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ANECDOTE OF CATS. 
member Mark and Lufra at your grand¬ 
father Elliot’s, Dick?” 
“Tell us about them, won’t you?” asked 
Sidney. “ It seems to me I remember Lufra: 
—a great yellow cat, wasn’t she?” 
“ Yes; and Mark was a great, black, rough 
dog. He formed a strong attachment to 
Lufra, or Lufra to him, when she was a very 
little kitten. Mark had learned to kill cats 
before he came to us; and when we got this 
kitten everybody said we never could keep 
it,—that Mark would kill it the first chance 
he had; but grandmother said she knew she 
could teach him better. So she took the kit¬ 
ten in her arms and went into the kitchen 
where Mark was. As soon as he saw it, he 
began to bristle up; but grandmother sat 
down and called him to her. He came, 
rather unwillingly. ‘ Mark,’ said she, 4 1 
want you to look at this kitten. This is my 
kitten, and you must not hurt it; you must 
take good care of it and not let any other 
dog touch it. Do you hear V Mark turned 
his head clear away and licked his jaws 
with his tongue; but she set the kitten down 
under his nose and made him look at her. 
I was frightened; for I thought he would 
