Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) THE CHINESE KITTEN BOOKS BY EDNA A. BROWN FICTION THAT AFFAIR AT ST. PETER’S JOURNEY’S END FOR BOYS AND GIRLS FOUR GORDONS UNCLE DAVID’S BOYS WHEN MAX CAME ARNOLD’S LITTLE BROTHER ARCHER AND THE “PROPHET” THE SPANISH CHEST AT THE BUTTERFLY HOUSE RAINBOW ISLAND ROBIN HOLLOW FOR YOUNGER READERS THE SILVER BEAR THE CHINESE KITTEN WHISTLING ROCK THREE GATES POLLY’S SHOP LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO., BOSTON [Illustration: WRAPPED IN BRIGHT RED PAPER SO SHE COULD NOT FAIL TO SEE IT, WAS A SMALL BOX, TIED WITH A WHITE RIBBON—_Page 89._] THE CHINESE KITTEN BY EDNA A BROWN ILLUSTRATED BY ANTOINETTE INGLIS BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. _All Rights Reserved_ The Chinese Kitten Printed in U. S. A. _To Muff, the Dearest Kitten_ CONTENTS I. THE SURPRISE 11 II. AT THE BEACH 24 III. ABOUT ARCTURUS 36 IV. FRIENDS FROM HOME 50 V. WHEN SCHOOL BEGINS 66 VI. DORA’S BIRTHDAY 83 VII. ABOUT BOSTON 94 VIII. SUNDAY AFTERNOON 111 IX. THE KITTEN’S STORY 133 X. THE VICTORY PARK 148 XI. HALLOWE’EN 166 XII. A BUSY SATURDAY 177 XIII. THANKSGIVING 193 XIV. CHRISTMAS 209 ILLUSTRATIONS Wrapped in bright red paper so she could not fail to see it, was a small box, tied with a white ribbon (Page 89) _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE Old Father Ocean ran right in through the front door 34 Dora shivered a little when the squirrel put its paws about her fingers 102 “Ghosts, Mamma! Come and save me!” 174 What possessed Timothy just then? 200 A great star was looking through the open window 220 The Chinese Kitten CHAPTER I THE SURPRISE “I think,” said Lucy Merrill in a whisper to her sister Dora, “that Uncle Dan has a surprise for us.”