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to a nlglit of well-earned rest. Rising: earlier tlian 

 usual next morning-, and having studiously refrained 

 from communicating her cherished secret to a soul, she 

 quietly opened the outhouse door ; and with a scream of 

 delight — bordering in the ecstacy of the moment closely 

 on a view holloa — saw her furry guest rush gaily out, 

 with frame inviiijorated and with brush erect. This would 



"SAW HEK FURRY GUEST RUSH GAILY OUT. 



indeed be a triumph — an act of beneficence duly scored 

 — a feat to be reproduced in minutest detail at many a 

 cosy tea table ! Had poor Reynard been comfortable ? 

 Had he found a warm corner and curled himself on a soft 

 couch of sweet-smellinir hav ? Better still, he had made 

 himself a feather Led in the very middle of the floor. 

 Oh, heavens ! — those two Dorking pullets, pure bred and 

 already laving'! Heads and tails, winirs and feet lav 

 scattered in miserable testimonv. She had nursed a 



