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Little Hannah's fright was quite as great in her secret fear that Old Buff might be the witch-cat. She gasped when she saw her father take his gun from the wall. "We'll put an end to these witch-cats," he declared, and stalked out. Hannah held her breath in fear. She heard no shot, however. At last her father came in and looked over his gun. "It wouldn't work," he muttered.
The man knew her quite well, for she was a witch who had often persecuted him before in the shape of a cat. Again, the wounds inflicted on a witch-hare or a witch-cat are to be seen on the witch herself, just as the wounds inflicted on a were-wolf are to be seen on the man himself when he has doffed the wolfs skin.
In her heart she probably believed it was a witch-cat and an agent of the Devil; but no matter, it was all the more certain to be able to keep its contract and furnish a daily good living for the family, for in matters of finance even the piousest of our peasants would have more confidence in an arrangement with the Devil than with an archangel.
The whole thing seemed the wildest phantasy, and, for a time, in doubting the reality of the Eurasian's work, I found myself doubting the evidence of my own senses and seriously wondering if this possessed witch-cat whose green eyes had moved like Satanic lanterns throughout the whole phantasmagoria, had any more palpable existence than the other strange things spoken of by the unscrupulous scientist.
By what unfortunate accident should such a hiding place exist so near!" I said miserably. The Sagamore's stern visage slightly relaxed. "It is no accident, Loskiel. Do you not suppose he knew it was here? Else he had never dared attempt what he did." "The vile Witch-cat has been here many a time," said the Grey-Feather, his ferocious gaze fixed on the cliff. "Is the Mole dead?" I asked.
And Tommie, seated on the pump in the bright winter sunshine, looked as if he had something in his mind that pleased him. "Heigh-O," said one of the passers-by. "Here's a witch-cat!" "You are mistaken," replied Tommie with a wink. "I belong to Mother Huldah, and she is the best woman in the village."
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