that purpose said, “Puss! puss !” she al- | Two and two is a neat device; ways answered, “Mew," till the person be- Learn to shift the thread in a trice. gan mewing, then she would begin calling Hush-a-bye, baby, grandmother sings; puss as quickly as possible. Hither and thither the cradle swings. · She imitated every kind of sound, and barked so naturally that she often set all | Inch by inch the long leg grows, the dogs on the Parade near by barking ; Straight and narrow for fitting close ; and the terror caused in some cocks and A very poor leg, is the saying well-known, hens by her crowing and clucking was quite That cannot shape a sock of its own. surprising. Hush-a-bye, baby, grandmother sings ; She could sing quite like a child, and Hither and thither the cradle swings. people more than once thought the notes were those of a human being. And it was Count the stitches and halve them now, most ludicrous to hear her make what we And one half set in a single row, should call a false note, and then say, “Oh, | And back and forth, outside and in, la !” and burst out laughing at herself, Knit the heel on the single pin. beginning again in quite another key. Hush-a-bye, baby, grandmother sings; She often performed a kind of exercise Hither and thither the cradle swings. which her owner described as the lance exhibition. She would put one claw behind Knit it long, and narrow midway, her, first on one side and then on the other, To round it, and bind it off, as we say ; then in front, and round over her head; and Take up the loops on either side while doing so, she kept saying, “ Come on! | And add a few more to make it wide. come on!” and when finished, said, “Bravo! Hush-a. bye, baby, grandmother sings ; beautiful!" and then drew herself up. Hither and thither the cradle swings. Once when asked where the servants had gone, to the surprise and almost dismay of Now each side narrow, or slip and bind, her owner, she replied, “Downstairs." To shape the instep as you will find; Then knit straight round till you near the toe; This is the way the foot must grow. Hush-a-bye, baby, grandmother sings; STITCH by stitch, and row on row, Hither and thither the cradle swings. This is the way the stocking must grow; Clickety, clickety, day by day, Then narrow once more, and narrow away, The slender glittering needles say. Toeing it off, as knitters say; Hush-a-bye, baby; when you are grown Purl and plain, and plain and purl, Your feet may be worthy to climb a Be it for boy or be it for girl; throne ! STORY OF A SQUIRREL. ONCE upon a time, when I was a little flannel, and she carried it up there and girl, Uncle Tom got a gray squirrel made her bed of it, and slept in it every from one of our neighbours, in exchange night. for a hen. Sometimes she was rather lazy about getShe was a pretty little creature, with a ting up in the morning, and when we went nice coat of gray fur, the softest little ears, out to the cage and called to her, she would and a splendid tail. She was very tame, come down gaping and winking her eyes, and we named her “Bessie.” as though she had been aroused from her We had an old cage with a wheel in it, morning nap very suddenly. which had been the home of a squirrel We often let her out of her cage, which before, so we dragged that out from under pleased her very much. She would run the eaves of the barn and put Miss Bessie from one to another with delight, and catch into it. She ran into the wheel the first up a nut and climb on somebody's shoulder thing, and commenced turning it with all or head and eat it with a great deal of her might. She seemed delighted with her enjoyment. new home, and made friends with all of us. | After she had eaten all the nuts she She would eat all kinds of nuts, and she wanted, she would begin to hide some, and was very fond of apples and sugar. her favourite hiding-place was under the mats on the floor. She would place them carefully under these, and then tread them down with her feet in a very cunning way. She would often curl herself up in our lap and go to sleep like a kitten. We kept her for a number of years, till we began to think it was a tiresome life for poor Bessie; so we opened her cage and gave her her liberty. For a while she took up her abode in the hollow of a tree near the house, and would occasionally spend the night in her cage; but after a time she disappeared, and prob ably went back to the woods and found When she ate she would sit up and curl her old companions, and lived her old free her bushy tail over her head, and hold her | life again. food in her paws, and manage it as easily | Perhaps she may be living now, suras you would. rounded by her children and grand-children; Uncle Tom made a little chamber in the but by this time she must be a venerable top of the cage, and we gave her a piece of squirrel, in cap and spectacles ! English woman's Review. CONTENTS FOR JANUARY, 1881. ART. 1.—THE HARD WORK OF SCHOOL BOARDS. „ II.GEORGE ELIOT. „ V.—DAIRY FARMING FOR WOMEN. Girton - Newnham – Education of Women in Bread Reform League. All Communications to be addressed to the EDITOR, 22, Berners Post-Office Orders payable to SARAH LEWIN, at the “Regent TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION AT THE OFFICE. 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