. The adventures of Tommy Postoffice; the true story of a cat . .When the warm days of early Springcame he had grown as big as severalpints of peanuts. and had alsogrown into the handsome collarbought for him. His hair was asblack and shiny as jet, his shirt-frontas immaculate as drifted snow, andhis stockings were washed andscoured hourly, lest any vestige ofdirt should adhere to them. He hadlearned to know the men, and wasboon companion with each and everyone of them. He also knew the hourof the day. or night, that each would 54 TOMMY POSTOFFICE arrive to go on duty, and was invaria-bly on h
. The adventures of Tommy Postoffice; the true story of a cat . .When the warm days of early Springcame he had grown as big as severalpints of peanuts. and had alsogrown into the handsome collarbought for him. His hair was asblack and shiny as jet, his shirt-frontas immaculate as drifted snow, andhis stockings were washed andscoured hourly, lest any vestige ofdirt should adhere to them. He hadlearned to know the men, and wasboon companion with each and everyone of them. He also knew the hourof the day. or night, that each would 54 TOMMY POSTOFFICE arrive to go on duty, and was invaria-bly on hand to welcome them whenthe big door swung open. He alsoknew their luncheon hours, whetherthey happened to be the midday or themidnight hour, which night duty. Mice and rats hardly dared to show themselves. made necessary, and was alwaysready to sit down beside them toawait the tidbit which he knew wouldbe his share. If they happened to beso hungry that he was in danger ofbeing forgotten, he had a way of re- 55 THE AD\EXTURES OF calling his presence to them. Thiswas to jump upon their shoulders andjust as some particularly dainty mor-sel was about to pass their lips, toreach one deft paw forward, catch thefood upon his claws, and—presto I itregaled another palate than its ownerhad intended. The engineer was Tommys espe-cial friend, and Tommy never failedto be on hand when Dan broughtforth his lunch-pail. Dan was veryfond oi cold sausage-meat, andTommy approved his taste. But Tommy was by no means asluggard. It he lived in the post-office he meant that it should benetitby his industry: so from the earliest;6 TOMMY POSTOFFICE kittenhood he began to wage warupon the rats and mice, and as timewent on not a whiskered head daredshow itself. By t
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