Life isn't long enough for that sort of thing. So, when the family moves,
the cat, if allowed, will stay at the old house and attach himself
to the new tenants. He will give them the privilege of boarding him
while he enjoys life in his own way. He is not going to sacrifice
his whole career for the doubtful reward which fidelity to his old master
or mistress might bring.




Sitting in Judgment



The show ring was a circular enclosure of about four acres,
with a spiked batten fence round it, and a listless crowd
of back-country settlers propped along the fence. Behind them were
the sheds for produce, and the machinery sections where steam threshers
and earth scoops hummed and buzzed and thundered unnoticed.
Crowds of sightseers wandered past the cattle stalls to gape at
the fat bullocks; side-shows flourished, a blase goose drew marbles
out of a tin canister, and a boxing showman displayed his muscles
outside his tent, while his partner urged the youth of the district
to come in and be thumped for the edification of the spectators.

Suddenly a gate opened at the end of the show ring, and horses, cattle,
dogs, vehicles, motor-cars, and bicyclists crowded into the arena.
This was the general parade, but it would have been better described
as a general chaos. Trotting horses and ponies, in harness,
went whirling round the ring, every horse and every driver fully certain