Home, at last, is the wayward cat

LOVETTSVILLE, Va. It is in the nature of cats to do a certainamount of unescorted roaming, as the late Gov. Adlai Stevenson wrotein vetoing a feline leash bill that was gormless even by the lowstandards of the Legislature at Springfield.

Consequently, no one thought much about it on the second nightof spring when Farouk, a.k.a. the Spot Cat, asked to be let out. Hedidn't show up when it came time for the humans to turn in, but againnobody gave it much thought. It was a nice night, cool and a bitbreezy, and there were things out there to check out, especiallyafter an enforced absence of three months while wintering-overindoors in Washington, D.C.

Overnight …