Show BAID IND OF or THE MIST by L LUCRETIA LOWS I 1 er by nd lesa 0 06 1 ky I 1 lenore was making peed speed crouch ing in low to avoid the bran cherf that overhung the river she he was wits it airey dis ging br pa addle into the water and jerking it WIN swiftly y bacic back tor for the next arrole an ali alder stretched out its iti greeh finders and matched at the net which confined the 4 gold ca c U wonderful O hair th taj ducr jer dl did 0 than ban tear the clumsy net ft loose loosened ped the pin pins and let the soft wandi wae of hair fall free about the girl I 1 js hohf dem tossing her head bead lanore eppa on the canoe leaped ca if ty up the river lenore i was as in a vicious mi ml oj ol less than an hour before she had haj returned tolba to donor a perfectly good solitaire alre diar wix kt in platinum nun she had neer ne er supposed that bob v mould let her break the elpa ement lut he I 1 ad and bad had even glad to be rid of her the quarrel had been silly enough it jig 0 over er the matter of decorating the canom that together t wy ley had planned to enter tor for the boot bout club regatta that night lenore had bad insisted upon pink lights in crepe pac patr rosebuds and boy had wanted p blue tar latan mist elzett with lenore at the stem as maid at of the mist lenore had her foot in fury as bob shoved no inclination to beld yield to tier ber alec in jbv th next moment she he bad had flung his ring I 1 ack ut at him and her engagement ga waa as broken she had floun flounced ceo down don to the pier jumped ant the lanthe and paddled away in it ma u and now several miles from the boat club lenore wae was angry she struck at a muskrat rous krat aa as he leaped from the bank she tried to knock a turtle a snag with her paddle then an galead fallu d her a to land alway always a of impulse she rn a the canoe and jumped out but her white kid upper slipper caught in the mire 1 bind stuck faar poising 13 i one foot lenore de do bated or not to retrieve iad ih ecta and petulantly decided to abandon it tor for the present she hopped to the top of a little knoll and sudden lylo eing her balance ba lonce sat down I yn on tile grassy inclan 1 over and 1 lying out at full il length face down he ahe began to cry long she e wept until wearied to exhaustion ha the he caught her breath in great irregular gasps sighed many time times and fell asleep little b little the river teased tensed at t the he grounded canoe and finally drew it completely OLT from the shore it was A as the empty canoe that hob met SU dh his uny up tho th rier tini after beaching e the empty canoe bob bobs s first impulse was A as to lem leave P I 1 enore to own devices blie had surprised ed him with her fit of anger and he lie bad had not le I 1 this blazingly angry emazon alth the e loving arid 1 lovable he had pictured her but ill strength me of a kind of 0 I 1 abit of do ing n hinge things for lenore 1 anore made him deluc tantie decide to go to I 1 er lesime bob od not hurry burry he lie dawdled almonr ons exerting blui stif just enough to maket slow w want uie the cur rent unlit be 11 came ns to the island d here benote slept lip H diw w traces of the kiel el of the lanthe ond recognized with 6 quick thrill the chite bite slipper in the nl y through I the th pa in the buhs he saw lenore elet ping peace full on alp knoll with her lonely 1041 hair h pread spread about her As bob db watched her lip forgot the tle petty quarrel nu arrel the angry depar departures ie lie foigne fo hi hla and S his ul dmn sudden ang 8 rl r and he knew uen men a ai he lie had never neier known before chivi much MIA girl 11 meant t him 1 and to big abole life on the opposite side of the narrow Is land 1 he moored his canoe and acted wata ai ted when ih the full allow ellow daood noon liomel byor the black ch wall of pines pa levere rc alwia her eyes the events of the she spring to K hadr r fetto and la in the deml darkness fear fc ed over r to pick her shoe out f the aud ud then she uttered a sharr w her iter canoe vlas aa not there toll and slid slender in the tight of the moon lenore stood irresolutely on the s ca ate edn of the island the mier en shrouded hor figure and amed catch and halil the moonlight in a hazy aam around the glory of her flowing j toller adger r waa j gone she aps alth a deep de regret that at abe he had eo so foolishly with bh ieh ably ab bp b P mas now at a the regatta with wi out her some other girl via ivi ci abe he 1 S in 1 his ha NM blue fao mist ut I 1 maid of the chilov she cried bud with a mob at la 14 end ah bob if yeu latre re only ahre to see eee me you sl boull know that I 1 am your r mald S of tr le min fare you my bob stepped put ha of the and clasped her in his A are you and ill 1 you be my ou dear mist abo maid of 1181 the mist did not enter t tim regatta sed for U after the prize were awarded a malt and a girl in an canoe slipped da in the darkness to the boat club and al chouch for a moment they looked down at gay canoes on tho river they AW saw only the 11 ht in each others eyes 0 |