The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-04-03


disgrace. Red Lmir, ia those .dsaYs was
considered b eala !, + and tbs fact o.
possessing itinadde ts painfully selfscon-
soious the first few moments We were in
the drawing room. Z can remember on
one occasion the shiver with which ]
heard lady say tunurI hostessss mamma;
1Oh, Those chill en- Wit be red fi1air
are the little - aren' i theyp Dear
ne Perhaps fhe & dear lie dijd not
mean what I fancied it did, but It struck
Ike damp CHI - upon ny JOY that after
noon. Ii. 81. RI
|sSa g always played games as ! soon as
the party was assembled, the first being,
as g rule, Oats, peas, beans" a game
the ne words W Of which ] always supposed,
and SO i am sure did many another in
our street were but; one word 4. Oats
biesb eens, and as this was followed by
And barley grows s}5
Y here YOU nor nor nobody knows, II !
grew to be q great girl before 1 gave ave
up the idea that aoatsbiesbeensn was a
curious vegetable, hard to And, but
|:still own product of the, land lived
IN. Wenexts had !" Pillows and keys
and then Little, Sally W Eaters, and
with intervals of II conversation Il and
oking ct the stereoscope, etc, this
led to supp er-time, when march was
always played on the piano.
|a6 We not onl y marched solemnly to the
around and around the table twice Or
thrice before taking our places. Do
lsthe little girls I$ know now like hot
biscuits and preserves, and twafaes,
and cold chicken, and turkey, and fried
oysters, wonde at their parties?
We did, I know, and this repast, hole-
some in kind and bon ifuI in supply,
was always provided \ for MS about six
O'clock. Then NE returned / tot the
parlor for more tgames and dancing.
There were always q great many boys
who didn't want 10 dance, and some who
didn't know how he former were art
fully coaxed and the lat er given into
the hands Of some tile girl who knew
enough to pilot them tthrongl ls the Ian
sciers, or what was sal waYB known as the
aquadrille = Then We danced the Es-
meralda, and then the Yarso uyiienne and
the Danish dance, and ,tl1on the schot-
tische and the polka. 3.
Nobody kneM how to waltz then. The
girls danced with each other, or with
the boys, Just as il; opened and I con
soy every dance was enjoyed, 81 from the
first step to. the last. In Che 81 anloiers,
how we enjoyed the narcTiing figure
The old fash Toned music oneneyer hears
now was always played for the Lanciiers
then everywhere, and the strain which
opened that figure used TO seem to us us
the most beautiful Of hermonies. In
the quadrille u think We liked best; the
visiting figure, where one always gave
the left hand to the right Of her part
ner. There was o curious fascination
about the little tWiirI We took ii return
ing to onr own places. " +
"a boy named Towsey in our street al
ways did that SO nicely that We all want
ed to dance as lis visa -yis, / and one
time he said .ss So: Here, Il think its
real mean Of you girls to make such a
fuss about that, z and y for month at
least we were all horribly ashamed.i
We felt as if Towsey must think ii. u.s. 30 q
rude and forward; and it was no com,
fort even when Katie NJ -;---- said one
day Well, Idon't see as Towsey,s
snch dreadful iiimp 4 anyway, Z Z
though it did clear the arr III a little to
have such an opinion bo1d1 expressed.
IA We always n had / one 81, two sitting
down game Stage Coachp and !" Go
ing to Jerusale y being ,rlnfailingly
popular with the boys, while & Postof;
sfcesn was better liked by the girls. AZ
some houses they had magic
lanterns, and our FL lest other always
came down 1T our house and did tricks,
but q think we liked the ordinary rou-
tine Of games and dances best !;
AT nine oclock we again went down
TO the dining room this time the ice
cream and lemonade and cake, and af-
ter that came the ann otincements Of the
maids and nurses, the scramble into our
wraps, the ferventt though sleepy good
byss the peals Of laughter from the boys.
dressing -room they, always seemed to
fight over their. things those boys and
the going ont into the Winter starlight,
happy, excited thfiHed, land Just touched
by vague sorrow t1lattl was over, and
$50 home and I'D bed and asleep, before
ten clock. Lucy Little insH arpers
Young People. s