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attached to her before she will leave us. My neigh- 
bor has had three very pretty kittens given her dur- 
ing the last six months, and not one stayed longer 
than a week.” 
“ Where does she keep them ? ” 
“ Oh, they stay around the yard, and when it’s 
cold they crawl under the barn, or if they get a 
chance they go up in the haymow.” 
“No wonder,” said mistress. “A cat, with her 
domestic instincts, in order to become attached to 
a place, must have a cozy, comfortable corner 
somewhere in the house that she can call her very 
own. It may be nothing more than a basket with 
a pad or a cushion in it, but it must be permanently 
located in a retired corner of a comfortable room. 
A cat thus provided will become attached to her 
own peculiar furniture, and even should the family 
remove to another place, if she is carefully trans- 
ferred to the new home, and her corner is at 
once fitted up in a quiet room where she can 
be kept indoors for a few days, she will not go 
away. 
“ And while we are talking on this subject, I 
trust you will pardon me if I mention something 
that may seem very trivial to you, but which I con- 
