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little girl for being so kind and thoughtful in try- 
ing to find its home. She asked the little girl to 
take it to her own home and keep it, but she said 
her mother would not permit her to have a kitty 
because they lived in a flat, or she would be only 
too glad to keep it. So then, rather than have the 
little thing turned out without a home, mistress al- 
lowed it to remain, and she named it “Beauty” 
after the last one. 
On the following morning one of our neighbors, 
having seen two strange kittens in the yard 
within so short a time, said to mistress : “ What 
are you keeping over there, a cat refuge, or a hos- 
pital ? ” 
“ Why both,” said mistress. “ I wouldn’t turn a 
stray cat away, much less a sick one.” 
The lady said no more. 
The little stranger seemed so thankful for a nice 
warm basket (I shared mine with her) she hardly 
left it the entire day, except to go to her meals. 
She would lap a whole saucer full of milk, and ask 
for more, and mistress fed her till she had all she 
wanted. I tried to find out where she had lived, 
but she seemed to feel so grieved at the way she 
had been treated, that it was fully three days before 
