150 DOGS AND CATS. 



But no attentions or care on the part of her new mis 

 tress could banish from Juno s mind the friend she had lost. 

 The neat little parlor where she had spent so many pleasant 

 hours was dismantled and locked up, but Juno would go, 

 day after day, and sit on the ledge of the window-seat, 

 looking in and mewing dolefully. She refused food ; and, 

 when too weak to mount on the sill and look in, stretched 

 herself on the ground beneath the window, where she died 

 for love of her mistress, as truly as any lover in an old 

 ballad. 



You see by this story the moral that I wish to convey. 

 It is, that watchfulness, kindness, and care will develop a 

 nature in animals such as we little dream of. Love will 

 beget love, regular care and attention will give regular 

 habits, and thus domestic pets may be made agreeable and 

 interesting. 



Any one who does not feel an inclination or capacity to 

 take the amount of care and pains necessary for the well- 

 being of an animal ought conscientiously to abstain from 

 having one in charge. A carefully tended pet, whether dog 

 or cat, is a pleasant addition to a family of young people ; 

 but a neglected, ill-brought-up, ill-kept one is only an an 

 noyance. 



We should remember, too, in all our dealings with ani 

 mals, that they are a sacred trust to us from our Heavenly 

 Father. They are dumb, and cannot speak for themselves ; 



