. Animal heroes; being the histories of a cat, a dog, a pigeon, a lynx, two wolves & a reindeer and in elucidation of the same over 200 drawings. Animals, Legends and stories of. The Slum Cat. wet, up the muddy bank and through coal-piles and dust-heaps, looking as black, dirty, and un- royal as it was possible for a Cat to look. Once the shock was over, the Royal-pedi- greed Slummer began to feel better for the plunge. A genial glow without from the bath, a genial sense of triumph within, for had she not outwitted three of the big Terrors? Her nose, her memory, and her instinct of directi
. Animal heroes; being the histories of a cat, a dog, a pigeon, a lynx, two wolves & a reindeer and in elucidation of the same over 200 drawings. Animals, Legends and stories of. The Slum Cat. wet, up the muddy bank and through coal-piles and dust-heaps, looking as black, dirty, and un- royal as it was possible for a Cat to look. Once the shock was over, the Royal-pedi- greed Slummer began to feel better for the plunge. A genial glow without from the bath, a genial sense of triumph within, for had she not outwitted three of the big Terrors? Her nose, her memory, and her instinct of direction inclined her to get on the track again ; but the place was infested with those Thunder- rollers, and prudence led her to turn aside and follow the river-bank with its musky home- reminders ; and thus she was spared the un- speakable horrors of the tunnel. She was over three days learning the manifold dangers and complexities of the East River docks. Once she got by mistake on a ferry- boat and was carried over to Long Island ; but she took an early boat back. At length on the third night she reached familiar ground, the place she had passed the night of her first escape. From that her course was sure and rapid. She knew just where she was going and how to get there. She knew even the more prominent 62 -^»*^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946. New York Scribner
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