. St. Nicholas [serial]. ne in the neighbor-hood. Tom asserted. We d better hang on to ituntil it s claimed. Wonder how it got into the crate. Through the crater, most likely. There was considerable speculation as to howand by whom the kitten had been placed on thebungalow piazza, but other matters claimed theboys attention, and just then they were too busyto attempt a complete solution of the mystery. A large flag was owned by Beaver Camp, andTom, with the help of Eliot and Charlie, at-tempted to attach it to halyards on a flagpole neara corner of the bungalow. This required somelittle time,
. St. Nicholas [serial]. ne in the neighbor-hood. Tom asserted. We d better hang on to ituntil it s claimed. Wonder how it got into the crate. Through the crater, most likely. There was considerable speculation as to howand by whom the kitten had been placed on thebungalow piazza, but other matters claimed theboys attention, and just then they were too busyto attempt a complete solution of the mystery. A large flag was owned by Beaver Camp, andTom, with the help of Eliot and Charlie, at-tempted to attach it to halyards on a flagpole neara corner of the bungalow. This required somelittle time, but they had just completed the task,when Bert came running up the pathway fromthe shore. Hoist the flag! he cried breathlessly, as heneared the house. The girls are coming! 1912.] THE TOWNSEND TWINS—CAMP DIRECTORS 627 What girls ? Tom inquired, looking calmly atthe excited messenger. I think it s the same pair that we saw yester-day in the canoe. They re headed for our land-ing. All right! We 11 run up the flag. You d. 1 THE GIRLS DISCOVERED THEIR PET IN STRANGE QUARTERS better hustle down and extend a kindly welcometo em. They 11 need a guide if they come nodded, and hurried toward the landing,arriving just in time to see a canoe swing aroundin a quarter-circle and come alongside. In itwere two of the girls who had been sitting on thepiazza of Mrs. Spencers cottage when the boyscalled for their first meal the day before. Excuse me for troubling you, one of themsaid, blushing a bit. We have lost a little Mal-tese kitten that we are very fond of. If you seeit around anywhere, will you please catch it andreturn it to us? We are Mrs. Spencers nieces,and are staying with her. Why—why —I think wehave your cat up at thebungalow. We found it therea little while ago when wecame back from our it wear a red ribbonaround its neck and a bell ?Oh, yes! the girls criedtogether. That must beCjax. Cjax? questioned girls laughed at hisevident surprise. We h
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