A NEW POLICE BOX SYSTEM
to what, the man would- do/next,
!; The dog's piety is real and heartfelt; without reserve he lives to serve his master or mistress. The cat, on the contrary, refuses to allow social matters to affect her code. • Proud, self-respecting, and meticulous,. she' enjoyß friendship, but resents intrusion or coercion. She resents it in cavalier fashion by dignified withdrawal.
Compare also the conduct of cat and dog when suddenly frightened or hurt. The dog screams and perhaps continues to scream with a.long, terrified kiyi-ing as he removes from the vicinity with tucked-in tail and cringing hind quarters. . Does the cat? Not enough to make any impress.ion! True, she leaps away with lightning speed; but she lands facing ,the danger, with back arched for war and tail like the brush of a 1 chimney-sweep. Her eyes blaze with righteous wrath.; .She is cursing; and the ,worst she has been scared tho louder swells the torrent of invective. Stiff-legged, she backs away, her deepthroated vituperation rising .and falling. At a safe distance she flings one last insult, .grunts disgustedly, turns her back, and stalks away with switching and indignant tail..
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 22, 26 January 1929, Page 18
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192A NEW POLICE BOX SYSTEM Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 22, 26 January 1929, Page 18
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