9. Rob went home feeling very much disappointed. He was sorry to part with the kitty. The more he thought of it, the worse he felt. As he opened the gate, the tears stood in his eyes. But when he looked at the house he was very much astonished. There sat Kitty on the doorstep just as he had that first morning. 10. Rob was delighted, and ran to his mother with kitty in his arms. 11. His mother told Rob he could keep the kitty another day, but the next morning he must take him back to May and ask her to shut him up in a room till Rob got home. 12. So Rob and the kitty played together that day and slept together that night. The next morning Rob took him to May and told her to shut him in a room. 13. Rob felt very sorry to have to shut kitty up in a room, and he walked home. very much disappointed in losing his new playmate. As he opened the gate he felt very much like crying, But when he looked at the house he was very much astonished. There sat Kitty on the doorstep just as he had that first morning. 14. That night the matter was explained to Rob's papa. He thought that when May shut the door she left a window open, and Kitty jumped out and hurried home. 15, "Cats," said papa, "have a strange power of telling directions. It is almost impossible to lose them or keep them from returning to a home they like. To-morrow you must put Kitty in a sack so that he cannot see, and when you and mother come down in town to my office you must bring him with you. I will take care of him, and you may play with him, when you come to see me." 16. So the next morning Rob put Kitty in a sack, and then put him in a valise so that he could not see anything. Then Rob and his mother got on a street-car and went to his papa's office. 17. After a little visit, they left Kitty in the office and went to a store to do some shop ping. When they got off the car, late that afternoon, and looked at the house, they were very much astonished. There sat Kitty on the doorstep just as he had that first morning. 18. That night Papa said, "Mother, I think you had better give up and let Rob keep Kitty here." 66 Yes," said mother, "I am sure I had. He is a dear, faithful Kitty." "I am so glad," said Rob. Kitty jumped up in Rob's lap and purred a song of delight. OLD KING COLE Old King Cole Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, And he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. |