strong>ion, or<br />

perhaps with witchcraft. We have known a <strong>cat</strong><br />

to abandon his home for years. Once in six months<br />

he would return, and look about him with an air<br />

of some contempt. " Such," he seemed to say,<br />

" were my humble beginnings."<br />

149<br />

Andrew Lang.

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