AND THE SACRED BIRD Lady Ryehampton did not easily tear herself away from the home; and the Terror did all he could to foster her interest in it.

The crowning effect was the feeding of the kittens, which was indeed a very pretty sight, since twenty-three kittens could not feed together without many pauses to gambol and play.

The only thing about the home which was not quite to the liking of Lady Ryehampton was the board over the door.
She liked it as an advertisement of her philanthropy; but she did not like its form; she preferred her name in straighter letters, all of them of the same size.

At the same time she did not like to hurt the feelings of the Terror by showing lack of appreciation of his handiwork.
Then she had a happy thought, and said: "By the way, I think that the board over the door ought to be uniform--the same as the boards over the entrances of my other cats' homes.

The lettering of them is always in gold." "All right.