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Pussy Meow 
tune on the piano. But nothing seemed to satisfy 
him till he mounted the book shelves, his favorite 
resting-place, and finding a nice shiny piece of 
paper there he proceeded to lie upon it and purr 
himself to sleep. But something was evidently 
wrong about that shiny paper. He arose to go 
elsewhere but the paper went with him. You see, 
it was a sheet of fly-paper, and the fluttering noise 
it made so frightened poor Budge that he ran from 
one room to another in his frantic efforts to get 
rid of it. 
As quicky as mistress was able to get hold of the 
poor creature, she pulled the paper off, but with it 
came also a portion of Budge’s coat. This was 
such a brand new experience for Budge, he con- 
cluded to go to a quiet place to think it over ; and 
finding an old grape basket in the yard he crawled 
in and fell asleep. 
Speaking of Budge’s favorite resting-place on the 
book shelf reminds me of a story I have heard 
mistress tell about “ Roteli ” a red tiger cat away 
over in Switzerland that was fond of taking his 
naps in the oven. One day the oven door was 
shut without the cat being noticed, and a fire made 
in the stove, for the housekeeper wanted to cook 
