Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1891 — A Mourning Cat. [ARTICLE]

A Mourning Cat.

A strange story in which a cat is a pathetic character has come to light at Paoli, Ga. A little boy of that village owned a cat that was a great pet in the family. But the cat would have nothing to do with any one except the boy. The latter died, and for two weeks the cat would come as usual every morning to the door, and, going into the room, would cry very mournfully, and walk over the child’s bed hunting for its lost friend. Finally the cat disappeared, only returning* occasionally. At last one of the child’s sisters saw the cat in the graveyard, where it remains, only returning occasionally for fool. It keeps guard at the boy’s grave, and can be heard at night crying piteously.