" MUX " 



NO, "Mux" is not an elegant name — not to 

 be compared with Ronald or Claudia, for 

 instance ; and I want to say it is not the name 

 of one of my children, though its ownei' was 

 once a meml)er of my household. Mux was a 

 tame half-grown coon, with just the ordinary 

 number of lings around his tail, but with the 

 most extraordinary amount of mischief in his 

 little coon soul. Perhaps he had no real soul, 

 and I should have located his mischief some- 

 where else. If so, then I should say in his feet. 

 I never saw any other feet so expressive. The 



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