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fore JhTisimHs sle va. delighted by the
sgEArance q little yeIIIs bu,trrfy.
bug 1as puzlicd hos Ia cater f1r the
tc iratc little creature. Taking a fairy.
ru~c then IN bloom, she dropped a little
honey aud ruse.water in blossom, and
pa, the plant in the cabinet, sni soon
had the satisfaction pf seeing the bul ter
fly take It's first meal. In fortnight &
would leave the rose ~ settle On Der hand
when she called IL by it, name, Psyche.
BY and by a peacock butterfly emerged
into active life from the other Chry,alis.
The newcomer accepted the sensation Of
active life at once, and, like it's compar-
ion, delighted in being talked and sung
70, both especially enjoying being waved
in the air and danced up and down while
quietly resting upon the hand of their
mistress. Upon the coming of summer
the cabinet was moved close to the win.
dow, and its doors thrown open. For
some days neither of its tenants cared to
venture beyond the window-sill, but one
bright afternoon their protectress, with
many bitter tears" beheld them take
wing and join some companions in the
garden; at night, however, they returned
to their lodgings Next day they took
the air again and were not seen until
September. One afternoon there came a
heavy thunderstorm, and when it was
over, a yellow butterfly was found dead
on the window .sill-which the lady, with
some warrant, lamented over as her own
particular one; the "peacock, too, would
seem to have met like fate, for it was
never seen again.
De Candolle tells of fair Switzer who
made a companion of young wolf and
had the melancholy satisfaction of seeing
the fond beast fall dead at her feet in
paroxysm of joy at her return home after
long absence. But the .proprietress of
loving leopard that came regular to
her chamber door in the dead of the
night, and howled loudly enough to wake
the Seven Sleepers, until its mistress
turned out of bed and quieted her dis
turber with an offering of warm milk,
might well doubt if she had bestowed
her affection wisely. When Capt. Burton
was domiciled in Syria, he left the man
agement of his live stock to his wife. and
under her fostering care that department
assumed formidable proportions. Not
content with horses and goats, a camel,
turkeys, geese, ducks, fowls and pigeons,
Mrs. Burton must have her own especial
pets-a white donkey, a.young St. Bar
nard dog, four English terriers, snow
white Persian cat, "A lamb, and leopard.
Mrs. Burton, with pretty good grace,
confesses her husband had fair cause for
saying his happy family reminded him
of the house that Jack built; for the
fowls and pigeons ate the seeds and de.
stroyed the flowers; the cat fed upon the
pigeons, the dog worried the cat; while
the idol of the household harried the
goats until one of them drowned itself in
sheer disgust, and frightened the donkey
and camel by jumping upon their backs
and induging in shrieking solo, horri-
bic enough to scare any animal of we'll
regulated mind into madness s.-Cham6ers'
Journal.