YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



again, and reached papa's new white hat, for 

 myself, I could count enough to know 

 that it took two hats for two dogs. I 

 knocked it with my little paws till it fell 

 from the peg, then caught it by the edge of 

 the soft brim" and was out and away in a 

 twinkling, to join Skippum. 



Mamma had been slyly watching me, 

 clear from the outset, and she hastened again 

 to the window to see us, two naughty little 

 dogs, tearing gleefully across our big lawn 

 to Skippum's cottage, with the white and 

 the tan hats over our heads, as we ran 

 against the morning breeze. 



I knew I was doing wrong, because I had 

 never forgotten putting mamma's bonnets 

 in my basket, and my keen little ears were 

 turned backward as I ran, and heard her 

 very first call: 



" Fairy, Fairy! what are you doing ? What 

 will papa say?" 



I slunk back, trembling, my tail curled 

 tight between my legs and crept to her 

 feet, as she stood on the edge of the walk, 

 and laid down my hat. Skippum trotted 

 boldly back, when mamma called him, and 

 tossed down his hat with an offhand air, 

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