THE COUNTRY HOME [CHAPTER 
called, looked up into your face with intelligent in- 
quiry, and immediately lapsed into a picture of sor- 
row and wretchedness, creeping back to his rest- 
ing place by the grave. In my own family one of 
my large cats formed a strong attachment for a 
young man who spent a few months at my house. 
After his departure the cat sought him, restlessly, 
all over the place. Finally, discovering one of his 
cast-off garments, she made a bed of it, and seemed 
somewhat comforted. 
Not many months ago I was driving along a val- 
ley road, when I met a boy astride a Holstein bull, 
which he was riding to a neighboring brook. This 
animal seemed to have lost his natural propensi- 
ties, and was entirely devoted to the will of his mas- 
ter. A story comes to me from a Massachusetts 
paper of a boy who has a power over nearly every 
animal that he approaches. Every stray dog or cat 
in the neighborhood knows him and loves his com- 
pany. A vicious horse, which the stable men can- 
not handle, will stand like a lamb while he har- 
nesses and unharnesses him. The doves fly all 
around him, and in the woods the wild birds appar- 
ently regard him as a friend and ally. 
Jane Layng tells us of a fine lad, in Southern 
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