When they stopped to rest after their run, Ajax settled himself comfortably on the grass, perfectly quiet, except for the tip of his tail, which moved just a little. Tippie watched that tail with longing. He danced around and around Ajax. He pranced forward and skipped back, and practiced all his dancing-steps, before he dared touch it. At last he boldly rushed upon it, and a moment later Ajax held him fast around the neck, and with heads close together, and smothered growls of happiness, the cat and the dog were rolling over and over. Then, they suddenly let go, and stood half a foot apart, glaring at each other for a second, before they rushed together again, and went through the whole frolic once more.
Mamie and Herbert had seen it all while building ships, in the side yard, and as they watched the grand closing scene, Herbert, in the tone of an oracle, announced,
The Moral:
"It is good to be good-natured, but bad to be imposed upon."
NUMBER ONE.
By Charles R. Talbot.
"I tell you," said Robbie, eating his peach, And giving his sister none, "I believe in the good old saying that each Should look out for Number One."
"Why, yes," answered Katie, wise little elf, "But the counting should be begun With the other one instead of yourself,— And he should be Number One."
Vol. XIII.—45.