236 Pussy Meow 
Mrs. Wallace, his grandmamma, and in a few minutes 
she appeared with a remedy, and attended to the 
sore place in such an efficient way as only grand- 
mammas know how. 
Booker turned the queerest somersaults, sideways, 
frontward and backward trying to get his sash off, 
and Goldie and he engaged in several pugilistic 
encounters to the great delight and amusement of 
the children. 
Finally I thought I’d show them what I could 
do, so I jumped on the piano and played a tune for 
them. At this Budge took courage. He jumped 
off the bookcase where he had been stowed away, 
and joined me on the piano and we played a duet, 
the like of which has never been heard on land or 
sea. 
While we were still playing, a gentleman came 
with a big square box which he opened up and set 
upon a very high three-legged stool. Then he had 
mistress sit in front of it and the children all 
around her. The curtains were drawn, and the 
room was darkened, when, whiz — something blew 
up and made an awful flash, and everybody said 
“ ah,” except poor little Burt; he said, “ ouch,” and 
began to cry. Some of the stuff from the “ flash ” 
