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front paw, with the other she raised the knocker; and Mary,
who was on the watch, instantly ran to the door and let
her in.

Miss Deb’s knock now became as well known to the
servant as that of any other member of the family, and, no
doubt to her great content, it usually met with ready at-
tention.

Could the famous cat of the renowned Marquis of Carrabas
(see Puss in Boots) have done more or better? Deb must
have exercised reason and thought, as well as imitation and
perseverance. Very likely she made many vain attempts
before she was rewarded with success.

Some Scotch ladies told me of a cat they had when young,
which was brought by their grandfather from Archangel, and
which used to play the same trick. It used to reach up to
the latch of the front door of a house in the country, and to
rattle away on it till admitted. JI have seen a cat which
the same ladies now possess try the same thing.

Do you not think that you may take a useful lesson from
little Pussy, and when you have an object to gain, or a task
to perform, think over the matter, and try to find means of

doing it.

 

THE CAT WHICH RANG THE BELL.

I wave heard of a cat, who, had she lived in Lord —-—’s
house when it was attacked by robbers, might very speedily
have aroused the family.

This cat, however, lived in a nunnery in France. She
g, all the

had observed that when a certain bell was rung,