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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 136, 24 January 1916, Page 1

A rather humorous incident occurred in a house in EvaDs street, Balmain, recently, savs the "Sydney Sun." A man and bia wife were awakened by a cat outside the bedroom window. The husband reached for a boot and the-howling ceased. Two bright spots glistened in the darkness at the foot cf the bed. The wife whispered to hsr husband to make certain to hit the wretched thing. "Sure," he eaid, as he let fly. Ihe yell that followed was human, not feline. The glistening spots disappeared as the occupant of the bed drew up her feet. Wnatever may have been the wife's appreciation of her husband as a marksman, she had other things to say regarding bis intelligence, and the mental attitude of the male specieß generally. Ihe astonished hubby then discovered that the supposed cat's eves were his wife's protruding toes, two of which had been rubbed by a phosphorescent corn cure!