Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 351
ee me at all.I stopped playing for a moment, and it seemeduneasy and half dazed, but did not offer to es-cape until I finally touched it with my hand.Then it ran away, though with evident reluc-tance. As soon as I began playing it returned, andthis time I allowed it to creep up my coat andout on my… … reach of my hand, music to begin As the evening new acquaintance and wait for the once more. passed, mybecame so bold, or rather so indifferent to my presence,that I could stroke it; and it was only whenI took it between my fingers and thumb that 870 MY MUSICAL MOUSE. 87I fe
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