. A study of a child. head, andthat would hurt my nose and eyes. This same kittywas his darling for nearly four years (until he wasseven years old), and at the end of that time she was notdiscarded because of lack of love, but because a boyvisitor broke her neck and back and she had to go tothe hospital. He sent the boy home, and wrote him anote telling him to never come again. On kittj^s backI found a handkerchief bandage with a slip of paperpinned to it on which was written the fact that kittyhad been hurt (see illustration facing p. 192.) She was taken to bed with him every night duringthis
. A study of a child. head, andthat would hurt my nose and eyes. This same kittywas his darling for nearly four years (until he wasseven years old), and at the end of that time she was notdiscarded because of lack of love, but because a boyvisitor broke her neck and back and she had to go tothe hospital. He sent the boy home, and wrote him anote telling him to never come again. On kittj^s backI found a handkerchief bandage with a slip of paperpinned to it on which was written the fact that kittyhad been hurt (see illustration facing p. 192.) She was taken to bed with him every night duringthis entire period of devotion ; when in trouble he wouldgo to her, clasp her in his arms, and say, in heart-rend-ing tones, Oh, my kitty! No one was allowed tospeak slightingly to her, and he even begged his mothernot to let the boys laugh at her. When the cottonin her neck became displaced he instantly seized uponthe idea that the limp condition allowed her to bendher head and say good-morning, which he would cause 172. 1895 DRAWINGS—FIVE YEARS OLD a. stationary engine ; b, windmill worked by cylinder connecting with a ; A, a dredger ; B,stationary engine attached to a dredger; C, upper part of a sewing-machine ; D, alcohol engine ;E, man wheeling a baby in coach. .& ft 3*? - 1 ( is Tp ? 1 \ 1I \ 1
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