nd, I saw him on my pillow, to which he used to come every morning.

"We had at the same time a cat, with whom he soon became very good
friends. They always drank milk out of the same saucer. One afternoon, a
basin of milk being on the table, Master Dicky thought he would take a
bath: so in he went, splashing the milk all over the table.

"Sometimes he would take it into his head to have a ride on the cat's
back, to which she had no objection. At night he would sleep with the
cat and kitten; and once when the servant came down in the morning, she
said that she saw the cat with her paw around the bird, keeping him
warm, though that seems almost too much to believe."

R. B.

[Illustration]

THE EXPRESS PACKAGE.

A PACKAGE came,
With Gold-Locks' name
Written in letters bold and free
Upon the cover:
She turned it over,
And cried, "Is it for me, for me?"

'Twas scarce a minute
Before within it
Her eyes had peeped with curious awe:
There, sweet as a rose,
And folded close
In tissue, what do you think she saw?

[Illustration]

A doll? Ah, yes!
You would never guess
A dolly could be so very sweet,
Or have such grace,
From the blooming face
Down to the tips of her slippered feet.

She smiled, and smiled,
Like a real live child,
And opened her eyes of bluest blue,
As little Gold-Locks
From out the box
Lifted, and held her up to view.

In ruffles and puffs
Of gauzy stuffs,
She looked like a fresh white flower, full-blown,
And Gold-Locks' heart
Gave a happy start,
As she thought, "She is all my own, my own!"

MRS. CLARA DOTY BATES.

[Illustration: THE WHITE OWL]

THE WHITE OWL.

[Illustration: Music]

Words by TENNYSON. Music by T. CRAMPTON.

1. When cats run home and light is come,
And dew is cold upon the ground,
And the far-off stream is dumb,
And the whirring sail goes round,
And the whirring sail goes round.
Al