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afraid to leave the porch, but they soon grew 

 bolder, and made excursions all about the 

 vicinity, using the cat's highway, the back 

 fences. Dogs always barked at them, but 

 from dogs they were safe ; but I was not so 

 sure about cats till I was amused to see that 

 pussy plainly regarded the droll little beasts 

 as uncanny, and gave them the right of way 

 whenever they appeared. 



About four o'clock every day the little wan- 

 derers returned to their cage and to their bed 

 for the night. Excepting when their cage 

 door blew shut, or somebody was too near it 

 when their sleeping- time arrived, I believe 

 they never failed to go home. Two years the 

 little fellows furnished amusement and inter- 

 est to the neighborhood by their pranks. 



