The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-04-23
HOW roM FOUND A HOME.
A Stroy In Words of One Syllable, for Very
Young Readers.


Young Readers oi
sOh, do look here, Maud" said Aunt D
Kate, sshere is such nice big cat come y
to our house, and cook tells me he h
comes now each day, and she thinks c
he has not got home" n
Maud was just nine years OF age, Q
and was fond of cats, and dogs, and
birds, and dolls. !
When she heard her aunt call her,
she ran out at once, and there sne |
| found her aunt, who stood at the hall
door, and on the top of the steps was
| the cat of which she spoke.
He was fine large one, with
smooth coat in stripes of black and
i gray, but his paws were white, and he
had brown nose.
"Oh, YOU dear catl' said Maud, and
she bent down to stroke him. Puss
gave new, and then a purr; for, OF
course, he was glad that Maud was
kind to him.
sAunt Kate, do let me keep this cat,
and have him ali for my own" she |
said.
.sWe must see first" said Aunt Kate,
elf we can find out where his own
home is, for those who have lost him
, may want him back. But you may go
and fetch him some milk"
Maud ran off, and soon came back
, with the milk, and gave 1t to the cat.
! He drank it all up, and then said
.sMew!n which meant: "Please give
me some more"
Eyes, he may have some more, as
!, he seems to want it so much,' said
Aunt Kate. HE is fine cat, and we
. must not let him starve."
When he had done his milk, Maud
q took him up In her arms and brought
. him to a small room where she kept
"a her dolls and the toys she had to play
with.
: SNOW" said Aunt Kate, II want to
: write and read, and have lots OF things
IS to do. You must play with this nice
:, old cat, snow him your dolls, be good
Il 10 him, and think of some nice tiarie
h we can call him by whilst he is with
20 u.s." and Aunt Kate went off and left
a. Maud with puss.
stPuss, puss! what shall we doP''
j. said Maud. "You go and look round
Il the room and see if you think this will
- be a nice home for you, and will ge
70 one of my books and see what kind
,Jv name can choose for you."
oi '.Puss must be a good cat, though
Maud, for he did at once what she toll
nv him; went for walk round the room
- smelt all the chairs, had look at
IL doll, which, poor thing, had had ia
IL on to the floor and hurt its head, an
- then he cane and sat down in front {
en- the fire to wash.
do "Now, puss, would you like us
.n mS call you MollP'' said Maud. Mol
on On Molli'' but puss paid no heed. .'Wel
,u nts then, do YOU like FluffP' But sti
na,. puss did not turn his head. Such 10
aS of names Maud thought Of, but pu
NO did not seem to like them.
~ ~ Soon Aunt Kate came back. 80
0no aunt" said Maud, s'do help me to fir
a name that puss will like. He W
not have Fluff, or Fritz. or Moll,
Kit, and lots more that have thoug
'red of and told him.
"Come, then, I'll try what | c.
you do" said Aunt Kate. tom, Tom
PAUL and as soon as she spoke this nan
Q in PACK WemI MS ears az ~ ~: % ..
oo- name, Maud; he knew it at once"
And so from that time puss "
you known by the name of Tom.
Aunt Kate did all she could to fl
neen out where he came from, but all
vain. So Maud was told she mis-
have him now for her own, and b
clad she was; and how kind she m;
shall 1p her mind she would be to him.
Now Tom grew up to be such "
tont cat. Twill just tell you one tn
he learnt to do.
One night, quite late, Maud had g
as a to bed, and Aunt Kate took book ,
and sat down by the fire to read.
laces room she was in was close to the
had door. Soon she heard knock at
Paul door, but she did not pay muon h
they to it at first; but when she hear
and twice she did think she must 60
see who it could be, for both her m
onP" were gone to bed. And who. do
right think it WASP Why, Tom, who c
lisiest in with purr and NEW, and his
m till STRAIGHT M in the air.
mp In Now, / must tell you Aunt H
hall door was half glass, and
child, down. where it was wood, there W
to the round brass ring, with which one
tettine to knock. And Tom had stood on
hind legs, and with one of his
took hold of the brass ring and
nd 20 let it fall, so as to make it knock.
% 'or in And the strange thing is, that
rs m he found he was let in this time, h
s;, it now and then when it was eel
fn,,nd wet out of doors, and Maud soon
was Toms knock, and would run {
acton him in.
es Tom, then, is great pet
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