chocolate and tea biscuits."

"Then I will have the same."

"Bring some cake too, Susan," said Miss Bessie, "and something for the
dog. I dare say he would like some of that turkey that was left from
dinner."

If I had had any ears I would have pricked them up at this, for I was
very fond of fowl, and I never got any at the Morrises', unless it might
be a stray bone or two.

What fun we had over our supper! The two girls sat at the big dining
table, and sipped their chocolate, and laughed and talked, and I had the
skeleton of a whole turkey on a newspaper that Susan spread on the
carpet.

I was very careful not to drag it about, and Miss Bessie laughed at me
till the tears came in her eyes. "That dog is a gentleman," she said;
"see how he holds bones on the paper with his paws, and strips the meat
off with his teeth. Oh, Joe, Joe, you are a funny dog! And you are
having a funny supper. I have heard of quail on toast, but I never heard
of turkey on newspaper."

"Hadn't we better go to bed?" said Miss Laura, when the hall clock
struck eleven.

"Yes, I suppose we had," said Miss Bessie. "Where is this animal to
sleep?" "I don't know," said Miss Laura; "he sleeps in the stable at
home, or in the kennel with Jim."

"Suppose Susan makes him a nice bed by the kitchen stove?" said Miss
Bessie.

Susan made the bed, but I was not willing to sleep in it. I barked so
loudly when they shut me up alone, that they had to let me go upstairs
with them.

Miss Laura was almost angry with me, but I could not help it. I had come
over there to protect her, and I wasn't going to leave her, if I could
help it.

Miss Bessie had a handsomely furnished room, with a soft carpet on the
floor, and pretty curtains at the windows. There were two single beds in
it, and the two girls dragged them close together, so that they could
talk after they got in bed.

Before Miss Bessie put out the light, she told Miss Laura not to be
alarmed if she heard any one walking about in the night, for the nurse
was sleeping across the hall from them, and she would probably come in
once or twice to see if they were sleeping comfortably.

The two girls talked for a long time, and then they fell asleep. Just
before Miss Laura dropped off, she forgave me, and put down her hand for
me to lick as I lay on a fur rug close by her bed.

I was very tired, and I had a very soft and pleasant bed, so I soon fell
into a heavy sleep. But I waked up at the slightes