The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-02-24
SISTERS SABLE MUfF
BY cLAuDINE sIssoN.

N8S 1-A| ~@-4 --fAA6 win n|A A-41%A@N@
In suburban village, had been one
Of the last to leave the electric car.
and in the gloom of winters evening
her foot had struck something soft
and furry and kicked it ahead OF her.
Here. pussy, pussy, pussy"
But pussy did not respond with
meow or reproach that she had been
kicked.
My soul but it's a muffl"
SO 1t was. and of the latest style
and very expensive one. or course.
someone who had passed that way
had lost it.
The next morning Miss Lysle asked
the car conductor. but he could not
help her out. She was carrying the
muff to the Office with her. and on
the car with her was a hatchet-faced
young man who was given 10 Undue
tion and inference. Here was a girl
whose outfit did not cost over ss5.
and yet she was carrying a sable
nun that must have cost hundreds.
When Miss Lysle left ths suburban
car in the city the young man crowd
ed forward and lifted his hat and
said:
1T is about the nun | wish TO speak
to you
"O-h-h!"
My sister will be so glad"
Then 1t was your sister Who"
Il was about to advertise the loss
OF the fur" suayely observed the
young man.
A young man who didn't like the
look OF the hatchet-faced one at all
had halted within hearing distance.
and he now stepped forward and said
to Miss Lysle:
Il beg your pardon. but is that
young man annoying your"
He claims that his sister lost this
muff, and ! don't believe him"
You found IT, did your"
Yes, sir"
Better advertise for an owner. As
for this fellow here. IL he doesn I take
! himself of I'll call an officer. He's
fraud and swindlel Good morning"
The young man took himself OF.
but he rode down town on the s.Ae
car with Miss Lysle. just the same.
and followed her to the Office where
she was employed II he could get
hold OF that mun It would be $50 in
his pocket
Miss Lysle's brother Ben, the rising
young lawyer, had advised her to ad-
yertise her find At the Office she was
advised to wait day and let the loser
advertise. She adopted this plan.
When she started for home In the
evening she carried the nun with
her.
The hatchet-faced young man was
waiting TO follow her That sable
muff was a great temptation to him.
Mr.. Clyde Melton. the young sculp-
tor. came along just as the girl step
ped to the walk and he followed on
not because he was seeking a flirta-
tion-not because he Identified her as
the girl of the morning whose part
he had taken against hatchetface. but
because he had received a message
from his sister In the same suburb
Miss Lylse lived in stating that some
thing awful had happened and he
must come as soon as ever he could
And so the trio rode on until the
"All OUT" Of the conductor was shout
ed. Then there was scramble. and
Miss Lysle hurried away. the thief fol-
lowed. and the sculptor almost ran.
The thief was too precipitate. He at
tackled the girl while the sculptor was
yet within hearing Her screams as
she fought with one hand and held
on to the muff with the other brought
Mr.. Melton back, and he recognized
the assailant at once
Right and justice seldom triumph.
but this was one OF the exceptions
The thief was knocked down. lie was
punched. he IVES battered. lie was
choked He had his eyes BACKED and
his nose skinned. He was jerked to
his feet aud kicked around the cor
ner. and the sculptor turned to re-
ceive the thanks OF the girl with the
sable muff.
She had disappeared
Ten minutes later his sister was
weepingly saying TO him;
"Oh, Clyde. it's awful-jast AWFUL"
Baby dead?"
NO. I've lost that new sable nun
that bought the other day."
sable muff?"
'''Yes. lost it on the street com
ing from the car"
But you have advertised it?"
NO Fred is away, you know, and
I didn't hnow how to get an ADVERTISE
ment to the city papers. What on
earth shall l do?"
Cease to weep and III find your
muff."
The sculptor wens back to the spot.
he didn't look for the girls tracks
He walked two blocks down a side
street and then rang a bell Luck had
beeD good guide. It was Miss Lysle
Teller that came to the door in an
swer
1 II took Just two hours to straighten
out the tangle Of that sable muf. and
then followed another. Brother Ren.
the rising young lawyer. didn't have
anything to say about this latter tan