`` My brother Seth , '' replied Mrs. Grant , still laughing . `` I thought you might be afraid to be there all alone , so he slipped into the bedroom , and I forgot to tell you . He 's a powerful snorer , and that 's one of the awful sounds . The other was the dripping of salt water ; for you wanted some , and the girl got it in a leaky pail . Seth wiped up the slops when he came out early in the morning . '' I said nothing about the keyhole view of the harmless razor , but , feeling that I did deserve some credit for my heroic reception of the burglar , I mildly asked if it was the custom in York for men as well as turkeys to roost in trees . An explosion from the boys extinguished my last hope of glory , for as soon as he could speak Joe answered , unable to resist the joke , though telling it betrayed his own transgressions . `` Johnny planned to be up awful early , and pick the last cherries off that tree . I wanted to get ahead of him , so I sneaked down before light to humbug him , for I was going a-fishing , and we have to be off by four . '' `` Did you get your cherries ? '' I asked , bound to have some of the laugh on my side . `` Guess I did n't , '' grumbled Joe , rubbing his knees , while Johnny added , with an exulting chuckle , -- `` He got a horrid scare and a right good scraping , for he did n't know any one was down there . Could n't go fishing either , he was so lame , and I had the cherries after all . Served him right , did n't it ? '' No answer was necessary , for the two lads indulged in a friendly scuffle among the hay-cocks , while Mrs. Grant went off to repeat the tale in the kitchen , whence the sound of a muffled roar soon assured me that Seth was enjoying the joke as well as the rest of us . XII . KITTY 'S CATTLE SHOW . Little Kitty was an orphan , and she lived in the poor-house , where she ran errands , tended babies , and was everybody 's servant . A droll , happy-hearted child , who did her best to be good , and was never tired of hoping that something pleasant would happen . She had often heard of Cattle Shows , but had never been to one , though she lived in a town where there was one every year .
As October XXXXX , and people began to get ready for the show , Kitty was seized with a strong desire to go , and asked endless questions about it of old Sam , who lived in the house .
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