The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-08-21

! Liko al nIpAJ nail
nllea with servants and men dressed in
! hallVc costume. One advanced and
showed them INTO an inner room whence
came snatches OF mucic. Some twenty
men were sitting about. One-a fat ola
| Iurk-rosc and salaamed cercmoniousIv
10 the two strangers, ana waved them f.
seats In the upper end Of the room.
wei, what do you think now of ye1,r
sailor cafe: BE magnanimous and &C.
know Wedge you were all IN the wrong"
Aruur looked round and said, II do
not quite understand il, | confess: per
maps 1t IS kind Of club house,
Soon the Ghawazee girls entered. One
came forward and kissed Bells hand.
Such girl A small oval face, in
which you saw only the mouth and ewes.
lhe mouth was tuli and still-she smiled
at YOU without moving her lips. Sleepy
eyes with heavy, dropping lids. Her 1ig-
ure was llthc yet tull; she was dressed in
some thick white stuff, which reached to
me ground but one would hardly notice
her dress 50 hidden was it under
the food of golden sequins which flashed
and gIlttered IN her halr, sparklod on
her breast, weighed down the delicate
wrists and hung far below the supple
waist wild, lawless use of gold, mere
gold, for lts own sake, in its slmples.
form. The other girls were her infer
lors both in dress and appearance. The
music began with slow and monoton-
Gus movement. At first the girl stood
perfectly still. her eyes fixed on the
ground, her arms hanging loosely by her
SIDE. Then the rhyme grew hurried
The Ghawazee,s face quiyered, her whole
body shook and vihrated convulsiyely,
as though she felt the music thrill
through every fiber.
She lifted her head, smiled slowly -
herself and slowly began to dance At
airst she advanced and recedcd, now
sliding over the floor with long gliding
steps, now bending backwards and quiv-
ering all over with intense contraction
Of the muscles now floating about the
room with no apparent effort or yoli-
ton than there is in an overhown
flower bending III the wind. There
IS something wonderfully mag
netie in Arabian music. At first ii sounds
barbaric and shrill, but finally affects the
nerves will wild and almost savage
eyultation. Al las. tie girt paused be-
fore Bell not 8 trace Of fatigue, only
deeper abandon ii her smile and more
liquid lovelight in ae sleepy, heavy-lid-
ded eyes. She seemed very Danai,
langsld with pleasure glitterins IN her
splendid hablllments Of gold The mu
sic elashed louder, rose higher as she
paused then dled away in long, slow,
quiverng vail which thrilled through
Bells nerves with something like actual
pain.
She drew long breath Of Iehet and
excitement, then turned in
quiringly to her companion whose pres
ence she had forgotten for tie last half
hour. His face appeared stern and IN
sympathetic. Bell turned away with a
pettIsh sigh. What a bore il is that be
will not forget the improperly to remem
Der the pleasure Tor once she thought
looking SO cross is not 60
ing to prevent my having come here.
In few moments Livingstone pro
posed leaving ana on endeavorlng to pay
for their coffee found that they were II
no cafe, but the home OF the governor ot
the Province. That il was iesta what
we call tete-ot his daughters marriage.
When they were once more out doors
Belle bus. into an almost hysterical ii
ei laughter.
Was itnot an absurd mistaketo she
said
Very = replied Her companion.
Wasn't the whole affair interesting Il
am 50 glad went
No answer,
II am afraid il IS very late.
Twenty minutes 70 eleven sa4d
Livingstone.
What will papa say There IS our
dahabiall good night. | only wish We,
with all our friends, could again see the
Ghawazee girls dance.