The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-11-29

sponsibIe for this new rivalry which
had suddenly sprung up between the
two sexes. They had impudently Civ
en- n stag party on Halloween, ana
now the girls were determined to even
up matters.
with the arrival of the musicians all
was in readiness to start the freeze
out. Sedate patronesses were scatter
ed about the spacious bathrooms rep
resentative gathering OF the female
residents of the heights-and when the
first strains OF the orchestra foated
through the fernery that hid the mu-
sicians these Joined I'm the dance with
their charges. There were girls In
satin, girls in lingerie, girls in chiffon
and girls in foulard. Such Brilliant
intermineling ofce6IoFs SEaS never be-
fore seen. There was not a single man
in his gloomy evening clothes to spoil
the spectrum.
But for all their care to exclude the
men the dancers little realized that
there were two within their vely midst!
True, nobody could account for the
two strangers. who had appeared sud
denly at the door -hnd fiRunted cards
OF admission before the eyes Of the
doorman. but In the ensuingi hurry
and hustle they hid been temporarily
forgotten. Garishly. almost ludtcrous-
IL, dressed, the two had later ap-
npnred in the ballroom to sit together
and dance together. One OF the pa
tronesses had even gone over to be-
friend them, but she had been out
rageousIy rebufted. And yet nobody
suspected the willy MoGSs or his friend
North.
Except for this little incident ev-
erything ran along smoothly Mt first.
There were waltZes and twostepS.
the ancient Iancers and the newfan-
Uled barn dance. The latter came
near proving the undoing OF the two
masaueraders, for. first OF all. North
wasn't an adept at it. and then barn
dancing tends to show the feet to
good advantage. And such feet! Clad
in saffron colored satin slippers. It was
a miracle where Mime. Falcone nau
been able to purchase such monsters
They looked incongruous amid cne
dainty dancers. After one round OF
the room North grunted something to
Moggs, and the two returned to their
seats to remain walIioEers during the
rest OF that number.
But their Waterloo was yet to come
Figures" were presently announced
in which everybody was expected to
take part. This was to be the hnaI
number for the evening. nfter which
refreshments were to be served to the
dancers, so NIoggs pressed North 8
hand, and North pressed MOggs' hand
in n grip that said, I'VE must gee
through this or we are lost" Two or
three figures passed or successfully
and the young men were beginning to
hug themselves when n tinal figure was
described. Half OF the girls present
were to remove their right slippers ana
deposit them in n general pile IN the
center OF the room. The other 'hnlt
would then dance across the door, play
football to secure a slipper and finally
waltz with the girl whose foot the slip
per at And, as luck would have H.
AfoCgsy and his friend were among
those chosen TO remove the right loot
genr.
There was nothing left for them 60
do but comply with the choice. How
ever, North wanted 60 protest that he
had n sore foot and dare not remove
the slipper. but then Moggs objected
because there would be no excuse LETT
for him to give. MOgGs' theory was
that misery liked company. And mis-
crableathey surely we're In the race OF
probable discovery; but. accepting their
fate, they stepped quickly to the MID
die of the room, where the slippers
were rapidly accommodating, and with
Quick lab thrust their betrayeEs deep
into the pile. Then they hmped back