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while Guy came up and took us outdoors and 
showed us all around. The moving van had gone, 
and mistress was putting the things in order. 
Looking across the back fence I saw a big corn- 
held, and some vacant lots, so I knew we should 
not lack for play-room ; and indeed we soon found 
that the corn-held was an admirable place for a 
game of hide-and-go-seek. 
When we returned into the house mistress had 
fitted up three nice comfortable corners for us in 
the kitchen, one for Punch and Judy, one for Budge 
and Toddy, and a nice big one for me and my 
babies. In the library there was a window-seat 
just like the one we had had on Poplar Avenue. 
On the same day a young lady came whom mis- 
tress called Bettie. We thought at hrst she was a 
visitor, because she w r as so kind and gentle to us 
cats. But we soon learned that she was the house- 
keeper. 
I have heard it said that the reason so many 
people leave their cats behind when they move into 
another house is because they believe it brings bad 
luck to move one. 
It don’t seem to be so with our mistress ; for 
each time she has moved so far as I know she has 
