NAMING THE KITTEN.
"What shall be the kitten's name?" asked Rachel of her younger sister, who stood holding up her apron, and begging to take the little pet.
"It is my kitten," pleaded Alice; "and I ought to have it."
"The old cat evidently thinks it is her kitten. Hark! Hear her mew! 'Mine, mine, mine,' she seems to say."
"Oh!" said Alice, "I can soon quiet the old cat with a saucer of milk. Come, give me the kitten; that's a good Rachel!"
"Well, I will give it to you on one condition."
"Name it: perhaps I can grant it."
"The condition is, that you give the kitten a name,—a name that I shall approve of."
"Oh! that I can do right off. We will call her Arabella."