CHAPTER IV. 



"His very foot has music in't 

 As he comes up the stair." 



JF you let a camel once get his 

 head into your tent, it is said, 

 nothing in the world will pre- 

 vent the speedy entrance of the burden- 

 bearing portion of the animal. Now that 

 our canny little Scot shared his meals 

 with us, you will not be surprised to learn 

 that he began to think that his bedroom 

 (the kitchen) was not quite in keeping 

 with his improved social position. For 

 a while he took but faint interest in cats, 

 scratched his head often, and seemed to 

 be pondering a very important question. 

 It happened, one evening, that we were 

 talking of the benefits of early rising, as 



