A CAT-STORY.
[To THZ EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOLn SIR,-1 have read with interest for many years the dog- stories in the Spectator, therefore, I will contribute to your pages, with your permission, an instance of sagacity in a large and very handsome Persian cat, which came to my knowledge recently, while staying at Bar Harbour, Maine. The maid who fed 'Buff,' and for whom he seemed to have most affection, was in the habit of putting out the lamps in the parlour, where 'Buff' slept on a rug in the corner, after we retired. He is tall enough, when standing on his hind feet, to rattle the knob of the door with his paw,—and this is his usual way of asking to be let in. Just as Jennie was going to bed, she heard this sound, and when she opened the door, he mewed and ran toward the stairs ; she followed him to the parlour, and perceived at once it was to put out the lamps she was called. As soon as she had done this, he laid down content. How much reasoning did this action on the cat's part imply ?
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