"Now, Fred-dy, just as long as these lit-tle fel-lows are hap-py, just so long they are yours!"

Fred-dy knew what that meant. He fed his beau-ti-ful pets at reg-u-lar hours ev-er-y day, and e-ver-y day he combed and brushed them, and ev-er-y day he took them out for a frol-ic, and they had their baths at the right time, and he nev-er held up a bone and did not give it to them. Be-cause he was so prompt and true and kind, Fred-dy was hap-py, and so were Fluff and Floss.

TAKE ME MAMMA.

["Take Me, Mamma!">[

A SPRING SHOW-ER.

[A Spring Show-er.]

"My gyp-sy hat

For my lit-tle head—