'' CRAMMER'S CAT AND OURS." 239 



No supper shu'st thou have this night 

 Until the cats thee'st counted right ; 

 Go taake the lantern from the shelf, 

 And go and count the cats thyself." 



See hungry Jimmy with his light, 

 Turned out to count the cats aright ; 

 And he who had Hugh Tonkin blamed 

 Did soon return, and, much ashamed, 

 Confessed the number was but two. 

 And both were cats that w^ell he knew. 



Jim scratched his head, 



And then he said — 

 " Theere's Grammer's cat and ours out theere, 

 And they two cats made all that rout theere ; 

 But ef two cats made such a row, 

 "Tes like a thousand, anyhow." 



