Show DAYS everix evea Eve mix 18 riby tale adle MARY BOWER I 1 TH THE E VAPOR LADY the twins latitude and longitude had come right out of the book and had been talking to david we must be attending III to business 11 k III now its ita no DO 11 small job to keep 11 the earth measured and to tell jill III jjr 1 I ships just where 1 they are in the jill I 1 I 1 great oceans if qi 11 forgive us tf it ill 1 11 v wt we boast a little weve got into the way of standing C 1 up for or ourselves because to go many boys and g girls I 1 r I 1 s too find end us ns hard tf to know an odd looking goodby good by david person well be all over but 9 nell ell be too busy to talk we wish you the best of luck take care of your yourselves seles david said eald it was a polite espre expression assion he had often heard beard and he thought it was a nice one to use at this time they were olt off in the same quick way in which they had gone off before and david was alone but not for long there was an odd looking person coming toward him some one lie he had not seen before the person was dressed in a very indistinct kind of a costume da david daid id looked as hard as be could but it seemed as though the person were hidden by a heavy mist that had bad come up tip I irom from the thickness of the mitt mist caroe came a voice hello david hello david answered there was such a mist norf no rf 4 over everything that david hardly knew where he was he wondered if the map had really come to life ile ie fancied it must have because he had seen the twins tins longitude and latitude and they never looked like this except la in the living map who are you he asked after a moment it was e to bo be speaking to some one he could I 1 not see any better than this my imy name Is vapor the person answered 1 I cant tell you what a buy busy day ive been having well tor for that matter most of my days are busy 1 yes agreed david ue he really did not know what else to say 1 I 1 cant see you very well vapor continued but I 1 hear youre a nice enough looking boy nothing wonderful but all right yes david agreed again ne ile supposed that was about the way in which he should be described of course you expect compliments ments from me no I 1 say so david answered ill tell you why vapor continued you see bee I 1 put a damper on things I 1 even do it with myself I 1 dont mean any harm by it it its just my way but I 1 do my moist work and I 1 like it I 1 I 1 must say ay I 1 cant understand it these b e s e creatures whore all tor for sunshine D dear e a r me cne such a shriveled person aas as id be if I 1 keep my costume you know my favorites in all tills this world are the seas T they h e y give me the most help in keeping up my supply of vapory self which I 1 make into rain lor for those aho who vho are inland Y you 0 U know I 1 suppose that wind and I 1 do this 1 I know win wind d my favorites the air pilot david are ara the seas vi I 1 said so you do so you do well wind brings clouds from froin over the sea to make rain rail and these clouds a and U IVO water ter and mist make up my vapory self just as youre ninde of a head bond and a body and lags and arms im nude made up of ralli rain from the sen sea and mist and the ufa life energy of the wind td id like to hive hane it my iny way wore more than I 1 do but the high lands wont let me inc no questioned david dald no those hugli lands are awfully set in their ways waya arid and would you believe lieve it the gentle valley ladles help them hum there Is a lot of stubborn de aetis about gentle gente creatures oh yes agreed dald 1 I know some one in school like that tool and vapor laughed |