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Evening Star, Issue 17324, 12 April 1920, Page 5

'Venus and Adonis,' the earliest knowh copy of any of Shakespeare's printed work's, has just been sold at auction in London for £15,1000. This little volume, which contains also Shakespeare's Passionate Pilgrim,. measures 3in by 2in, and • weighs a bare 4oz. A remarkable illustration of the fidelity of a cat to her young was witnessed on the occasion of the« lire at Fetterncar House, Aberdeenshire, the seat of Colonel Leslie, recently. The story is related bv Colonel Leslie himself. The cat was found crouching in a stone corridor in the basement -of the house. The housekeeper took the animal outside, but it was no sooner freed than it. ran back to the burning building. Three .ti:nes,ii was brought cat, and each time it returned, untilat last it went into the fiamee and was burned to death. It was only'later that it was mentioned by one of the servants that the cat had a litter of kittens lying in a basket in a recess beneath the burnin: staircase. The Town Kail and Weatherton's store, winch were destroyed' bv fire at Cheviot, were insured in the Snn office i-ov £673. This covered the contents of the Town Hall. Messrs Dalgety and Co.'s premises were insured in the, Victoria offee for £875, and the contents for £1,155 in "the 6aine office. v «a.