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Chapter 30

           Onenightthecatfeelingadesireforcompany,IsupposetookitswaytothehouseofachiefwhohadrecentlybeenconvertedtoChristianity,andhadbeguntolearntoreadandpray.Thechief’swife,whowassittingawakeathissidewhileheslept,beheldwithhorrortwofiresglisteninginthedoorway,andheardwithsurpriseamysteriousvoice.Almostpetrifiedwithfear,sheawokeherhusband,andbegantoupbraidhimforforsakinghisoldreligionandburninghisgod,who,shedeclared,wasnowcometobeavengedofthem.‘Getupandpray!getupandpray!’shecried.Thechiefarose,andonopeninghiseyes,beheldthesameglaringlightsandheardthesameominoussound.Impelledbytheextremeurgencyofthecase,hecommenced,withallpossiblevehemence,tovociferatethealphabet,asaprayertoGodtodeliverthemfromthevengeanceofSatan!Onhearingthis,thecat,asmuchalarmedasthemselves,fledprecipitatelyaway,leavingthechiefandhiswifecongratulatingthemselvesontheefficacyoftheirprayer."

           Weweremuchdivertedwiththisanecdote,whichtheteacherrelatedinEnglishsogoodthatwecertainlycouldnothavesupposedhimanativebutforthecolourofhisfaceandtheforeignaccentinhistone.

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