Jimmy, Lucy, and All

the kitten and said she was the most graceful creature she had ever seen, except, perhaps, the dancing horse, Thistleblow. Eddo loved her because "she ha

er up in bed, and she would swallow meekly such med

tail of hers, mamma! 'Twould bring, I don't know how much

put off like an everyday cat with saucers of milk and scra

best-fed cats make the

aven't long to live!" laughed good-natured Mr. Templeton, as

en. She had taken much pains with her pencil drawing of a cherub i

it, mamma? You know she's so

louds lay about him very softly, leaving bare his pretty dimpled feet, and hands, and arms, and neck. On Fri

re so fond of pictures that I thought I'd bring you one I drew myself. I'm a

the Cherub fo

tears in her eyes as she took the offering from Edith's hand. She was a lonely o

ugh her spectacles. She was a good judge of pictures. "That face is well drawn, and the

ure. She had by no means

this," she thought. "I believe they car

y loud mewing of a cat out of doors. They

it isn't my Zee," c

tanding on the back door-step; and Zee must have been frolicking about the pan, never dreaming any live creature was in it, w

t what he had in his mouth was a very precious article, the "prize tail" of a bea

knew some heavy thing was dragging at her tail and pinching it fearfully. Every one in the back of the house was busy; no one bu

ght to see a cat prancing about, waving her plume-like tail with a clam at the end of i

e a hatchet!" cri

zed a hatchet herself, split the shel

ter. All the boarders were grouped about on the lawn and veranda talking it over. Mrs. Dunlee held in her lap a

, beautiful tai

t, darling," said Aunt Vi

king of is, won't it be stiff? Aren't you afrai

the midst of this trying scene another event occurred of a different sort, but fa

u promised to tell us to-nig

oad as they often did to watch for the stage. "The colonel" might be coming now at almost any time, to find the lost vein of the gold mine, and they wanted to see him first of any one. Lucy had her papa's watch fastened to th

ncle James'

ll to-morrow; but I expect him to-nigh

wn toward the dusty road. They could see the roofs of sever

d the chimneys on,

que

ve seen lots of chimn

Lucy was proud to thin

takes these little hands just as long to go round this little face

Lucy Dunlee, or you'll drop that watch. I shouldn't have thought papa wo

of conscience. "I didn't know we'd go so far.

m older than you are, and I've got a little

and not at all sure that it would be safer with Jimm

n papa lent it to me and it's fastened on so

ng the little chain to see if he could u

u could have got it off, L

on himself-oh, Jimmy-boy, you will

gain. When he had set his heart on anything Lucy usually gave up. Barbar

r boys. How rich and handsome the short gold chain looked! What a bright spot it made as it dangled down

east, no one who looked like a colonel. Jimmy was playing with the short gold chain which made a bright spot on his jacket. He meant to restore the wat

to catch me

atch you and

y. But if Jimmy had suspected what a foolhardy project w

ted, "One, two, three!" and off they started. No one was wat