YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



of love for me. In fact, aunt Mary thought 

 that Jimmy was giving me full more than 

 half his heart, as the days went on ; he would 

 'Pur-r-r-a-me-ow!' so loud and long to 

 find me, and run so joyously to meet me, 

 even though I took the stern duty upon me 

 of chastising him for playing with aunt 

 Mary's palms and ferns, ever after I saw 

 her snap his ears for doing it. He knew it 

 was wrong, but he was possessed to do it 

 whenever her back \vas turned, and the 

 pretty umbrella plant, in particular, he was 

 determined to nibble. 



After I heard aunt Mary say, - ' Jimmy, 

 I shall not allow you to do this - I've got 

 to punish you every time I catch you at it ! ' 

 I took the whole responsibility of guarding 

 the plants upon myself; and fond as I \vas 

 of Jimmy, whenever he forgot himself, and 

 went clawing up a lovely great palm, or 

 nibbling away at the green points, I pounced 

 noisily upon him and pinched his black tail 

 with an indignant high-pitched: 'mind 

 what you are about, Jimmy!' that brought 

 him to his sober senses, and made aunt 

 Mary and the doctor laugh merrily when 

 they were within earshot. They said 



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