The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-25

~ Ny name H. ~ Omllly A ltet her
queer to name q tabby cat rommy n
you think SO 3S X {, +,
4 was born on tho outskirts Of q little
village, where spent a. hialppy,. tnou &!
5uncYontfu two Win my y
or and sisters. hen one bf1shII 4. =
day, when i 10y summing myself inH1th ~,
backyard and watching my sisters 81 roil5
rayfllly over my mother, * looked I, 3 UP
and saw my mothers m tress, !ea e
towards us q girl about thirteen oFsl
can have any y 9, Il "a
girl bounced III pom me: q. \. nv
h"Oh want this little tortoIs SCI smell u,
oneh that was me) cried the girl ~
picking Up one OF my sisters, In !, White
Kitten. '.' would like this On too Y.
" mott her had often: told JUS tnnL very
likely Gwe would be taken to some new ~
home when we were little older 9i I! SO $
81 was not wholly unprepared for this
and neither was my sister.
hast E, farewell, before the girl carried
us through the house into the front yard.
She w7ls soon king 1t q great rate
down h d road which hord on so NO
woods. 5si. ls b, h, s, & . q,
she was taking us through q broad field.
and sud- denly large hotlse rose '5e pciore
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big Kitchen. whero a. saucer Of milk was
placed n before 4 US. n We were both very
hungry and the#milk disappcar red IN !, ,.a
tWinklinE we rsatls pdette ,a u 91y
been there S8half an hour before II WIS WIS
schristencd Tommy Atkins, and my sister,.
5Dinah Shadd. Tho first day or two we
missed our mother Iue' nus soa as
gre quite contentrd with $our,n eW nome
S Tho next two mon tbs pasgd very la p
PLY, Ssuntil the last OF November. when
my little mistress and "a &eh y,
Richmond and left us In charge Of the
cook. Not that we were bad y treat cd
for on the contrary, she was very sood
to us but Just before Ghrl mas oman,
died, and j missed my little playmate,
"a ! Week or two fter Christmas, my
mistress and her family (, came IN back, and and
very glad I was TO see T. hem.
%tthers nets, a beautiful setter, and q grey
pointer puppy both er passeg
Ia,ehos When VI wnter Came
around had lost both OF my canine
friends. The setter had died md short
~ afterwards the pointer had been 8 tolen.s
Issoon became used i {, being without, any
| long hunting excursions IN the woods,
and generally coming home with n ground
squirrel or field mouse in my mouth, to
show that my Ia bors were not 8unreWard-
sThe naxt spring my mistress and nor
family went away on q long Visit Il and
I|was taken to tho house where was
born. whore I;spent he next four months mt
with my Their, s. I. Siiii
When my mistress,s family arrived,
again ut their country home. they found
me tho other OF four little kittens about
two weeks old. We were all moved back
and / was dell GIFTED to be at home With
my mistress again. .}43 .
good times We had toge !, e., that !!
the summer one Of them died, but was
too busy taking care OF I he other three
to mourn her loss very tlone 1gi n
s33f When the autumn came wo U OF my
kittens We're taken to another home. as
Ny remaining kitten was named Dickey
j(another ridiculous name for q tabby cat)
and was q pretty, fluffy kitten Of d,
tawny shade. somewhat like that Of /.
lion. III tss 55 "a Is b rs "
August, and Dicky will be ono In July,
Ny only wish Is that We may both
live togsther with OUR mistress for many
more years ana may alWsys be az 7ppy
Box l27.f New River, Va.