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THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 131<br />
busily employed, and it was not easy at first to<br />
see how he could do anything for them.<br />
At that very moment he heard the kitten's<br />
voice. She was mewing, as he supposed, for<br />
her evening meal. But whether so or not, her<br />
voice reminded him that there were domestic<br />
creatures of several kinds around him. There<br />
were, besides the kitten, fourteen<br />
or fifteen hens<br />
and chickens, and a swarm of "<br />
bees. Can I do<br />
anything," said he to<br />
" "<br />
himself, for these ?<br />
He did not confer with any one on the sub<br />
ject, for fear he should be laughed<br />
he would have been.<br />
at, as probably<br />
The merciful man is mer<br />
ciful to his beast, and Mr. Williams and his<br />
family had long been kind and merciful; but<br />
they never, to this hour, had thought much about<br />
showing them special or extra acts of kindness.
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