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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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Her
cage
was
kept
clean,
and
nature
responded
to
the
chill
weather
and
the
oily
food
by
making
Kitty's
coat
thicker
and
glossier
every
day,
so
that
by
midwinter
she
was
an
unusually
beautiful
Cat
in
the
fullest
and
finest
of
fur,
with
markings
that
were
at
least
a
rarity.
Jap
was
much
pleased
with
the
result
of
the
experiment,
and
as
a
very
little
success
had
a
wonderful
effect
on
him,
he
began
to
dream
of
the
paths
of
glory.
Why
not
send
the
Slum
Cat
to
the
show
now
coming
on?
The
failure
of
the
year
before
made
him
more
careful
as
to
details.
"'T
won't
do,
ye
kneow,
Sammy,
to
henter
'er
as
a
tramp
Cat,
ye
kneow,"
he
observed
to
his
help;
"but
it
kin
be
arranged
to
suit
the
Knickerbockers.
Nothink
like
a
good
noime,
ye
kneow.
Ye
see
now
it
had
orter
be
'Royal'
somethink
or
other--nothink
goes
with
the
Knickerbockers
like
'Royal'
anythink.
Now
'Royal
Dick,'
or
'Royal
Sam,'
'ow's
that?
But
'owld
on;
them's
Tom
names.
Oi
say,
Sammy,
wot's
the
noime
of
that
island
where
ye
wuz
born?"
"Analostan
Island,
sah,
was
my
native
vicinity,
sah."
"Oi
say,
now,
that's
good,
ye
kneow.
'Royal
Analostan,'
by
Jove!
The
onliest
pedigreed
'Royal
Analostan'
in
the
'ole
sheow,
ye
kneow.
Ain't
that
foine?"
and
they
mingled
their
cackles.
"But
we'll
'ave
to
'ave
a
pedigree,
ye
kneow."
So
a
very
long
fake
pedigree
on
the
recognized
lines
was
prepared.
One
dark
afternoon
Sam,
in
a
borrowed
silk
hat,
delivered
the
Cat
and
the
pedigree
at
the
show
door.
The
darkey
did
the
honors.
He
had
been
a
Sixth
Avenue
barber,
and
he
could
put
on
more
pomp
and
lofty
hauteur
in
five
minutes
than
Jap
Malee
could
have
displayed
in
a
lifetime,
and
this,
doubtless,
was
one
reason
for
the
respectful
reception
awarded
the
Royal
Analostan
at
the
Cat
Show.
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