T. P.

“ We had not been in the habit of having kittens for breakfast—they could not have placed themselves there, and the question was who had given them a lifting hand?—that ubiquitous personage “Nobody” was charged; but it was not a satisfactory conclusion—it was odd; could Pussy have done it? They were replaced in their bed, when, lo and behold! she was seen to bring them, one by one, and leave them on the tray. Number five disappeared for several days, but subsequently, confidence being restored, be became one of the family, and conducted himself with the usual propriety of a kitten. ”

“ It is the fashion to speak of it as a faculty distinct from the reasoning power of man, upon the assumption that reflection and consideration are qualities of the mind only appertaining to the cooking animals of our globe, and that reason cannot exist without them. ”

“ The kitten grew up a fine handsome fellow, shared with his mother the attentions of the household, and “all went merry as a marriage-bell” until he was missed. Spotty, anxious and restless, went mewing her grief from room to room, from window to window ”