. St. Nicholas [serial] . aidquietly : Its all over. Tommy Tuckers dead. We went, in a body, to his little bed, andstroked the silky fur of our pet whose anticsand mischief had endeared him to us for threeyears. We did nt say much, and afterward Inoticed an inclination to solitude in each mem-ber of the family. We have had no other cat since then. Sev-eral have been offered to us, but we havesteadily refused them, for we believe that therenever was, and never can be, another such catas our foolish, sagacious Tommy Tucker. MIRANDA AND MIRIFICUS. {Nonsense Verse.) Miranda was a kitten black, Mir
. St. Nicholas [serial] . aidquietly : Its all over. Tommy Tuckers dead. We went, in a body, to his little bed, andstroked the silky fur of our pet whose anticsand mischief had endeared him to us for threeyears. We did nt say much, and afterward Inoticed an inclination to solitude in each mem-ber of the family. We have had no other cat since then. Sev-eral have been offered to us, but we havesteadily refused them, for we believe that therenever was, and never can be, another such catas our foolish, sagacious Tommy Tucker. MIRANDA AND MIRIFICUS. {Nonsense Verse.) Miranda was a kitten black, Mirificus was white;It was about the time of day When it is nearly little ears were listening, Their little eyes were bright;They waited for the dinner bell, And thought with all their might. Miranda said: Mirificus, When dinner-time is nighI wonder what is meant by now And soon and by-and-by ;But what perplexes me the most Is whether I am I,Or whether you are some oneelse. Can you inform me why? Vol. XXIX.— Miranda said : If black were white, Or red a kind of blue,Or if you happened to be me, And I were sometimes you,Or we were each some other kit And neither of us knew,T would be a pleasant task to find What would be best to do. Miranda said : Mirificus, I also had a planTo try a little waltz with you Before the night we start now: One,two, three! I m sure we 11 do it me, said Mirificus, I hear the dinner bell J Eric Parker. THE CRITIC IN THE TREE I DON TLET HIM TREAT YOU LIKE THAT,JAKE ! JAB HIM ! JAB HIM ! IF I WASDOWN THERE, I d SHOW YOU. •f|.ft]rtlUi|>
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