Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar Page #5

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It would be a long drive

to where they were going,

so Jess brought along somebody

to keep him company on the return trip.

It seems a certain ex-nurse was just about

to become Mrs. Jess Bradley.

Well, that guaranteed

a happy future for Jess,

and now he was figuring

to do the same for Charlie.

Way up in a high corner

of the Cascade country,

there's about 1,000 square miles

of protected primitive wilderness.

And it's all out of bounds

for dogs and guns and bounty hunters.

This would be Charlie's new home.

Well, I guess this spot's as good as any.

Come here, Charlie.

Down.

You're on your own.

Go on, now.

Looks like Charlie's gonna be

real happy here.

Now being the sort of cat he was,

there's just a little chance

that Charlie somehow, sometime,

might have found his way back to Jess

and the Carbon County Lumber Mill again.

Except for one thing...

It seemed there was this bewitching,

bewildering scent in the air.

And it was coming from just up the hill.

Charlie took a long look.

A closer look.

Well, hallelujah and howdy-do again!

There's no way of telling

if this really was the same cougarette

that Charlie took a fancy to

a long time ago,

but Charlie was sure she was,

and that settled that.

So that's how Charlie's lonesome days

ended in the best of all possible ways.

He was a king cat now.

From this time on he'd reign

over all this bountiful wilderness domain.

He'd have a whole new life

with a brand-new mate.

That means it's time for us to state

there'll be no more talking

about Charlie.

So long, Charlie.

# So long

so long, Charlie

# May his story end

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