Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

The Cleveland Herald chronicles the following Cat story; A lady who resides on Bond street, kept in a closet in her bed room, a plate of crackers for her children, and upon several occasions had unlocked the door and given one of the crackers to her favorite cat. A few days since, while the lady was making her toilette, pussy came into the room, but her mistress being occupied, paid no attention to her mewings. Presently the cat went to a basket on the table and took from it a key, which she brought to her mistress and dropped before her. Taking the canine hint, the lady picked up the key, unlocked the closest and gave pussy the sought for cracker, after which she left the room, satisfied. The story is true; can any one give us the key to it as correctly as puss gave it to her mistress? Have cats souls to their bodies as well as to their feet?