Exotic female with exotic feline . . . plus an E. Hoffmann Price story. Price always had a sword-cane with him, in case he happened to run into rowdies who might wish him harm. Don Herron often speculated what would have happened had Price and "Cap" Shaw, editor of Black Mask, who also motated with a sword-cane, had a "brushing incident" on the streets of NYC some time in the 1920s or 30s. . . .. One will never know, I suppose, but I can see it in my mind's eye, and so can you, I'm quite sure. . . .