fought to get down, that they might run away too. So the funeral ended
very suddenly in great disorder, and with altogether more laughing than
seemed proper at a funeral.

The next day Lily died and was buried by the side of Gregory, but with
less ceremony than had been used the day before. Over her grave was put
a high glass monument, which made much more show than the one of marble
on Gregory's grave. That was only a flat slab, which lay on the grass;
but Lily's was a glass lamp which had by some accident got a little
broken. This, set bottom side up, pressed down firmly into the earth,
made a fine show, and could be seen a good way off, "the way a monument
ought to be," Johnny said; and he searched diligently to find something
equally high and imposing for Gregory's grave, but could not find it.

In the course of a few days the remaining kittens and cats were all
given away, except Mammy Tittleback and Blacky. They were selected as
being on the whole the best ones to keep. Mammy Tittleback is so good a
mouser that she would be a useful member of any family, and Blacky bids
fair to grow up as good a mouser as she. What became of Juniper and
Mousiewary was never known. They were seen now and then in the
neighborhood of the house, but never stayed long, and finally
disappeared altogether.

Mammy Tittleback, I am sorry to say, did not take the loss of her
family in the least to heart; after the first week or two she seemed as
contented and as much at home in her new quarters as if she had lived
there all her life. What she has thought about it all, there is no
knowing; but as she and Blacky lie asleep under the stove, of an
evening, you'd never suspect, to look at them, that they had had such a
fine summer house to live in last year, or had ever belonged to a
"Garfield Club," and taken a railway journey.

[Illustration]

THE OLD BLACK CAT.

1. Who so full of fun and glee, Hap-py as a cat can be?
Polished sides so nice and fat--Oh, how I love the old black cat.

2. Some will like the tortoise shell, Others love the white so well;
Let them choose of this or that, But give to me the old black cat.

3. When the boys, to make her run, Call the dogs and set them on,
Quickly I put on my hat And fly to save the old black cat.

_Affetuoso._

Poor kit-ty! O, poor kit-ty!
Sit-ting so co-zy un-der the stove.
Pleasant, purring, pretty pussy, Frisky, full of fun and fussy,