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basement all day, because mistress feared they 
might go away in search of their home. I really 
don’t think it was necessary to keep them indoors 
because they would stay where their basket is 
when once they got used to the place ; but, of 
course, mistress did not want to take any chances. 
Poor Punch and Judy! They complained bitterly 
at having to be housed in during that beautiful, 
sunshiny weather. We used to peep in at the 
basement windows, and it was pitiful to see how 
they would shift their position so as to get the full 
benefit of the sun’s rays that for a little while dur- 
ing each day meagerly brightened their gloomy 
abode. To be sure, mistress left them a nice lunch 
each day, and balls and spools to play with ; and 
she tied strings in various places to tempt them 
into amusing themselves. But a homesick cat 
does not care much for these things. We were ail 
right glad when Teddy came to take them back to 
their home, and I hope that hereafter when they go 
to the Lake Shore they will take Punch and Judy 
with them. 
Among our new neighbors were Marjory and 
Doris, two dear little girls who often came over 
with their doll buggies to take my kittens out to 
