Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-10-30
VACATION IN FOG.

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Of not caring who knew it, and Riggs
said to him: "What, back from your
vacation SO soon? A little earlier than
you expected, isn't it?'
eyes, am back earlier than l ex-
pected," Biggs answered, "and don't
want you to ask me what came back
for either. y
"Well, ! won ask you" said Riggs
soothingly. "What is it to me?"
IT came back to get warm" said
Biggs, "if you must know" ("
II don't want to know, said Riggs.
'sIsn't it enough" said Biggs, "to
have everybody, from the proprietor of
my hotel to the elevator man here i'll
the building, worrying me about what
I came back for?'
'It seems as if it ought to be enough, +"
said Riggs.
But it appeared that Biggs really
wanted to tell, and as soon as the two
started for luncheon together he began
of his own accord. II always said, " he
began, THAT New York was the best
place to be in the summer. 1t may be
pretty hot sometimes, but New York is
better prepared to stand hot weather
than any other city in the world. And
so with Manhattan Beach and Long
Branch and the highlands close at
hand. always thought that the bother
of going far for vacation was more
than it was worth, and l seldom went.
But this year my cousin Polly wrote to
me how lonely it was down on the
coast of New England where she il
staying, with 20 girls in the hotel to one
man, and how much she wanted me to
come down, and finally Fwent down.
II don't know what I wanted to GO
for It wasn't uncomfortable here. The
night I got there I nearly froze to death
sitting on the piazza. Polly said the
wind was little fresh, even for that
place, but I ought to have been there
the week before, when the storm was
and when they all went out with their
winter clothes and rubber boots Oh to
see the waves, and the fishermen said
there hadn't been anything like it be-
fore since 1878 But the wind was
blowing 35 miles an hour right then,
and that was enough for me.
"The next morning put on fresh,
clean outing suit, just as if l had ex-
pected summer weather. 1t was beau.
tiful suit that / bought OH purpose to
wear down there, and Polly said she
was proud of me, though she was lit.
tie afraid might get pneumonia. Evi.
IDENTIFY she was proud Of me, or Of the
suit, or something, for all that day she
just took me around and showed me to
the other girls. didn't know another
soul in the place, SO she had me all to
herself, and it really was worth some
thing to see how happy she was when
she looked at the other girls.
"You'll die Of modesty some time, "
said Riggs. "You ought to do some
thing for it.
1T wasn't altogether SO easy show
ing me to the other girls either, Biggs
went on, for the fog was thick enough
all that day to boil potatoes in, only
the air didn't suggest boiling at all.
But Polly said that this weather was
unusual. She had been here two sum-
mers before, and sometimes it was al
most warm. She thought that SO much
cold was sure sign that it was going
to be warm soon. 1t was foggy all the
next day, too, and for that night q
moonlight sail was announced. They
called it sail, though it was to be on q
steamboat. When I saw the advertise
ments and saw the fog, l was inclined
to make light of it, but I soon found
that it was serious matter, for it ap-
peared that they were going to have it
regardless Of the weather, and Polly
was bent on going and OH taking me
with her.
II told her would much rather sit
OH the piazza with her alone and talk
about the days when we used to make
mud pies together, or some other pleas
ant subject She said that the disparity
in our ages was too great for us ever to
have made mud pies together, and she
didn't remember anything about it, but
it was not too great for us to go on q
moonlight sail together. I spoke about
the fog, and she said that it was likely
to clear up any minute
II remember that the last time I had
seen the moon, before left New York.
it was past the full. I looked the mat
ter up and found that it would not rise
that night till after 10 O'Clock. Polly
said that the party would probably stay
out q good deal later than that SO ii
would be all right, and anyway a moon
was Of no great consequence ON moon
tight sail found at last that she
simply regarded that moonlight sail
as an especially convenient occasion
to dangle me before the other girls
some more It appears that where
there ore lot Of girls on . moonlight
sail men are regarded as uncommonly
desirable Ididn't know anything about