Jazbury stopped and looked round. Then he ran over to the side of the road, and crouched down. "Come over here till they get past, Fluffy," he said.

Fluffy trotted over and crouched down beside him.

Nearer and nearer came the horse and buggy, the horse thudding along and the buggy rumbling after it.

Just as the buggy came to where the kittens were one of the ladies cried out, "Oh, Sarah! Look there! Look at those kittens."

The buggy stopped, and the two ladies leaned forward, staring at Jazbury and Fluffy.

"How do you suppose they ever got here?" asked the lady.

"I don't know," answered her companion. "I suppose some one wanted to get rid of them and dropped them here."

"Isn't that wicked! What shall we do about it?"

They were almost hidden by the dusty weeds