XXXII 
A KITTIE PARTY 
When my kittens were of the proper age mistress 
proposed they should have a chance to see all their 
little friends, so we sent out invitations like this : 
“ Meow will give a coming-out party on Saturday 
next from two till six, to her kittens Hiddigeigei, 
Lady Jane Grey and Patsy, assisted by Booker T. 
Washington, Mollie Scott, Budge and Goldie.” 
The happy day came at last, sunshiny and bright, 
as if it had been made expressly for our party, 
and at the appointed hour came also our little guests. 
There were Marjory, Winifred, George and Doris, 
and my new friends Frances, Arline, Earl, Lillian 
and Burt. These, with Booker, Goldie, Budge, my- 
self and the kittens, made just sixteen in all. 
Mollie Scott was also invited, but she did not 
come. After it was all over she called and excused 
herself, saying she had never attended a party, and 
didn’t know just how it would be ; but that she 
had spent most of the afternoon on the back fence, 
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