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KITTY KIN, AND THE PART SHE PLAYED

IN THE WAR.

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I T T Y E I N played a part in the war which has never
K been recorded- Her name does not appear in tile

list of any battle ; nor is she mentioned in any history
as having- saved a lifeH or as having; done anything remark­
able one way or the other. Yet, in fact, she played a most
important part ; she prevented a battle "which was just going
to begin, and brought about a truce between the skirmish lines

of the Union and the Confederate troops near her home
which lasted several weeks, and probably saved many lives.
There never was a kitten more highly prized than Kitty-
kin, for Evelyn had long wanted a kitten, and the way she

found her was so delightfully unexpected.
lr was during the war, when everything was very scarce
down in the South where Evelyn lived. “ We don’t have
any coffee, or any kittens, or anything," Evelyn said one day
to some soldiers who had come to her home from their camp,

which was a mile or so away. Yon would have thought