Maternal Affection.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 112, 7 April 1884, Page 3

Maternal Affection.

incident nap-: pqned fcttthe fire at Luahy's Mnsic-hall a s}#rt[ ti»\e#go :-^ u Mr Crowder, one ofitbe ps^prietora of the hall, possessed: a 4vwriJte.-t«bby-!aßdftartoißeßheU cat, -which well known w the frequenter Of the h*lh The cat. had a feraily ofjpni|i:ittenß,iwnich she \va»' allowed tojseep in a basket at thei.rear cifu the st^e.3SoDnai*te<-!th^ fire was disco vered> the cat'wagißfcen rushing aboiit fwntrcal}jjk-; She Several times. Attempted »t'6 make hervway.dowri the;eorriddr in the direction of the: sta^e, * .but eacb; lime she (if^i Wten< hack: by ithe smoke. - Al lasfc^ie memed to pluck '* tip courage, an4 Viking anotherirun she wasvlostto: tieicfwuidsi the smoke. Presently she re-a©|*|arecl with one ofcthe kittens in her mouth. This she laid carefully dowuiWat- her master's feet in the small luJtvfriiph'iiie fir© iad not touchedv Again she rushed" through^ the smoke, 1 andyagwttiretarned'»ith a kitten^; ttnd : this^mfiQioeuyre .-she repeated- the third time. .She was now riapparent% hali* bli«J«d and choked by the smoke she haipaased ( thraughi arid it was thought that she would be content \ but -ithe seemed-uhable to rest while she knew thai one, of her: kittens was still in danger.;, andy giving a look at the little" struggling grokp on the flour, the cat, evading someone who tried to stop her, oncft'dttoie dashed down the corridor toward^ the seething mass of flames, -whichibyfthis time had eAveloped the stage and the lower end of the hall. Her-return-waß arrxiously awaited; bnt She did not come back* .Afterwards, examing the.ruins, »ome of the firemen came across tTier-charred lind blackened remains of the^Qthei; kit en lying aide by side Where th^ fire had overtaken them. h-