CHAPTERPAGE
I[Blackie Hears Something]7
II[Blackie Runs Away]17
III[Blackie in Trouble]27
IV[Blackie Gets Out]36
V[Blackie Finds a Friend]44
VI[Blackie in a Basket]52
VII[Blackie in a Train]63
VIII[Blackie is Chased]71
IX[Blackie Meets Don]83
X[Blackie Scares a Dog]91
XI[Blackie is Sad]102
XII[Blackie is Happy]112

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
[Under a wagon, between the legs of a horse and under an automobile sprang the black cat. After her ran the red-haired boy]Frontispiece
[“Now jump through my hands, Blackie!” called Mabel]23
[When Blackie reached the top she could look up and see the sky through a crack]45
[Whenever he saw her he barked and growled, and tried to break his chain to get loose]61
[“Oh, that’s all right,” said the bear kindly. “Hide as much as you like”]81
[For several days Blackie lived with Don in his kennel]97
[Blackie walked in, her tail held up straight like a fishing pole]117

BLACKIE,
A LOST CAT

CHAPTER I
BLACKIE HEARS SOMETHING

Blackie was a cat. Now that I have told you this much I think you can guess why that was her name. It was because she was as black as a coal, or a bit of tar from the barrel which stood on the street when the men were fixing the roof. Blackie did not have so much as a speck, or a single hair, of white in her glossy coat of fur, and on a dark night, if you were to look for Blackie I think you would not have found her. For she looked just like a bit of the dark itself.

When you first looked at Blackie you might have thought she was just like other cats, but she was not. She was a very smart cat, and so many things happened to her, and she had so many adventures, that I am going to tell you about them.