The mountain Democrat., 1865-08-19

We eat, and noticed that several OF the
ladies we're glancing uneasily at ne.
couldn't divine the reason, until Jennie
my little friend from the boarding school
laid her face dangerously close 70 mine
and whispered Ny dear Maggie. your
dress is blowing up terribly high-yOuu
ankles will be town Ialk with the gentle
menl'
Nov I WAs conscious Of having q very
small foot Tor q man. and had dOnned {
pair Of open worked stockings which
came up nearly to my waist, with pail
vt CATERS borrowed from q servant girl
in I'll Of which tOggety tiny running gear
looked quite feminine and respectable
but the idea of the gentlemen talking
about my ankles, and Of being thus tOld
nv d Young lady, ~ho would haze beet
frightened 10 death il had told her thu
same thing yesterday, was too much fol
me. -burs, into q sort Of stranglcC
Laugh, which I coui,.. only check by swal
lowing half of my filaS-ree lace edgeC
handkerchief The young ladies ell lo"ked
at me in apparent Astonishmtnt ct SNHch
vnice, and | wanted to laugh All the more.
Fortunately, Mr.. Bimhy came to nv res.
cue at the moment and ed. ed himself in
among the crinoline.
May sit hrref he asked, pointing to
low stool near me.
Certainly Simpered in my high
lalsetto.
'Ah, thank YOU said Bimby; with a
lAckadaiSical air which nauSeatd d me. as
coming frOm'one man to another; you
are as kind a. you are fascinating T.
You flattrr mel
u! M. indeed praise Of you cannot
be 6atteTy, Miss Lee
'Oh, sir, really, you are q very naugh-
~ man, said in the most feminine tone
could command.
De cast languiShing glance at inc
through the black lace veil, and | fairly
began to fear for his feelings
We soon arrived at the grove, and
found our band engaged before hand
awaiting us. OF course dancing was the
first amusement. aud LAWYER Biu,by led
mr out for schOttische. 1t was hard at
first to take lady's part in the dance,
but | soon got accustomed to il. A waltz
was proposed, and resolved to have q
little amusement at the expense Of the
unfortunate Mr.. BimbI.
had first male him purpoSely jealous
by dancing with two other young fellows,
one Ot whom | knew in INV own charnc
ter. but who never suspected me as Mag
gle Lee. The yo1Ng man was a great
~Oman-killer-a sort Of easy devil may.
care rascal, who made the ladies run after
him, by bis alternate wrath Of action and
co"lncss 0f proteStation. / selected him
To play of my legal adnirer. allowed
him to bUId on me very closely, and oc-
casionally looked at him With q half fas.
cinating expression. When We stopped
dancing. he led me 10 my seat, keeping
his arm about my waist, and permitted
il.
Having thus stirred Bimby up to wrath.
ful frats Of valor, asked one Of the gentle
men to direct the musicians play waltz
BInlby came Immediately.
Ahem "A Miss Lee, shall have the
honor of--a--tryIng u waltz with your
! smiled gracious acquiesccnce, aud
we commenced.
Now, | am an old SiRger at waltzing.--
can keep up longer than. anv non.pro.
tesSiOnal dancer, nIAle or {, male, whom |
ever met. AS long as the Chacbuc or
Schoundncbrunnum rings in my ears,
can GO on il it is a year.
Not so Bimby. IIc PLEADED, want Of
practice, and said that he SO n got dizzy.
All, old hoy, thought !, IN give you
a turn, then !!
But | only smiled, and said that |
should probably get tired first
'Oh, yes ! he exclaimed. OF course !;
can waltz as long Ms any one lady, but
not more
For the first three minutes my cavalier
did well. Lie went smoothly and evenly,
but at the expiration of that time began
to grow warm. Five minutes elapsed,
and Bimby'S breath came harder and
harder. On he went however, and
scOrned to notice his slackcning up at
every round, when We passed my Seat.-
Aner some ten or twelve minutes, the
wretched man gasred out between his
steps.
'Ah, a-are you not-get getting
very tired
'Oh, no! | burst forth. as coolIy as il
we were riding around the room -'Oh,
no. feel as Il could dance all night
The look Of despair that he gave was
terrible TO see.
was bound to see him through, how
ever. and we kept at il. Bimby stagger.
ed and made wild steps in all directions.
His shirt collar wiltcd, eyes prOtruded,
his jaw hung down, and altogether, saw
ne could not hold out much longer.
This is delightful said !, .'and you,
Mr. Bimby, waltz SO easily
Puff uf-ruff-ah- -pnff-yes es-Oh-pu
very, puGf-deliehIGul,' he gasprd.
Don't you think it ought to 60 little
faster Y
'Ah, puff-pUfF-.I dOn't-ab. puff
don't know
So when We neaTed the musicians, !
said: ...'.. ....
'Faster.if you please faster, and they
played . h whiFlwind. .. ''-'''
Poor Bimby threw bis feet about like
4 fast PAGER. and reT0lved after the man.
ner Of q teetotum which was nearly run
down. At last he staggered = step back
wards. and spinning eccentrically away.
fiom me, pitched headlong in the midst
Of a, bevy Of young ladies ina corner i
turned round cOOlly,-, walked TO my seat
and sent The Young woman killer after .
glass of ice. water. .1,
The miserable lawyer recovered his
senses just in time to see NE thank bis
rival lor the water. ---.l -
got some idea from this Of the fun
Young ladies' have in tUrmenting us poor
devils Of the other seq. ~
At this juncturV. and before Mr.. Bimby
i1adl tsiisAes togpOEoRiss for bis accident,
litAe. Jennie came running into the pavii'
ion which served for cell room. As
shs-O Oasae Near. perceived her hsnds
alEfEAsl IlEElfl& lra kLah AnnA glaAA