The true philosopher and other cat tales . he grandeur of his mission,and continued to work as hard as ever, starting early,stopping late, drilling and filling all day long. If anyone had told him that he slaved the year round forthe purpose of supporting a fat, lazy cat in luxury andidleness, he would have denied it hotly; but so, in fact,it was; for being a bachelor of an affectionate andself-abnegating nature with no relative on whom toclamp his devotion, his cat, Isabella, had come to bethe idol of his heart and its comfort the aim of hislife. It is not possible, of course, to spend as muc
The true philosopher and other cat tales . he grandeur of his mission,and continued to work as hard as ever, starting early,stopping late, drilling and filling all day long. If anyone had told him that he slaved the year round forthe purpose of supporting a fat, lazy cat in luxury andidleness, he would have denied it hotly; but so, in fact,it was; for being a bachelor of an affectionate andself-abnegating nature with no relative on whom toclamp his devotion, his cat, Isabella, had come to bethe idol of his heart and its comfort the aim of hislife. It is not possible, of course, to spend as muchmoney on a cat as on a wife; but the dentist did hisbest, and the bills of the milkman and veterinary werealways the largest. The dentist lived in a comfortable suburban villawith colored glass in the front door, a bronze group inthe parlor, and a back-yard where Isabella and theweeks wash were wont to take the air. Unfortunate-ly for Isabella, the privacy of the yard was insecureagainst the trespassings of neighboring cats; and yet [i6]. DID ALL THE CLEVEREST THINGS TO PEOPLES MOUTHS AND OTHER CAT TALES 17 more unfortunately, Isabellas second teeth had nevermade their appearance. Though a couple of backteeth on either side of her jaw sufficed her nicely for adiet that consisted of milk, minces, custards, fish, sweet-breads and eggnogs, they proved unhandy and ineffec-tual as weapons of war; and the dentists rest was oftenbroken by precautionary trips, false alarms, and neces-sary midnight rescues. Among these back-yard marauders so abhorred anddreaded by Isabella and the dentist, were three thatinspired them with special feelings of panic and knowing their natal names, we will, in describingthem, make use of the opprobrious ones with whichthe dentist, for the sake of vilification, christenedthem. Judas, a treacherous maltese with a tail like alance and a slimy grey coat that fitted as suavely as aunion suit, would creep up warily when Isabella layblinking in the su
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