T. WHFYBY FRME PRiESS, WEDNESDAYI AuGusT 28, MD9, PAGE? PAGÉ SEVEN. P M MrmalIade - It began two weeks ago. My daughter took me by the edh me to a. comfortable chair, and outlined the, facts, * "Fathe," she sini tones too serlous for her six years, "arn six, ready to, begin the firet grade, but forsooth 1 ave flot *a warm and cuddly creature to love and cail my own.1- 'You're tooyu to go steady," I replied. ~ "Bsdswhicbl, would clean it, feed it, let it sleep by my bed. And you ana I could dlean the litter box."« "Even thatSto much forafiret date."A "Mther -and I saw tbis wonderful marmalade kitten in - -- the pet store today. I promised ber that I would have a talk Ahal A mother-daughter conspiracy. I had that helpiesa ____________________________________ J sensation at the pit of my wallet. "Yes." I know wben to give Up. A "When?" she asked. "Some day," I r.plied. Timing now migbt be my only link to ipt in this famifly decision. "Sbme day soo?" Paying good, hsrd-earned, over-taxed money to a pet store seems a waste. Epeialy when free ittens abound. eýýi In fact, we have enough kittens to pay off the national debt. We just need to find a foreign market for them. "Marmalade," was my daughter's only stipulation. "And soon. Thence entera the 'person from work,' who just happens to havea litter of four kidttens the right apefor adoption." She also bappened to be searcig for "godhomes fur "MarmaladeT'log is merTwo days later, we visit the kIdtten adoption agency'run by he"prso fom or! Einfala n lvewith the orange one."Ilie s not orange. Héls marmalade." Whatever. I promise Erin she can have her cat In one week" Emotional preparation time. For me. e Bays the <prson fr-om work,' for days later: "I canet wait for netweek. I want to know how you will feel waking up at six o'clock in the. morning witb a cat sitting on your Baye 1:"I thinlc I know the feeling. Erin's getting antsy s about the cat. Do you know what itfs like waking up at six ) o'clock in the morning with a kid sitting on your beadr Onewee lterwe ist aai. Tis im tobrig iloSTAU TRACTION ENGiNE ON DUNDAS STEKET WE«F, C. 1907 Marma kla e whoe ifor keep. TImagine tleaing fyorThis steanioniew ) ad tooperate farm macbin.ry at the turn of the century. hIthie background atleft isoth Matbisoe Brotherd' gocey store, now JsephaHiur Styhng, and at mother and siblings at nine weekai of age.rgt i. rbrAindu tre o a eeFors Nice, terne, house-trained itten. To carry him to the. car ihteArurAndugsonwVaBe .wr. it takes two grown men, on. ten-foot clothes Uine pole, two whW AréIws pho p air fbw-bi h g--Ant-Aets,-one!-ron mesh face mask HasnPt' yet i3harpened claws on the living rou o <' amiga Hyeaor ak HasnWt yet eaten leaves from the. coffee table ivy and e* Th EeywoenCohere t allybrdeorthCadanacfcaiwyayso thrown up on the. white love seat.eTh odnCha hetriwYbig vrteaainPdfcIiwyMymn Hasn't yet been vengeful and urinated in anyone's be replac.d. s so -much-a-pair new winter boots. Hasn't yet escaped the. bouse and re-landscaped the flower bode in front of the neioebourhood cat hater. '75 YEUMARSAO nasnt yet embedded a fish hook near the femoral artery, frmte-uaaAgs 4 96eiino h reuiig enough surgery to pay for the. vet's sail boat. WTMGZTEADC M IL Xsn yet had siiots ($$$$) or been declawed ($$$$) or Theb Ontanio Ladies' Collegewllbcoecd oWiysnwseesstmbyrerf neutered ($$$$). (Mal. bonding only goes so far.) the. Board of H.altii. Hasn't yet ... 0 Lettera fhm WiitWs soldiers overseas are published in the Gazette and Chronicle. Forget it. You get the idea. a l'h. Red Cross reporta that the amblac donated by Samnuel Trees and Company of Letting Erin go steady would have been cheaper. Wliitby last year is being well used in France.Jfl 3kLUEA .ALFA.A .. - 1 ~. . i ao«M ummoPâ advmsffnt mwm nlnlel h0kent off the streets of Brookliii.