The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-11-12
TWILIGHT STORIES.

TO roll balls or spin tops to any advantage
Things have such way of clipping out of
sight in the dusk, that it does not improve
the temper to bump ones head under the
tables a;,d chairs III looking for them; while
stitches taken in dolls clothes by the faint
light are apt to be pulled out in great
hurry next morning. See how the freight
dances on the wall. Every body bring u
chair or stool or at least themselves nearer
the fire, and l will tell you a story. What
shall it be aboutq The smallest of the
children of this great family shall choose
to- night, / think l heard some say, " Kit
ten."-kittens it shall be. So keep very
quiet
The name of the story is
THE -FOUR LITTLE KITTENS.
When Lizzie, the nurse, went up stairs in
the mornipg, she said Come, children,
it is time to- get dressed"
Buts Willie's train of cars, a tapgle of
chairs and string, reached across the nur-
sery, and he was busy oiling the engine
with the oil can from the sewing machine.
Harry was turning summersaults on the
bed-tliat is he was trying to do SO, but his
fat legs were so short that he only stood on
4 his head and fell over sideways on the
4 pillow to get up and try again. How could
either of them spare time to be dressed
But Lizzie said again:
Come, children, you must get dressed !;
it is almost breakfast time. Besides I've
The engine steamed quietly into the sta
ton, while the engineer put his feet into
his red stockings, and Harry said as he ran
across the floor, " What is it about the cat7
Is she lost
g. Oh, no, she has some little kittens in
the box behind the door in the back ball.
AS was coming along carly this morning
heard the funniest little noise in the box,
and when locked in there were four Of the
sweetest little kittens, two gray and white
and two black with white paws. They
were all curled up together to keep warm,
her breakfast. Now, hurry, and you will
have time to see them before breakfast"
No one would believe that Willie was q
slow boy, if they could have seen how
quickly he was dressed that morning, and
Harry did not dance about at all, but
winked very bard when Lizzie gave dread
full pull to the tangled curls, so that there
was time to pay the visit.-Such lovely
kittens All curled up in bunch as Liz
zie said, fast asleep. They did not like to be
disturbed very much, and CLING to one an
other, and made such funny little eoueaks
for news, for all the world like toy kittens;
Decides, they neveropened their eyes at all.
Pussy came into the box with 81 bounce and
q new, and tapped with velvet paw on the
little fat hands, just to remind the boys that
she did not wish liberties taken with her ba-
bies. Robert came in with IT, @ milk Just then
! and Harry said, "Oh, r ,bert, do see these
sweet little kitteDs|" Robert admired them
very much, hut Hurry did lot hear him
say to the cook, Its carry ing them eff Ill
be for doing. There's enough little cats in
the house now, that's only two feet
But the Ole cat heard him
Harry and WIlIir talked about the kittens
all the morning, but mamma would not let
them disturb them again, because, che said,
Ihey were just little babies, like baby
brother IN bis basket up stairs, ana as they
had mott hnfr
to be taken ont OF their warm box and han
died roughly.
So the little boys minded their mother
until after dinner, when Harry asked if he
might not take his little sister Amy down
to see the kittens if they did not touch them.
Mamma said yes. So the two trotted off.
hand in hand, through the halls and over
the hills and mountains, three steps and a
door sill, to the box in the back hall. Amy
looked into the boz, and said, Kitty 2"
She saw, a roll of Competing in the corner,
and was so little that she did not know the
difference in the dark hall, but Harry was a
whole year older, and he saw there were
no little gray and black muff5 curled up in
aounch asleep and no old cat either. What
dld it mean 1t only took him minute to
get into the kitchen, though he tumbled up
every step.
Oh, Lizzie, cook, where are the dear
darling pushes They are gone, and the
ola cats gone Idon't like it So he laid
Gown and kicked until mamma came out to
Sse What made all the noise, for little Amy
las aS,Serying at being left alone, and the two
floor. e's"O e'N''o1 up0H Viz '''A
90 not see what has come of the kit
b t9ns myself, ma'am, }" I" for Robert has not
b 6ren IN since, and they were safe after
oat,a for heard them NEW. The old
VS.. carried them off and hidden them.
WHEREOF "40 !" 'No "'"'o
larry sat up to listen.
cb H%t Lizzie had made mistake, for the
and don hunted the house oyer, upstairs
even downstairs and under all the beds, and
Ssen peeped into the little baby boys's bas-
seen U "n NO signs of the kittens were to be
doV MOS a week had gone by, when one
dren's moa aendrio came to call on the chill.
there 1 mamma. She lived just opposite, but
two o.; were two broad lawne, a road and
Il SSluewalks between the two houses, &c