BEFRIENDED ALLEY CATS

Contents

CHAPTER ONE
PAGE
The Alley Cat[1]
CHAPTER TWO
The Alley Cat’s Kitten[9]
CHAPTER THREE
The Black Rabbit with White Spots, and the White Rabbit with Black Spots[22]
CHAPTER FOUR
A Calico Cat[37]
CHAPTER FIVE
Mr. and Mrs. Blueberry[54]
CHAPTER SIX
Uncle Cyclone[72]
CHAPTER SEVEN
The Family in the Piano Box[88]
CHAPTER EIGHT
A Loss and Some Gains[106]
CHAPTER NINE
At the Lake[118]
CHAPTER TEN
On the Farm[136]
CHAPTER ELEVEN
The Son of Silver Bell[152]
CHAPTER TWELVE
Clytie, the Cat with Mittens[164]
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Torn-Nose[176]
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
A Visiting Lady[190]
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Octavia[205]
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Christmas Eve[216]

List of Illustrations

Full-Page Illustrations
“There was never any sleep after the kitten was in the room”[Frontispiece]
“Mrs. Wood, creeping down with her candle, interrupted a grand game of tag between all the animals”Page[ 83]
“As her door opened, Weejums shot out with a swelling tail, and her enraged victim in pursuit””[197]
Illustrations in the Text
The Alley Cat Page[5]
She missed her own mother”[13]
If she could have seen how sweet she looked”[15]
He was naturally inelegant in his language”[36]
A little girl’s young mother cat”[46]
Mr. and Mrs. Blueberry ”[64]
In a Mother Hubbard wrapper and a straw hat”[66]
Weejums helps receive”[71]
Cyclone”[73]
Fairy Lilian”[105]
A nice warm muffin”[114]
Weejums had not only one new ribbon, but many”[137]
The sash was not too tight to allow for dinner”[173]
Torn-Nose”[183]
A Red Cross cat”[188]
A visiting lady”[193]
Mrs. Winslow”[195]
A Christmas present, with Eunice’s love”[217]
Weejums”[220]

The Alley Cat’s Kitten

CHAPTER ONE

THE ALLEY CAT