Snap 
however, I had no reason to complain of that 
kind of contempt. He kept one eye on me, 
and I kept both eyes, not on him, but on his 
stumpy tail. If that tail should swing sidewise 
once I should feel I was winning; but it did 
not swing. I got a book and put in time on 
that table till my legs were cramped and the 
fire burned low. About 10 P.M. it was chilly, 
and at half-past ten the fire was out. My 
Hallowe’en present got up, yawned and 
stretched, then walked under my bed, where he 
found a fur rug. By stepping lightly from the 
table to the dresser, and then on to the mantel- 
shelf, I also reached bed, and, very quietly un- 
dressing, got in without provoking any criticism 
from my master. I had not yet fallen asleep 
when I heard a slight scrambling and felt 
“‘thump-thump ” on the bed, then over my feet 
and legs; Snap evidently had found it too cool 
down below, and proposed to have the best 
my house afforded. 
He curled up on my feet in such a way that 
I was very uncomfortable and tried to readjust 
matters, but the slightest wriggle of my toe was 
enough to make him snap at it so fiercely that 
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