BOWSER.

 John seized Tabby
 and counted, "One, two,
 three, four."
 "Very well," said
 mamma; "if she has
 four feet she is a quad-
 ruped."
 "And is Josey Brooks
 a quadruped too "
 "Count her feet and
 see."
 "Yes, she has four; so
 she is a quadruped. But
 what am I, mamma ? I-
 have but two feet."
 "You are a biped,
dear; so is papa."
 John threw himself on -
the floor and kicked his 1 I-.
heels into the air, holding
Tabby Wilson and sing- -
ing, My kitty is a quad-
ruped, quadruped, quad-
ruped; but I am a biped,
biped, biped, biped."
 MRS. G. I. HOPKINS.



 BOWSER.

 BOWSER is only a horse; but he knows how to behave when he
wears his Sunday suit. That is more than some children know.
There are little ones who make mud-pies when they have on their
best clothes. Bowser never does.
 Bowser drags a cart on week-days; on Sunday he goes to church
with a buggy. When John pts the heavy harness upon Bowser,