<—_—- ee OORRTTEY CHAPTER II. HOW THE CAT WAS INSTALLED AS AN INMATE AT LADY GREENFORD’S AND COMMITTED TO THE CARE OF DAME MITCHELL. LADY GREENFORD resided in a splendid mansion, on Cheyne Row, Chelsea, facing the river Thames. She lived there in seclusion, with her two head-servants, Dame Mitchell, her housekeeper, and Mr. Sharpphiz, who fulfilled the office of butler and cook. Both of them were some- what advanced in years; and the countess, who was rather facetious, and treated them with great familiarity, used to call them Daddy Sharpphiz, and Dame Mitchell. Dame Mitchell was favoured with a countenance that beamed with candour and good-nature; but in the same proportion as she was frank and open, Daddy Sharpphiz was close and dissembling. The butler’s wheedling manner