`` 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 . Max went to town and had the notice inserted in the most important daily . We asked any one who had a white Persian cat , with a blue spot on the tip of its tail , to dispose of , to communicate with M. I. , care of the Enterprise . We really did not have much hope that anything would come of it , so we were surprised and delighted over the letter Max brought home from town four days later . It was a type-written screed from Halifax stating that the writer had for sale a white Persian cat answering to our description . The price was a hundred and ten dollars , and , if M. I. cared to go to Halifax and inspect the animal , it would be found at 110 Hollis Street , by inquiring for `` Persian . '' `` Temper your joy , my friends , '' said Ismay , gloomily . `` The cat may not suit . The blue spot may be too big or too small or not in the right place . I consistently refuse to believe that any good thing can come out of this deplorable affair . '' Just at this moment there was a knock at the door and I hurried out . The postmaster 's boy was there with a telegram .
I tore it open , glanced XXXXX it , and dashed back into the room .
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