The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1860-10-25

i NV the young LADIES' were the eha1Aesl
ones y deceive. For instance, the,e was
ono anbng them, a beautiful girl of sew
Eenteen,N just returned from boarding
school, Who had not seen Maggie Lee fol
three ye8s. OF course she was delighted
with me when she found out that I was
Maggie, wl&h, by the way, did not occur
until we had sarted. She threw herself
into my arms, Aplled my veil aside, and
kissed me half adozen times, in a man
ner that made aAfnger ends tingle for
half an hour, Il Sas all very nice; but
1 fl had been prgfn persona I should
Ehave liked it betteA AS it was, I felt as
though I was 4obsiming goods under
false colors,' and Tat Lawyer Binlby
might issue warranAfor my arrest on
that ground at any moasnt.
a whole knot of eriAline then sur
rounded mo on the uppa deck of the
boat; to the utter exclusion and consc-
qucnt disgust of Mr.. BimbA and other
gentlemen. 5
The river breeze was very fssh where
we nat, and I noticed that scveel of the
ladies were glancing uneasily A me. l
couldn't divine the reason until scnllic
my little. friend from boarding shool,
Laid her face dangerously close toAline
and whispered:
aAIy dear Maggie, your dress is blw
ing UP terribly higll-your ancles wilbc
|the town talk with tho. gentlemen
Now l was conscious Of having a ven
small foot for a man, and had donned
pair Of openwork stockings which came
nearly to my waist, with a parrot gait
ers borrowed from the servant girl, in al
of which toggcry my running gear look
ing quite respectable; but the idea o
gentlemen talking about my ancles anc
of being glcautioncd thus by young girl
who wohld have been frightened to death
if had told her the same thing yestcr
day, was too much for me, and l burst in
to o sortof strangled laugh, which Icculd
only check by swallowing half of my
filigrcc Andkcrchicf: The young ladies
looked atme in apparent astonislmcnt
and j. waited to laugh all the more. For
tunatelyalr. Bimby came to my rescue
at the omcnt, and edged himself il
among thI crinolinc.
':May Fit here?' he asked pointing to
a low stoo near me.
aCertaiIIy," / simpcrcd in my high
falsctto.
s;Ah, th@k you," said Bimby-with a
lackadasidl air, which nauseated me as
coming frd man to another" you are
kind us yoI arc fascinating"
ssYou fal me-"
81? no iileed, praise Of you cannot be
fattery, MIS- Lee"
aAh, sir, +ou arc very naughtySg ;,aid
I, in the mdt fcnli,,inc tone I could Gem
mand.
lie cast a.nguisl,ing glance atmc, and
I fairly begA to feel for his feelings.
We soon arrived at the grove, and
found our snd-cngagcd beforehand
awaiting us. OF course dancing was the
first amusclnlt, and Lawyer Bimby led
me out for sjschottische. 1t was hard
but soon g accustomed to it. When
waltz was ioposcd, / resolved to have
little amusacnt at the expense Of the
unfortunate. 1mby.
!, Ihad first ladc him properly jealous
by dancing Eth two orithrcc young fcl.
( lows, one Of vhom l lQlew in my own
character, btwho never suspected me as
Maggie Lee. This yong man is a great
: woman-killel Ia sort q easy, devil-may-
!, care rascal, yho made he ladies run after
him by his Alternate Warmth of action
: and coolness f prosecuon; him 1 sclec.
ted to play of against y legal admirer
!. / allowed him to hold e very closely,
:! and occasionally looked dat him with a
half fascinating cxprespn When we
!, stopped dancing he lcdho to my seat,
: keeping his arm tightly n nd my waist,
4 and 1 permitted it. Havis thus stirred
: Bimby unto fsats of wrhful valor,
y asked one of tho gcntlcmcAo 10 direct the
9 musicians to play waltz Bimby came
u Immediately.
n aAhem-a-Niss Lee, sla 1 have the
: honor of-a-trying a walt4ith you p
) I smiled gracious acqgcence, and
e we commenced. Now, ami old stagor
e at waltzing; I can keepit vi Bngcr than