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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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Oh,
if
the
Fifth
Avenue
family
could
only
have
seen
her
in
her
native
Orient!
After
a
long
rest
she
came
quietly
down
from
the
cracker-box
toward
the
steps
leading
to
the
cellar,
engaged
in
her
old-time
pursuit
of
seeking
for
eatables.
The
door
opened,
and
there
stood
the
negro.
He
shouted
to
the
bird-man
inside:
"Say,
boss,
come
hyar.
Ef
dere
ain't
dat
dar
Royal
Ankalostan
am
comed
back!"
Jap
came
in
time
to
see
the
Cat
jumping
the
wall.
They
called
loudly
and
in
the
most
seductive,
wheedling
tones:
"Pussy,
Pussy,
poor
Pussy!
Come,
Pussy!"
But
Pussy
was
not
prepossessed
in
their
favor,
and
disappeared
to
forage
in
her
old-time
haunts.
The
Royal
Analostan
had
been
a
windfall
for
Jap--had
been
the
means
of
adding
many
comforts
to
the
cellar
and
several
prisoners
to
the
cages.
It
was
now
of
the
utmost
importance
to
recapture
her
majesty.
Stale
meat-offal
and
other
infallible
lures
were
put
out
till
Pussy,
urged
by
the
reestablished
hunger-pinch,
crept
up
to
a
large
fish-head
in
a
box-trap;
the
negro,
in
watching,
pulled
the
string
that
dropped
the
lid,
and,
a
minute
later,
the
Analostan
was
once
more
among
the
prisoners
in
the
cellar.
Meanwhile
Jap
had
been
watching
the
'Lost
and
Found'
column.
There
it
was,
"$25
reward,"
etc.
That
night
Mr.
Malee's
butler
called
at
the
Fifth
Avenue
mansion
with
the
missing
cat.
"Mr.
Malee's
compliments,
sah.
De
Royal
Analostan
had
recurred
in
her
recent
proprietor's
vicinity
and
residence,
sah.
Mr.
Malee
had
pleasure
in
recuperating
the
Royal
Analostan,
sah."
Of
course
Mr.
Malee
could
not
be
rewarded,
but
the
butler
was
open
to
any
offer,
and
plainly
showed
that
he
expected
the
promised
reward
and
something
more.
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