WHO BURIED THE CAT?
The office cat was dead. Caught in the act of devouring the head clerk’s lunch it came in contact with his boot and died suddenly. The questions 'were : “Where could it be buried in the heart of the City? Who would bury it ? ’’ Bob, the office boy offered to get rid of it for a consideration, and proceeded to consult a friend of his at a neighbouring hotel. After the office closed, Bob took a seat on the top of an omnibus, carefully carrying a parcel ( containing the cat ), from which protruded the tail feathers of a pheasant. The parcel was carefully labelled ; but Bob left it under the seat when he got off the ’bus. ( Boys are so forgetful ! ) Soon another passenger noticed the parcel and gradually shifted his seat until he was able to lift the parcel when he speedily took his departure taking the parcel with him.
Bob got rid of it ; and, to this day, no one in that office knows “ who buried the cat.”
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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 16, Issue 93, 2 December 1902, Page 2
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173WHO BURIED THE CAT? Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 16, Issue 93, 2 December 1902, Page 2
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