Little Home Workers: A Reading Book for First and Second Grades (1911)

Black Cat Madness is about a cat that showed up at the home of a Southern family when it was a kitten; Aunt Lillie Mae named it Tibby. Tibby later turns against them and the family pets. Georgia, Tangled Eye Joeas wife, thought that ole Tibby marked the baby, as superstitions go according to old wivesa tales. Aunt Lillie Mae blamed herself, her husband and God for what happened and was never the same after the birth, never got her senses back. Ole Uncle Bill blamed himself, as well as was never the same, which led to their divorce.