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Show DOQ BRINQS UP KITTENS. ,H The Foster Mother Satisfied, Though Sometimes Surprised. Down In Dolnwaro City, Del., a young mother dog, when sho turned to lick her four now born puppies, found they did not respond to her tendor care. Thoy had como Into tho world lifeless. Thoy wore her firstborn nnd sho ' was puzzled and grieved that they paid no attention to tho soft caresses with which' sho strove to woo thom to her. She finally ceased In despair, and looking nbout her spied a mother pussy, to whom a pair of healthy kit-tens kit-tens had Just arrived. Jealous and indignant sho flow to 'jM tho happy mother and seized and shook her till tho cat fled In terror and' did not return. Then tho dog, taking tho kittens tendorly In her mouth, carried thom to hor box and adopted thom as hor own. Thoro woro only two babies In placo of hor four, but not bolng ablo to count sho did not notlco tho lack. The klttons accepted tho situation, throvo and waxed fat. Hot slnco they aro oldor and have become playful their conduct sometimes astonishes their fostor mother. For Instnnco, when they chaso each othor up a trco she looks aftor them with amazemont and solicitude, ap-parcntly ap-parcntly reflecting that she novor be-haved be-haved that way whon sho was a puppy, and ns soon as thoy alight on tho ground again sho seizes thom In her mouth nnd. carries them rcprov ingly back to their box. There are M probably othor surprises In storo for 'H her whon sho finds that their lan-gunge, lan-gunge, Instead or being n bark, Is a spit or a mow, but In tho monntlmo she Ib happy and self-satisfied. Country Llfo In America. |