The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1867-11-27

my ankles, and .of, ,beibg cautioned thus
BY d yodng gill, who would have \been
frightened 70 death if \ had told her the
same thing yesterday, WAS toosp much for
me. I burst into d soft Of strangulated
laugh, ,owhicha Iolcoull D. only check by
swallowing hafiiofrshy little lifilagrea
lace-edged handkerchief . The ,yoAng
ladies all lOoked'at my apparent aston,
ishment at such a,voicsASnd Iwantedto
laugh alh the more. Fortunately Mr..
Bimby came to myrescue at the moment,
and edged himself iheamong the crino,
line.A Gs'G .GT aIcii au-sliui|
Lsit here 9p'he asked, pointing
to a low stool near me. 20. aI'pi Dssti T.
'"Certainly," l simpered, in my high
falettoUi -oi T'nil q aaH Ha'w
d"Ah, thank you,' said Bimby, with a
lack-a daisical air, which lnauseated, as
coming from one man to another, ,syou
are as kind as you are fascinating" al .
'"Yoh Aatter ms.p 5a t' Lrt 9f.
r5'1? NOindeed; praise of you cannot.
be fnttcry, Miss Lee" g. p.s:..
yI"Oh, sir, really you are very naugh.
ty man." I said in the most feminine
tone could command.
He cast a laughing glance at me
thrcugh the black lace veil, and l fairly
began tOfear for his feelings. ''"
We soon arrived at the grove, and
found our bapd-=bpgaged beforehand
waiting for us. of course dancing was
the first amusement, and lawyer Bimby
led me out for a. schottisOhe. It. was
hard, at first, for me to take lady's
part in my dancs, but ] soon got accus.
toned to it. When q waltz was proposed,
1 resolved toihave little amusement al
the expense of the unfortunate Bimby.
Ihad first made him purposely jealous,
by dancing with tive otheryoung fellows,
one of whom / knew in myrown charac.
ter, but who never suspected me as Mag.
Igie Lee! This young man, who1was q
great woman-killer--a sort Of a devil may.
care rascal, who made the ladies' run az
ter him, by bis alternate warmth of &c.
ton, and coolness of protestation--I Sc
lected to playioff against my legal admi.
rer. i allowed him to- hold me closely,
and occasionally look at him with half
facinating expression When we stopped
ancipe, he load,me to my scat, keeping
his arm about my waist, and / permitted
lit. d5.r-o oa at .tpg,r 6-.n na.,
Having thus stirred Bimby up to feats
of wrathful valor, | asked one of the gen.
tlemen to direct one Of the musicians to
play q waltz, Bhlby came Immediately.
"Ahem-a-Miss Lee, shall Ia
have the honor of-a-trying q waltz
with your" &C. ..-'' ="
l smiled acquiescence and we com.
menced. "I'' ~. +
| Now am an old stager at waltzing.
! can keep up longer than any non. pro.
fessional dancer, male or female, whom
ever met. As long as the Cachucha OF
Schounebrune ring in my ears, / can &C
on, fifth for q year, gCA W'-'M
Not so Bimby. He plead want of prac
tice, aud acknowledged that ho soon goy
dizzy. ~ . l." '''' - q A. >'"i'
Aha, old boy, thought l, I'll give yor
: turn, then.
But only smiled. and said that
should probably get tired, first.
'a'Qh yes" he exclaimed, "of course ]
can waltz as long as any one lady, bul
{ 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 wsrmy Five minutes elapsed
and BimbYs breath came harder Sant
harder. On he went, however. and
scorned to notice his Stacking up at everJ
round, when we passed my seat Attel
J some twelve minutes the wretched man
gasped out between his steps: y Il
"Ah, a-are you not-get-get-get
ting tired, Miss Lee ?"
r "0h, no !" IIburst forth as coolly as i
We were riding round the room. "0h
! no, | feel as if | could waltz all night"
! The look Of despair that hp gave mt
rwasterriblc TO ,see, "a - 90.
l was bound to see him through, how
ever, and we kept at it. Bimby stagger
ed and madoqyild steps in all directions
His shirt collar wilted, bis eyes ,protru
ed, his jaw hung down, and altogether
I saw he could. not hold out much longer.
"This is delightful" l said composed
y, "ahd you, Mr.. Bimby, waltz so easi
lyHI.y3 aNihGlaAt gTH2g
"Puf-puFT Tah-p U Fly e,s-oh-
puff !yefy-7tPA n y q fif-deS;l ;llghfdB" gaspO'
he. ,''F' P1 '''. 81, ''N.,' "'
lln"D6a't 7, sSt think itiaasht % 60 Ifai
. thgtsr'TdoFsi odV IlG iiDs0i Hni Scn Heo
5b heaysavsfaihan ,l ls nav ~
|, ,Hr4lhI1pqad7pssff4 daaFlApHSH
So, when we hcared the musicians,
said, "Faster, if you please-fastert" auI
the played 4Va &hAwiGdH
Poor Bimby threw his feet ABOUT iik
! "a FAST paSeT andsfevolved 9ftfrst The man
neF Of teStotum which was hearly y-fu
! downs At last oha shggeredTastep back
wards, and spihhidg eccentrically ava
! from, me, pitched heqdlopg, into themids
J, of b Small bovy Of indies IN d cofher,
!, turned around Cooiiy walked 10 my seal
J, and sent tho young wOmaR.kiltor for
glass Of iceiwdsr. bnB iGrujigefryA
:. Tho miserable lawyer recovered hi
senses Slp justs in time to see me thank, h
rival for the water
y lI6I got some idea from this ofRthe fu
d ,he ladies find in tormehting US poor dOv
h ils 0f the ,StRer sex, az led'F ypYs
'ft.3,@9 At this junctprc, and before MI, Bin
n bv,had time to apoloqixo for his. acoI