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Show Slippery Fog Dy DORA MOLLAN (, 1111, ly JlcClur Sippr 8rtMllct. If you hail Ih.'imi nnccremonlously hurtled out of a thloved city and deposited de-posited In a furnished seashore cottage, cot-tage, left In a mo-'t disreputably untidy un-tidy condition by Its previous occupants; occu-pants; If for the first three dsysi after af-ter your nrrlvnl ft had fogged ' p-elstcnlly, p-elstcnlly, Insistently and -consistently that thu windows might' as well have been blank walls; 'If ' ymi had nothing more Interesting t rend than a month before last's magazine, nnd nothing moro Inspiring to look ,at than a framed print of n Gnrgantnan mosquito mos-quito biting the elephantine leg of an nmazlngly corpulent lady,: If at'.lnter-Vnls at'.lnter-Vnls of :t0 .seconds the damp silence wap broken' hy the dismal', prolonged wall of a fog siren ; nnd If, to' tep it all, your hut-just,-retumcd and beloved be-loved soldler-imolxind to whoss recently re-cently acaulrcd passion for the Jipen ' aft these present .miseries could be traced had departed on ,n Jsuslntss trip which to yon did not iHrfl to. be, (' lat bit ncreWry. woiilrl jou, or would ypji imit provldeil ou are a youiitf man od wnmaii, bavp dpne what Snlly Xlll! did. f woiiuVrl When the time m'I hy Jerry for His return cmnp, nnd iasttd w.tiliout, a word; after !ully Anne ImiI opeped, tli; door at least -0 times. pee..ug in-tii in-tii tlic ImpenctrnMc wall of fog In vu'n, each time lunilng back-.t), j more resentful i'Qntfp)platlon of t)m fat lady's plumpmember. stjjilungd, Ei?w ft" 1 3ti nUv i r i iJ I iiariiMMil i'?wil I'SSkA-tafcrilM.t-H-lWffiaKijGSiJa'.tii The FoQ-Muffl:d Sounds of Music. (uddenly from the Immaculate heights . of a lifetime of the utmost correct- ncss dovi Into' the depth Of attend-, attend-, In?,, alone mtd uuehapcroned, a pul-, pul-, lie (Imico! I Fleeing" 'desperately from her boredom, bore-dom, Sally Anno felt- her way to the 'end of tho llttlq. beach 1 street and-there and-there took a troljey forrmle or e to a mammoth pavilion s'ho had noted on-tho day of her-arrival,- where n great ,slgn read, "Danlng Every Rvcnlng." il. long flight of steps led toward ;cs of blurred light, from bcyonil which camo the fog-mnfflod sounds of music. Halfway up a ticket booth cliallengcd. The tone ot 1110 man ne-hlnd ne-hlnd the grating was firm: "No ladles without escorts admitted." A lon arm reached over Sally Anne's tjiouldcr, a hill was thrust through tho opening. A deep, voice said Two." A hand grasped her elbow el-bow lightly and the same voice, remarked re-marked pleawintly, "I'm so, glad you enme. Hurry and we can make this wait?.. Sally Anne loved to dance and could. , So could her partner, as she soon discovered. He was taller, much; but In the creeping mist which sifted in nt doorways nnd windows nnd through which the half hundred couples circled weirdly. It was illfll-t cult to got n clear Impression of his fentures. That tho, tall man wns a courteous gentleman wns self-evident ; tho floor and thu music were good. Aside from n few tweaks of conscience con-science Juct at first. Bally Anno thor-orfghly thor-orfghly enjoyed the ovcnlng. They danced mtich, sat nut nnd talked some. Tho ptrnngo man, without giving giv-ing irghost of 11 hint as to tits Identity, Identi-ty, mentioned his rervlccs overseas, lie told some amusing experiences. Incidentally referring to his top sergeant ser-geant nnd often to h first lctiten-nut. lctiten-nut. hut never culling tlioui hy'nnme. A couple nearby spoke of the hour, which was late. Hurriedly Snlly Anno started up. saying she innt go. nt once. Suddenly 11 full rcnllzatlrin ot what she luiil done enmo to her. Her escort walked silently down tho steps beside her. At tho bottom Snlly Anne suggested nervously that ho leave her there; he could get home safely. The tall man whittled sharply; a coupe-tot coupe-tot appeared out of the mist. "Take tho lady to the nddros-n she gjves you. ( Henry," lie ordered. Then he assist ed Sally Into the car, thanked her'fnr 4-.$ a very pleasant evening, lifted his hat and closed the door. . .,". . jj- The next morning dawned bright " .. and sunny. 'J,'o Salty Anno the ,f03 . and her dereliction of the nightie- . v fore seemed a dream. She preferred "'' io think of them as mich. Hut she ,-couldn't ,-couldn't help pondering a tittle as to who the tnll man might he. Ho hud -u not appeared to bo any more familiar with the place, than herself. - Jerry's cheerful signal whistle from v ," down the street Interrupted, these thoughts before Sally had decided just how and when to '"fess up" to her escapade. Of course she would dol A It, sooner or later; she had never kept! M anything from Jerry Vet, and riie""- t wasn't going' to begin now. Almost beforo the first bun ind kiss were ever Jerry sprung the news. Hls.kclvcd captain was spending the summer' nearby. It seemed they had Just rmjt at tho station. "Wake's wife Isn't here .yet," Jerry explained ; "she stayed in town to ,go to ( some social . Idgti-Jlnks thbn?lit she' was kolng"to v. .have a flno chance to show' lilm off. - 1 'llakc. hates that sort of thing, so bo Bkipped. They iad some sort of tiff.' j 1 littaginc. (lilew Uiflt, or the fog or i something got the old boy's goat, be- ' ' j cause he, told me about going up tn .' ' thntj big public dance halt last night. ' PlckViV up W.ne fair mystery and danced with, her; all evening said shu wort a wedding-ring nnd didn't act as Uiough' she ' were used' to being out aldne. ' Tliat sort of thing Isn't In ' ' " lake'p, lne (.usually,'' . .. Sally A;me (Iiankfdktr. lucky stars 'tliirt,,Jerr.v"couldn't"w:'licr faee. She dkln!t reply. "I low woulil yon llko jt ,lg? ,dd, a thing like IhatV Jerry nsiied. ' " j "lldw' would you Tllle It If 1 did?" fM countef-questloned Sally.. '"fl "That's a proposltlpn I . refuse to consider, because Jt' ineonceivnblt," vrepllpl Jerry In ii ' volce"',lie wldoin 'used, "Ily the way, dear, I, asked Captain IUako to lunch tomorrow Is It ajl right?" ' . Vis he a tall, dark ma'n Willi i" deep t-.-- - voice, Jerry?" Sally Anne's head was prl-iscd cloro to her husband's coat lapel, ''Why, yes," answered Jerry puzzled. puz-zled. ' "Then I think, Jerry, It's up to you to decide whethrr you want him or not." "I don't quite get jou, Snlly." Jer- . ry tried to lift the little head -from. .,,. his Mioulder hut didn't succeed. "I" want ylm to llko my captutn; lie's a mighty fine man." "I do," half laughed, half cried Sally. Sal-ly. "Oh. Jerry, you haven't an Idea how loiiCoOiue I was hero .without ,, you In that awful fog. And then when you didn't come lust nht ,1 ' (lionght you didn't care, and It twemed aa .though I should go mad without . ' . some one' to talk (o. And, Jcrry, hu-V talked a lot about his Uret llcnti nnnt --and Hint's you though, thorh I didn't stispect It at tho time; ro It wasn't so horrllfly, awfully, Inip'oa- ..11.1.. ..n....lA.iAl.l.. ...Inl.n.l .,'nt. l,9 OlUtJ, till, '.11 llUIIUIJ tlll,l.ll, I.M.3 .hi And ho danced wonderfully, Jerry ' and I love It so and you never iil!c -" ," inc." : "Sallyl'Are you trying to tell ine that yon were Ulako'a :falr unknown?"- , "Ves," replied Sully Anne,, bravely. "Can you ftirglvo me, Jerry this; first mid Inst time?" " '. "There's no room In uly heart for blaiue, dear; ltV toa. fill,of thankful-nes-i thAt ' it wits Hlnko's hands you fell Into. If some bounder hn'd Insults cd you I Rut It .would ,hnvo. boon my; ., fault for bringing, you here nnd theiij leaving you as I did. '"Guess I sort of, forgot you' weren't 'n soldier.' "'Oucs3s I .need some reconstructing, .dear, lij a husband." " . ( "nut how about having Captain make here, Jerry?" v . "ft- '.'Sure .well havo him. , Jlako. v iur.n-n big rami. Ills kind, would un;' derstand. He'll know you Just slipped! . '-.. on tho f6g.'" M |