Concerning Still Other People's Cats 



attempt to dislodge her. Then the spirit of evil 

 enters Agrippina's Uttle heart. The window is open 

 and she creeps to the extreme edge of the stone sill, 

 stretches herself at full length, peers down smiUngly 

 at the frenzied dog, dangles one paw enticingly in 

 the air, and exerts herself with quiet malice to drive 

 him to desperation. Her sense of humor is awak- 

 ened by his frantic efforts and by her own absolute 

 security ; and not until he is spent with exertion, and 

 lies panting and exhausted on the bricks, does she 

 arch her graceful back, stretch her limbs lazily in the 

 sun, and with one light bound spring from the win- 

 dow to my desk." 



And what more delightful word did ever Miss 

 Repplier write than her description of a kitten.' 

 It, she says, " is the most irresistible comedian in 

 the world. Its wide-open eyes gleam with wondei 

 and mirth. It darts madly at nothing at all, and 

 then, as though suddenly checked in the pursuit, 

 prances sideways on its hind legs with ridiculous 

 agility and zeal. It makes a vast pretence of 

 climbing the rounds of a chair, and swings by the 

 curtains like an acrobat. It scrambles up a table 

 leg, and is seized with comic horror at finding it- 

 self full two feet from the floor. If you hasten 

 to its rescue, it clutches you nervously, its little 

 heart thumping against its furry sides, while its 

 soft paws expand and contract with agitation and 

 relief : — 



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