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conserve warmth. Droos ofsweetened milk were administeredbut the stomach could notretain them. Powdered milk wassubstituted and ,was retained.The torn pads were treated aslr-ell as an ugly abscess on thefront foot. Hourly the feedingcontinued in between the convulsionsfor a whole day.Little by little Mr. Carman'sdogged efforts began to show results.The intervals between theconvulsions grew longer andgraduaily the spasms ceased. Atiny morsel of fish was swallowedand retained. Only one relapseoccurred when Tinker's ownersvisited him and the excitementproved too much for him. Sovisitors were rigidly excluded fora while.Under this inspired course oftreatment, Tinker slowly regainedhis strength. His wounds healed,his coat regained the bloom ofhealth, and except for a slightunsteadiness apparent in his walkthere was no trace of his dreadfulordeai to be seen.And, as you read these lines"Tinker is back'home again, fitand well and proba"bly giving theflap of the coal bunker a verywide berth !Frogr,ass of a NoaieeBy GRACE PONDf T all started when I was aI small child. One Christmas^ morning ___ _ _____d-a small baskelappeared on the end of my bedwith all my presents. I cautiouslyopened the lid and then in a1l itsglory a tiny ball of blue fluff withdeep orange eyes emerged. Thehousehold had a new ruler fromthat moment ISmall as I was then, I did soyearn for Miss Fluff to have somebabies. But we lived in Londonand there were so many difficul-ties in the rvay. The years wentby, I grew up, married, and hadbabies of my orvn to look after,and so had no time to think aboutBlue kittens.The war came and brouehtabout the disappearance of outhouse in London. So rve foundan old house with woodlands inSussex, where we kept one quiteordinary but verv^ handsbmetabby tat, which iomeone hadgiven to the children. Unfortunately,he became ill and had to