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was likewise open, and a kitten was sitting on the sill. 
Mr. Brown had just called to pay an evening visit, 
and Mrs. Jacobs had gone to put the two boys to bed, 
laying herself down for a few minutes beside one of 
them. 
Now the whole village was aware that a half-starved 
leopard was haunting the place, trying one cattle-kraal 
after another, and doing serious mischief amongst the 
poultry; every fence ought to have been well guarded, 
but somehow or other the leopard had gained an entrance 
FINGO BOY. 
into Jacobs’ inclosure, and catching sight of the kitten in 
the open window, made a spring to seize it. The kitten, 
however, was not taken unawares, but leaping from the 
window-sill hid itself under the sewing-machine, and the 
leopard, missing its aim, bounded through the window 
right into the middle of the room, where the two lovers 
were sitting. 
They called out in alarm, but were hardly more terri¬ 
fied than the brute itself, which, in order to escape, 
rushed into the bed-room, and under the bed where 
Mrs. Jacobs was lying. Catching sight of it, she cried 
