The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-12-01

and dance together One Of the pa.
tronesses had even gone over 10 be-
friend them. but she had been out
rageously rehuffed. And yet nobody
suspected the willy Moggs or his friend
North
Except for this little incident, ey-
erything ran along smoothly at first.
There were waltzes and twosteps,
the ancient lancerS aud the newfan.
gled barn dance The latter came
near proving the undoing OF the two
maSu ceraders. for first OF all. North
WASH an adept M II. and then barn
dancing tends TO show the feet to
good advantage And such feeti Clad
IN saffron colored satin slippers, II was
miracle where Nine. Fnlcone had
been able 10 purchase such monsters.
They looked homogeneous amid the
dainty dancers. After one round OF
the room North grunted something to
Moggs, and the two returned to their
seats TO remain walfowers during the
rest of that number.
But their Waterloo was yet to come.
IN which everybody was expected to
take past This was to be the tinal
number for the evening. after which
refreshments were TO be served to the
dancers, SO Moggs pressed North's
hand. and North pressed Moggs hand
in n grip that snid, We must get
through this or we are lost" Two or
three figures passed Off successfully
and the young men were beginning to
hug themselves when final figure was
described Half OF the girls present
were to remove their right slippers and
deposit them in n general pile In the
center OF the room The other half
would then dance across the floor. play
football to secure slipper and finally
waltz with the girl whose foot the slip
per 1T And, "a luck would have II.
Moggs and his friend were among
those chosen 10 remove the right foot
gear
There was nothing left for them TO
do but comply with the choice. How
ever. North wanted to protest that he
had n sore foot and dare not remove
the slipper. but then Moggs objected
because there would be no excuse left
for him to give Moggs tleory was
thai misery liked company And mis-
cradle they surely were In the face 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 n
quick lab thrust their betrayers deep
into the pile Then they limped back
TO their seats and hid their feet he
meath the friendly skirts
The ensuing crash of music sounded
more like u dlrge TO the high strung
Moggs than like the tuneful air IL
really was. With light cry part of
the girls executed lively dive dance
Tor the slippers and were soon intent
on snatching out n pretty one. Several
times the young men saw their brogan
ish slippers tossed high In the air ns
though some damsel had refused to nc
cept the owner Of such clodhoppers for
partner. Finally only two young
ladies remained to pick slippers-un-
fortunate maldensl-and there were
only two slippers left TO be picked,
There was nothing else for the young
ladies' to do but rescue these, which
they did with bad grace. hesitating
and CHANGING suspiciously at them.
Fortunately the other girls were too
busy finding partners to notice their
dilemma.
Moggs saw that something must he
quickly done TO prevent a catastrophe.
He rushed over to the bewildered
young ladies', with North trailing along
behind.
Here" said Moggs In voice OF
anguish which he entirely forgot to
tone to femlnlnity, that's my slipper
I'll put II on"
"And the others mine." chimed in
North.
The young ladies' stared in amaze
ment at the claimants.
'"There, there" pleaded Moggs so0th.
ingly as he raised his foot IN q most
unladylike fashion to adjust the slip
per; don't say word"
They obeyed him. They didn't say
word: they just screamed. And that
scream reached the ears Of everybody