WHAT HAPPENED TO JUMBO.

he could run away she sprang upon his back. She held him fast with
her strong claws, and pecked him cruelly.
 Jumbo had to let the chicken go. He struggled and howled till
Millie heard him, and came and rescued him. It made her cry to see
how his fur was pulled out and his flesh torn. She nursed him faith
fully for several days, and rubbed cream on his wounds. Whenever

















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 she did this his mother would lick it off very carefully. Tabby got
 the most of the cream, but the licking was good for Jumbo, and he was
 soon well again. He carried the marks of Madam Topknot's punish'
 ment all his life. The new fur that grew over the places where she
 had scratched him was always white, and showed plainly on his dark-
 brown coat.
 Madam Topknot made a lasting impression upon his memory, too,
 so that he never afterwards wanted to go near any of the hens or
 chickens.
 M. I. N. HATHAWAY1.