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Itisoftensaidthatcatshaveninelives,'

ZERITSKY'SLAW

AnnGriffith

,'-frozenpeople,which,inturn,ledtothepassageofZeritsky'

,-,,wemayimaginethatshewasmorehorror-thangrief--encasedbodyoutofthedeep--'

,anditwasseveralhoursbeforeshecouldbequietedenoughtopersuadeanybodythatshehadn'-freezetheyfoundasmallpoolofwater,andawetcat,,wheresomeicestillremained,sothatshe,forone,

Afollow-updispatch,publishedaweeklater,,;thatassoonafteritsrescueasithaddrieditselfoff,ittookalongnap,preciselyasitalwaysdidafterameal;,andbad,afterdefrosting,

,itwouldhavebeentalkedabout,believedbyafew,disbelievedbymost,,andprobablyonlythere,theeventwasanythingbutforgotten;

HowshallweregardtheZeritskyBrothers?Asarchvillainsorpioneers?Insupportofthelatterview,,theirpioneering--ifweagreetocallitthat--was,equallyindisputably,

Someoftheirfirstclientspaidashighas$15,000fortheinitialfreezing,andtheexorbitantrateof$1,-freezingplantsintheworld,anditwastheirclaimthatconvertingthefreezingequipmentandstoragefacilitiestoaccommodatehumanswasextremelyexpensive,

Whentheearlyclientswhopaidtheseratesweredefrostedyearslater,andfoundotherclientsreceivingthesameservicesforaslittleas$3,000,,andsinceanypublicityabouttheirenterprisewasunwelcometothem,$3,000becamethestandardrat