StNicholas [serial] . black catall through the play,and gave very littleattention to the per-formance. Towardthe end she said, Oh,I must take this kittyhome; I ve alwayswanted a black cat,and this one is lovely,she has been so good. The tall gentlemansmiled at her. Hethought the fair littlegirl with the big blackcat a pretty picture, sohe went behind thescenes to ask permis-sion. The theaterpeople did not wishto give up the cat, butas the gentleman hap-pened to be one of theprincipal stockholders of the theater they did not like to refuse. Whenthe performance was over, the little girl carriedt
StNicholas [serial] . black catall through the play,and gave very littleattention to the per-formance. Towardthe end she said, Oh,I must take this kittyhome; I ve alwayswanted a black cat,and this one is lovely,she has been so good. The tall gentlemansmiled at her. Hethought the fair littlegirl with the big blackcat a pretty picture, sohe went behind thescenes to ask permis-sion. The theaterpeople did not wishto give up the cat, butas the gentleman hap-pened to be one of theprincipal stockholders of the theater they did not like to refuse. Whenthe performance was over, the little girl carriedthe cat out in her arms, wrapped in her soft furcape, and then in a minute they all whirled awayin a carriage which did not stop until they drewup before a big stone house. A man in brightbuttons jumped down from the box to openthe carriage door, and in a moment more KittyCarson was in her new home. She was quite hungry by this time. Shesniffed about. She hoped they would offer hersomething; there might not be any mice. THE LITTLE GIRL CARRIED THE CAT OUT IN HER ARMS about. She heard them say something about cream ; she hoped it was something to , she would see how things turned out. What are you going to call your cat,Helen ? asked the tall gentleman. Oh, just the loveliest name — Juliette Har-riette Juanita, said Helen. It sounded like aleading ladys name. Kitty Carson thoughtshe did nt quite like it. It was nt a good,sensible every-day name like Kitty Carson. Presently a personcame in with a whitecap on her head andwearing a big whiteapron, something likemademoisellesFrenchmaid. She carried asaucer, and put itdown on the tilehearth and said: Kitty, kitty ! Very politely KittyCarson went over toher; besides, she wasvery curious to knowwhat the saucer con-tained. Daintily sheput her pink tongueinto the cream. Firstshe thought it tastedqueer, and then shethought it tasted nice,and she ate it all up. Now, said Helen, you are going tosleep in my doll-babybed ; so she pic
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