YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



all fixed for the picture, then he would put 

 his head under the big black cloth hung over 

 his camera, to look through at us. Just 

 then Tit- Willow would fluff up his hand- 

 some ringed yellow-and-white tail, and 

 waltz sidewise up to black Jim, who would 

 reach out and give him a tweak on his pink 

 nose. Then Tit- Willow would slap at Jim 

 with his great double paws, and, for fear 



they would get hurt, I would have to cry 

 " Bow-wow ! " and rush between them. Then 

 Dandy Jim, who had one wing clipped so 

 he couldn't fly away, would whir around 

 and up over my head, land on my back, and 

 tweak my silky ears, and there was a grand 

 mix-up, and a chorus of "Caw-caws!" 

 "Meows!" and "Bow-wows!" 



Papa would run back and straighten us 

 all out for the picture again, till finally he 

 had worked nearly an hour in the broiling 



