How you could go
And leave your dogs behind you!

"We bark and howl,
And snarl and yowl,
And growl the whole day long;
You are not here,
And, Mopsy dear,
We fear there's something wrong!

"We haven't heard;
Oh, send us word
Whatever is the matter!
Oh, hurry up
And cheer each pup
With laughter and gay chatter."

"That's a very nice letter," said Marjorie, as she folded it up
and returned it to its envelope. "And I do think the animals at
Haslemere are the most intelligent I have ever known. Uncle, I'm
going to send these letters all down home for King and Kitty to
read, and then they can send them back to me, for I'm going to
keep them all my life."

"I'll tell you a better plan than that, Midget. If you want the
children to read them, I'll make copies of them for you to send
home. And then I'll tell you what you might do, if you like. When
I go downtown I'll buy you a great big scrapbook, and then you can
paste these letters in, and as the summer goes on, you can paste
in all sorts of things; pressed leaves or flowers, pictures and