Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-04-01

J, "May, ! sit here'" he asked, poin
ting to a low. stool near me-.
i. sCertainly," ] simpered in my ial
setto.
"Ah thank you" said Bimby-
with a lackadaisical mir which nausea
tied me, as comipg from one man t,
Ianother-"you are as kind as you ar,
fascinating" m =
"You llatter mel"
4 81? No indeed, praise Of you can
not be aattery, Miss ice"
+ sOh. sir, really you ale yer,
naughty man." ! said, in the mos
feminine tone ] could command.
/ lie cast a languishing glance at mt
through the blpek veil, aud | fairly
began to fear for bis feelings,
| We soon arrived at the grove, and
found our band engaged beforehand
--awaiting us. OF course dancing
was the first amusement, and lawyer
Bimby led me out for schottishe.-- =
| 1t was hard, Mt first to take the lady's
part in, the dance, but soon got ac-
customed to it, When a waltz was
proposed, resolved to have some lit
tie amusement al The expense of Bim-
by,
Ihad first m ,de him purposely jeal-
Gus, BY dancing with two other young
fellows, one Of whom ] knew in my
own character, but who never suspect
ed me as. Maggie Lee. This young
man was a great woman killer "a sort
Of easy, de,i-may-care sort of ras.
cal, who made the ladies run after
him, by his alternate warmth Of ao-
ton and GOODNESS Of protestation-l
selected to "ploy orr against my le-
gal admirer. allowed him to hold
me very closely, and occasionally
looked at him with a Notwithstanding
expression. WheN we stopped dan
Icing lie led me to my seat, keeping
bisarm around my waist, and per-
mitted it.
Having thus stirred Bimby up to
ieats Of wrathfnl valor, ] asked ono
of the gentlemen to direct the mu-
siJians to play a waltz. Bimby came
Immediately.
"Ahem = a Miss Lee, shall La
have the honor Of trying waltz with
,you2"
] smiled a gracious acceptanceSnd
we commenced.
Now am an old stager at waltzing.
! can keep it up longer than any
non-proftssional dancer, male or ie-
male, whom / ever met. As long as
the Cachuca or Shounebrumen, ring
in my ears can 60 on, if it is for a
year. su
Not so with Bimby, He plead
want Of practice, and acknowledged
that be soon got dizzy. a
'"Aha, old boy thought !, "l'll
give you a turn then.
But ! only smiled and said that !
should get tired first.
"0h, yes!" he exclaimed, Il can
waltz as long as any one lady can,
but not much more Il 88
For the first three minutes my
cavalier did well. He went smooth
ly and evenly, hut at the expiration
of that time he began to grow warm.
Five minutes elapsed, and Bimby s
breath came harder. On we went,
however, and | scoIned to notice his
Stacking up at every round when he
neared any seat After some ten or
twelve minutes had elapsed the
wetched man gasped out between
his steps: W 80
"Ah, a--are you not--get--get-
ting tired2" h bas ga
a.0h MOI" ] sa;d, as coelly asif We
were riding round the roon,---"Oh
no, / feel as if could waltz all night.'
The look of despair that be gave
WIS terrible to see. 3' aA al
Twas bound to see him through,
however, and we kept at it. Bimby
staggered and made wide steps IN all
directions. His shirt collar wilted,
hiseyes potfuded, his Jaw hung down,
and altogether, saw he could not
hold out much longer. 9
a@This Is delightful" I said CON-
posedly; "and you, Mr.. Bimby, waltz
so easily"
sPuif-puff ah puff yes very
puff, delightful gasped he.
Don't you think It ought to go
faster?p
He rolled bis eyes heavenwafd in
agony.