FROM THE "SPECTATOR." 183 



I saw that the inner door to the hall was 

 open, and also that of the morning-room, 

 from which shone a bright light. My heart 

 went pit-a-pat for a moment ; then seeing 

 Frisk run quietly down the stairs, I followed 

 her, when she calmly jumped into her basket 

 again, and I, venturing into the morning- 

 room, found that my brother-in-law had left 

 the lamp burning by mistake a proceeding 

 which Frisk plainly knew was wrong, and 

 had therefore come upstairs to inform me, 

 but had not thought it necessary to disturb 

 the rest of the household this time ! She 

 had come straight up to my room without 

 disturbing any one else, to tell me of the 

 irregularity of a light burning when every 

 one was in bed, and that being done, jumped 

 into bed again, conscious of having performed 

 her duty. 



GEORGINA A. MARSH-CALDWELL. 



{Aug. 12, 1893.] 



I CAN give an instance as convincing as that 

 of Miss Marsh-Caldwell of the way in which 

 a true watch-dog will measure the extent of 



