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of the inside and outside wall, to the second 
story. 
After trying for several hours to coax him down, 
mistress went at ten o’clock at night to get a car- 
penter to open the wall. The good man had al- 
ready gone to bed, but he arose and came with 
mistress. He pried away a base board in Guy’s 
room, and Budge stuck his head through the open- 
ing, and mistress pulled him out. Toddy and I 
were very glad to have our companion with us 
again, and I hope another time Budge will know 
enough to run up a tree, instead of getting himself 
into such a predicament. 
The day before mistress came home, a water 
spaniel puppy arrived from the country, that had 
been sent to Charlie as a present. He looked just 
like Dennis, and I hoped he would grow to be as 
good and wise a dog ; but it was not to be so, for he 
only lived a few days after he came. They named 
him “ Brownie.” So innocent and unsuspecting was 
he, he would walk right up tq us cats and kiss our 
noses. If he had been a big handsome dog like 
Dennis, we would not have objected so much. But 
lady cats don’t care to be kissed by silly little puppy 
dogs. But no matter how many times Toddy 
