I wanted the cat--and I got it, but I wouldn't have if Mr.Jack hadn't come to help me." "Oh! So Mr.Jack--fought, too ?" "Well, he pulled the others off, and of course that helped me," explained David truthfully.

"And then he took me home--he and Jill." "Jill! Was she in it ?" "No, only her cat.

They had tied a bag over its head and a tin can to its tail, and of course I couldn't let them do that.

They were hurting her.

And now, Lady of the Roses, won't you please play ?" For a moment Miss Holbrook did not speak.