Identifier: lettersfromcatpu00jack (find matches)
Title: Letters from a cat : published by her mistress for the benefit of all cats and the amusement of little children
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885 Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.) Ledyard, Addie Botsford, Bertha Fisk
Subjects: Cats Pets
Publisher: Boston : Roberts Brothers
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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When there suddenly came down on us a whole pailful of water. PAGE 61. LETTERS FROM A CAT. 61 % is certainly the handsomest and mostgentlemanly cat I ever saw. Hepaid me great attention : in fact, somuch, that one of those miserablehalf-starved cats from Mill Valleygrew so jealous that she flew at meand bit my ear till it bled, whichbroke up the party. But Caesarwent home with me, so I did notcare; then we sat and talked a longtime under the nursery window. Iwas so much occupied in what hewas saying, that I did not hearMary open the window overhead,and was therefore terribly frightenedwhen there suddenly came down onus a whole pailful of water. I was 62 LETTERS FROM A CAT. so startled that I lost all presence ofmind; and without bidding himgood-night, I jumped directly intothe cellar window by which we weresitting. Oh, my dear Helen, I cannever give you any idea of what fol-lowed. Instead of coming down asI expected to on the cabbages, whichwere just under that window thelast time I w

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