Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1899 — A Cat Story. [ARTICLE]

A Cat Story.

It may interest your readers to hear of the determined efforts of a mother cat to save her kitten from an untimely death. The two had a luxurious bed on the top of some hay in a barn, but one morning, while the old cat was away,, the farm people came, and, not noticing the kitten, buried it under six feet of freshly cut grass. Four hours later I heard of this, and was told that the kitten was dead and buried under the heap of grass. A friend and myself Immediately set to work to see If the kitten could still be saved, and we dug downwards into the grass and made a long search, the old cat intently watching our proceedings. No signs of the poor little mite were forthcoming, so reluctantly we gave up the search, and I returned to the house and took up a book, intending to read. But the old cat followed me and uttered the moat piteous howls, and made me understand clearly that she felt I could find and save her kitten if I would. “Do look again; I am sure it is there,” she seemed to say, so we went together, and I searched and burrowed diligently, the cat watching the while. This time my efforts were crowned with success, and the kitten emerged none the worse for its adventures, and joy 1 and content reigned in the heart of. the mother cat—Landon Spectator.