. St. Nicholas [serial]. own by the cow, and strug- I9°3-1 ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE. ;yond reach of Rho- gling in vain todas horns. Without a moments hesitation, Margaretran down the path, and bestowed a savagekick on Rhodas hind leg. The infuriatedcow wheeled around and started after Mar-garet ; but before she reached the child,Margaret had gained the porch, and, witha snort, Rhoda, now foaming at the mouth,ran with lowered head at Mrs. Allen. Shehad gained her feet, and was only a shortdistance from the porch, when Rhoda againknocked her down. Once more Margaretkicked Rhoda, and this time Mrs. Al
. St. Nicholas [serial]. own by the cow, and strug- I9°3-1 ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE. ;yond reach of Rho- gling in vain todas horns. Without a moments hesitation, Margaretran down the path, and bestowed a savagekick on Rhodas hind leg. The infuriatedcow wheeled around and started after Mar-garet ; but before she reached the child,Margaret had gained the porch, and, witha snort, Rhoda, now foaming at the mouth,ran with lowered head at Mrs. Allen. Shehad gained her feet, and was only a shortdistance from the porch, when Rhoda againknocked her down. Once more Margaretkicked Rhoda, and this time Mrs. Allen,nearly exhausted, reached the door just asMargaret gained the top step; and nosooner were they safe in the hall, with thedoor closed, than Mrs. Allen fainted. Rhoda was pronounced mad, andsoonafterward shot by one of the neighbors. Mrs. Allen, though sick in bed for sev-eral weeks, was not seriously injured; andnever will she cease to be proud of herbrave little daughter, by whose presence ofmind her life was A FELINE LIERO. BY MARGUERITE WILLIAMS (AGE 14). Some friends of mine who lived in Elmira owned abeautiful cat named Toby. They had brought him upfrom a kitten, and were very much attached to him. Last winter they moved to UUca, and of coursebrought Toby with them. He slept through the jour-ney in a strong box, from which he could not look out,as the only openings were a few air-holes. Once settled in his new home, Toby seemed perfectlycontent, evincing no desire to wander away. But one morning several weeks later, when called him to give him his breakfast, he wasnowhere to be found. Theneighbors werequestioned,advertisements put in thepapers, and everythingdone to discover his where-abouts, but in vain. Tobywas gone ; where they didnot know. Mr. and Mrs. Byrd haddespaired of ever findinghim when, about a monthafter his disappearance,they received a letter fromsome friends in Elmira,saying that Toby had ar-rived there in a half-starvedcondition. The c
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