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Title: The Lost Kitty

Author: Harriette Newell Woods Baker (AKA Aunt Hattie)

Release Date: April 27, 2008 [EBook #25201]

Language: English

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The Lost Kitty.

BY AUNT HATTIE,
AUTHOR OF "BROOKSIDE SERIES," ETC.

"In everything give thanks."--Paul.

BOSTON:
HENRY A. YOUNG & CO.,
24 CORNHILL.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by

REV. A. R. BAKER.

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of
Massachusetts.

To

NELLIE, ROLAND COTTON, ANNIE, AND FULLER APPLETON,

CHILDREN OF MY BELOVED NEPHEW,

THE REV. JOHN COTTON SMITH, D.D.,

THESE SMALL VOLUMES ARE AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED,
WITH THE EARNEST PRAYER
THAT THEIR LIVES MAY PROVE THEM TO BE LAMBS IN THE FOLD
OF THE GREAT AND GOOD

Shepherd of Israel.

CONTENTS.

Page
CHAPTER I.

THE MALTESE KITTY, 11

CHAPTER II.

NO THANKS, 22

CHAPTER III.

THE SABBATH SCHOOL, 32

CHAPTER IV.

THE DRUNKARD, 44

CHAPTER V.

THE UNGRATEFUL SON, 57

CHAPTER VI.

THE STRANGE VISITOR, 68

CHAPTER VII.

FINDING A PLACE, 79

CHAPTER VIII.

THE GRATEFUL DOG, 90

THE LOST KITTY.

CHAPTER I.

THE MALTESE KITTY.

"O Hatty! see that pretty kitty! I wonder where she came from."

Fred Carleton walked softly toward the puss, his hand outstretched,
calling, "Kitty, pretty kitty," until he had her in his arms.

His sister Hat