o her, that she didn't know his name, or where he lived.

"Where do you expect to keep it?" asked Miss Fenler, who had been sent
to meet her.

"I thought I could keep her in the little shed that's next to the
kitchen, and then Judy could feed her," was the answer, given as
confidently as if the whole matter were settled.

Mrs. Marvin came out into the hall in time to hear what Patricia said.

"I think we can arrange to let puss remain if she is to be under Judy's
care," she said, "for only yesterday she told me that the mice are
becoming very bold, and they are too wise to go into the traps that she
sets."

A sound of falling pans, flat-irons, and other kitchen utensils made
them start. Patricia clung to the cat, although it was making desperate
efforts to get away.

"Ow-oo-o! O massy sakes! Yow-hoo!" shouted Judy as she burst the door
open, and tore out into the hall.

"Dem mices'll kill me yit, I do b'liebe!" she yelled. "De windows, an'
do's is shet, an' dey's prancin' on de kitchen' flo. Oh-oo!"

"Hush, Judy, hush!" Mrs. Marvin said. "We've a cat with us, and she is
just in time."

"I sho' won't go nigh dat kitchen wid no cat, nor nuffin' else," Judy
said, her eyes rolling in terror.

"Pooh!" cried Patricia, "I'd be glad to put her out there before I get
any more scratches," and going to the end of the hall, she opened the
door, and dropped puss on the floor.

In less time than it takes to tell it the cat had caught the two tiny
mice, that had been far more afraid of the big colored woman, than she
had been of them, and that is saying a great deal.

Patricia was never inclined to be in any way obliging. She was one of
those unpleasant girls who find no joy in being kind or helpful.

Whatever she did, was done wholly for her own sake, and Judy eyed her
with suspicion when she saw how promptly she took the big cat to the
kitchen.

Having given the cat over to the care of Judy, Patricia raced up the
stairway to her room.

Judy rolled her eyes to look after her.

"Wha' fo' she done dat?" she asked of Miss Fenler, who stood near her.

"Wha' fo'? I axes. Dat ar young miss done bring dat cat home ter hab in
her room fo' a pet. How happen her to gib it up ter Judy?"

"Nonsense, Judy. She knows, as all the pupils know, that it is a fixed
rule at Glenmore, that no pupil can have a pet in her room."

"All de same, Miss Patrichy _meant_ dat cat ter be up in her room, long
o' dat ar _Carbale_ gal."

Jud