OWNERSHIP OF A CAT.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 11928, 23 October 1919, Page 7

OWNERSHIP OF A CAT.

It seemed a nice, fair dealing black cat. But when the judge at Boston (Lines) gave it a chance to decide whiich of two neighbours was its mistress there were complications. “Tim! Tim!’ 5 called the woman who was claiming the cat or £5, and the animal followed as if they had been friends for years. But the other woman gave the game away. “It isn’t fair,” she [said. “Look what’s she got in her hand. ’ ’ ■When the hand was opened a piece of camphor was revealed. “Give me the camphor,” said the judge, and the spell worked so marl vellously that he said, “Why, it’s I my cat!” Meanwhile Tim was adding to the difficulty of deciding by making friends all round the court, whilst one -woman ’called “Tim” and the other ‘ ‘Jack. ’ ’ But there was no camphor this time, and the question of ownership remained open. . A solicitor tried to work in the , “historic precedent,” but the I woman who called the cat , “Tim” knew the answer and declared indignantly that she was net going to have her cat cut in half! Then the judge got down to more matter of fact tests, asking the woman how long she had had “Tim.” \ “Six years,” was the reply, t There she over did it. A veterinary surgeon in court examined the eat and said it was about two years old. \ And that was how it was decided ' that “Tim’s” real name is “Jack. ” | . '' ■- ■