I have four horses, two cows, a tame squirrel, three dogs, and a cat." "You should be a happy woman," said Miss Laura, with a smile.
"I think I am.

I must not forget my horned toad, Diego, that I got in California.

I keep him in the green-house, and he is very happy catching flies and holding his horny head to be scratched whenever any one comes near." "I don't see how any one can be unkind to animals," said Miss Laura, thoughtfully.
"Nor I, my dear child.

It has always caused me intense pain to witness the torture of dumb animals.

Nearly seventy years ago, when I was a little girl walking the streets of Boston, I would tremble and grow faint at the cruelty of drivers to over-loaded horses.