`` She must have perished from exposure long ere this . '' `` Aunt Cynthia will never forgive us , '' said Ismay , dismally . `` I had a presentiment of trouble the moment that cat came to this house . '' We had never heard of this presentiment before , but Ismay is good at having presentiments -- after things happen . `` What shall we do ? '' I demanded , helplessly . `` Max , ca n't you find some way out of this scrape for us ? '' `` Advertise in the Charlottetown papers for a white Persian cat , '' suggested Max . `` Some one may have one for sale . If so , you must buy it , and palm it off on your good Aunt as Fatima . She 's very short-sighted , so it will be quite possible . '' `` But Fatima has a blue spot on her tail , '' I said . `` You must advertise for a cat with a blue spot on its tail , '' said Max . `` It will cost a pretty penny , '' said Ismay dolefully . `` Fatima was valued at one hundred dollars . '' `` We must take the money we have been saving for our new furs , '' I said sorrowfully . `` There is no other way out of it . It will cost us a good deal more if we lose Aunt Cynthia 's favor . She is quite capable of believing that we have made away with Fatima deliberately and with malice aforethought . '' So we advertised .
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