The true philosopher and other cat tales . oclock to partake of that homelymeal by the fireside. Ermintrude had cream in asaucer, and her master was occasionally observed togo without it in his second cup that she might havemore. He had also taken to spending the eveningsat home,—not all the evenings, but some of them; and,to his own great embarrassment, was one day dis-covered by a derisive friend reading a book with Er-mintrude beside him. When Ermintrude produced afamily of kittens the house was turned upside downfor her comfort, and great was the young mans agi-tation over a kitten that wo
The true philosopher and other cat tales . oclock to partake of that homelymeal by the fireside. Ermintrude had cream in asaucer, and her master was occasionally observed togo without it in his second cup that she might havemore. He had also taken to spending the eveningsat home,—not all the evenings, but some of them; and,to his own great embarrassment, was one day dis-covered by a derisive friend reading a book with Er-mintrude beside him. When Ermintrude produced afamily of kittens the house was turned upside downfor her comfort, and great was the young mans agi-tation over a kitten that would not nurse. He saw toit that the kittens basket was kept warm, and whenthe little creatures were at play, took great care toprotect them from draughts. He never allowed any-one else to handle them, and was so firm on this pointthat several people felt quite insulted. When in dueseason Ermintrude weaned them, he experienced sym-pathetic pangs for the kittens and a certain disappoint-ment in Ermintrude, though his reason told him that. AND OTHER CAT TALES 55 all was as it should be. When the kittens grew up herefused to part with any of them, in spite of much un-solicited advice. His friends jeeringly called him afamily man; and as he grew more domestic he be-came in the eyes of the world, strange to say, less eli-gible, and received far fewer invitations to week-endparties. In short, he was considered a great failureby everyone save his housekeeper, who stoutly main-tained with tears in her eyes that Ermintrude hadbeen the making of him. ,y / y ^v ^y? J^K
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