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THE MEMOIRS OF A CAT
fullness of their life. Therefore, they do not claim any right of ownership over iny whole worldly existence. As soon as I was able to take carc of myself, I went my own way. Under such circumstances, my parents naturally were not concerned with my future, and did not have the necessity of imitating man's belief in astrology, so that, for a few coins, a pandit could provide them with the superstitious satisfaction of having the future of their investment inysteriously calculated and cutrusted to the care of benevolent gods. For my part, I am glad to be free of the superstitious feeling that the history of my life is already written in mystic symbols on a scroll of paper. Being unaffected by the habit of accumulating worldly goods, I would not be in the position to pay the Pandit from time to time for the satisfaction of having the mystic document interpreted in a way that fitted with the actual happenings of my life which, in reality, are altogether independent of the silly wisdom of the Pandit or the peregrinations of the heavenly bodies.
I presume that the reader would not unind a few remarks gencrally about astrology. In view of thc fact that this ancient superstition is still granted the dignity of science cven by the educated in this country, a few words on the subject will not be out of place. Superstition is my bete noirc. I cannot resist the temptation of running it down whenever I find it. Until thc mental
