The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-16

had kept It, Often when her pupils had
been hopelessly out of tune, when they
had seemed not to know one note from
another nor a piano from any other
plaything, she had come home all ex-
hausted to bury her face in the shaggy
warm fur and regret many things!
Now it was gone, like its donor, from
her life.
Cameron opened the door of his room
with little enthusiasm. He did not
fancy this place much more than many
other abodes he had taken up in the
last year. He was sorry he had left
the home town, after all, for there at
least he had home. And yet he could
not bear the place after she had gone.
Hello Fellow" he said to the frisky
fox terrier, who had gone into ecstasies
of delight on hearing his masters key
in the lock.
WHAT'S Cameron picked up
brown muff from the sofa. He put his
hands into 1t, and his face paled. So
she had returned even that one last
remembrance of him! He had cherish
ed the thought that perhaps she would
think of him when she used the muff,
inasmuch as she had kept it. But
now
A fash of establishment crossed his
face. Where was she? That she was
in the great city he had known when
he came, but where? He felt within the
muff's soft lining for a note, a word,
a clew of some sort, but there was no
sign. Then he closed his eyes in the
depths of the shaggy brown fur. He
felt sentimental, a bit foolish, when he
did it, but who save Fellow would see
him?
Miss Benton" began Mrs. Carter,
entering Ethel's studio just as that
young woman, trim in her brown walk
ing suit, was leaving for a lesson, 1--WE
found your muff"
''WhatY' cried Ethel
Il was cleaning that new young
mans room, and there. on the couch,
was your muff staring me in the face
II wouldn't have believed my own
eyes. He's such a nice young man.
Where is it?' What's his name?''
cried the girl in one breath.
''Mr. Cameron Mrs. Carter stopped
short Ethel had grabbed the door
knob, and her cheek had lost its pretty
pinkness.
800 raarop 9,s che o.I,ood
Eyes. He's on the floor above" Mrs
Carter stared in blank establishment
"And he-he has the mutfT Ethel
asked, as If unable to believe it.
''Yes, he has it all right"
VERY well, Mrs Carter Ethel said
after a moment. Il will come and see
you about it later"
The woman closed the door and de-
parted
There's something mysterious about
it ALL" she muttered to herself as she
descended the stairs.
When she was halfway down she
turned back, but this time she contin-
ued to the floor above
Opening the door of Cameron's room,
she held up her hands in horror at the
sight that met her gaze. There on the
floor, playing like child with a rub
Der ball. was Fellow and the muff
"Ah-h, bad dog" she cried, but be-
fore she could catch him he had dashed
past her into the hall, muff in mouth
Ethel coming through the hall, en-
countered him.
"Oh, Fellow, Fellowr' she cried be-
tween laughter and tears of joy. You
took itr' And she caught the muff,
wet and rufiled, from the dogs teeth.
She was burying her face In it when
a man rounded the curve of the stairs
below
"Ethelr
"Ohp' was all that the young woman
said, while the man took her hands,
muff and all, and the dog howled for
his plaything.
IL thought it was stolen said
Ethel after a time when Cameron had
seated himself on her couch and Eel
low was shopping about the room in a
fashion which would indicate that he
had been there before. In fact, he had
often visited the rooms with Mrs. Car