The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-16
FIERCE COUNTY, WISCONSIN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 49, 1857

1t. When waltz was proposed, resoly
ed to have little amusement at the ex
pense Of the unfortunate Bimby.
| had at first made him purposely zeal
Gus, by dancing with two other young
fellows, one Of whom knew in my owl
character, but who never suspected me al
Maggie Lee. This young man, who was
great woman-killer-a sort of easy, dey
l-may care rascal, who made the ladies
run after him by his alternate wrath O
action and GOODNESS Of protestation-I Sc
lected to play off against my legal admi
rer. | allowed him to hold me very
closely, and occasionally looked at him
with half fascinating expression. When
we stopped dancing, he led me to my
scat still keeping his arm around my
waist, and permitted it.
Having thus stirred Bimby up to feats
Of wrathfill valor, l asked one of the gen
tlemen to direct the musicians to play a
waltz. Bimby came Immediately.
"Ahem, Miss Lee-shall Ia have
the honor of-a-trying a = waltz
with you!''
| smiled n graceful aequiescence, and
the waltz commenced.
Now, / am an old stager at Waiting.
| can keep it up longer than any non-pro-
fessional dancer, male or female, whom l
ever met. As long as the Cachuca or
the Schounebrunnen ring in my ears, l
can 90 on if it is for year.
Not so Bimby. He plead want of
practice, and acknowledged that he soon
got dizzy.
"Aha, old boyr' thought I, ''I'll give
you q turn then"
But only smiled, and said that l
should probably get tired first.
ooh, yes!' he exclaimed, "of course !
can waltz as long as any one lady, but not
much more
For the first three minutes my cavalier
did well. He went smoothly and evenly,
but at the expiration Of that time began
to grow warm. Five minutes elapsed and
Bimby's breath became harder and hard
er. On we vert, however, and / scorned
to notice his slackening up at every round
when we passed a seat. After some ten
or twelve minutes the wretched man
gasped between his steps
I" All, a-are you-not getting d
tired n.
'.Oh, no." I burst forth as coolly as if
we had been riding about the room =
oh, no! | feel as if could waltz all night
long"
The look of despair that he gave was
terrible to see.
| was bound to see him through, how
ever, and we kept at it. Bimby staggered,
and made wild steps in all direclions.-
His shirt collar wilted, his eyes protruded,
his jaw hung down, and, altogether l saw
he could not hold ont much longer.
This is delightful" said composedly,
-''and you, Mr. Bimby. waltz so easily"
"Putf-puf-ah, puf-yes, oh-puf,
very delightful" gasped he.
Don't you think it ought to 60 little
faster?"
He rolled his eyes heavenward in ago
ny.
"Ah-puf-1 dot ah-puff = don't
know"
SO, when we neared the musicians, ]
said
"Faster if you please, faster" and
they played la whirlwind.
Poor Bimby threw his feet about Ike
a fast PAGER, and revolved after the man
ner of q teetotnm which was nearly rur
down At last he staggered step back
wards and spinning eecentrically away
from me, pitched headlong into the mids
of a small bevy of ladies in a corner.
1 turned coolly around, and walking tc
my seat sent the young woman-killer TO
a glass Of ice-water.
The miserable lawyer recovered hi
senses Just in time to see me thank his II
val for the water.
/ got some idea from this of the flu,
ladies take in tormenting us poor devils Q
the other sex.
At this juncture, and before Mr. Bimb..
had time to apologize for his accident, lit
tie Jennie came running into the pavilion
, which served ball room. AS she cam
near, / perceived that her hands wer
, tightly clutehed in her dress, and pos
lively shuddered as she whispered to me-
40 Maggie! come and help me Tx m
/ skirts. They are all coming down."
What should [ doc I was in agony
8 A cold perspiration broke out upon m
] forehead. l wished myself thousan
] miles away, and 'nwsrdly anathematize