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died out, she mounted the stove and laid the side 

 of her head on the warm surface. She would 

 turn first one cheek and then the other, and con- 

 tinued rubbing the stove with her hands. Not 

 finding it warm enough she jumped down on the 

 floor, opened the stove door with her hand, and 

 slammed it two or three times. She then picked 

 up a stick of wood lying within reach and tried 

 to lift it to the stove. The stick was too heavy 

 for her to handle, so she would lift up one end 

 of it and drop it heavily on the floor, with the 

 evident purpose of attracting the attention of her 

 master. Again she would open and slam the 

 door, lift up the end of the stick and drop it, and 

 utter a peculiar sound, showing in every possible 

 way that she wanted a fire. She finally picked 

 up a small stick and stuck the end of it into the 

 ashes in the front of the stove. She knew that 

 it was necessary to put the wood into the stove ; 

 she knew where to put it in, and while she could 

 not do it herself, she knew who could put it in. 

 Her master told me that she would gather up the 

 shavings from the floor when they came within 

 her reach and pile them up by the stove. He 

 also told me that he frequently gave her a 

 lighted match when he had prepared the fuel for 



