The Lost Kitty

AUTHOR OF “BROOKSIDE SERIES,” ETC.
“In everything give thanks.”—Paul.
BOSTON: HENRY A. YOUNG & CO., 24 Cornhill.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by
REV. A. R. BAKER.
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
To NELLIE, ROLAND COTTON, ANNIE, AND FULLER APPLETON, CHILDREN OF MY BELOVED NEPHEW, The Rev. JOHN COTTON SMITH, D.D., THESE SMALL VOLUMES ARE AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED, WITH THE EARNEST PRAYER THAT THEIR LIVES MAY PROVE THEM TO BE LAMBS IN THE FOLD OF THE GREAT AND GOOD Shepherd of Israel.


O Hatty! see that pretty kitty! I wonder where she came from.”
Fred Carleton walked softly toward the puss, his hand outstretched, calling, “Kitty, pretty kitty,” until he had her in his arms.
His sister Hatty took her hands from the dish-water, wiped them on the roller, and came toward him.