The Dawson journal., 1885-12-03
Bill Nye Monkeying With Lula Hurst.

Is lleeuleSS 10 say tudI lOOk IOT'
ward with great pleasure to thai
moment. Nature intended that
should glide into the mazy. Tall
1.-the, baldheaded, genial, Timber
in the extreme, suage, soulful
frolicsome at times, yet dignified
and reserved towards strangers
irresistible as a tornado when IN
suited by a smaller man, / am Pc
culiarly fitted to shine in society
Those who have observed my pol
ished brow under a strong electric
light say that they have never
seen a man shine so in society as
I do.
| had just learned how to reel
around ballroom to a little
waltz music when / was blown
across the State of Mississippi IN
September last by a high wind
and broke one of my legs which
I used in waltzing. When that ac-
cident occurred 1 had just got
where | felt at liberty to choose a
glorious being with starry eyes
and fluffy hair and magnifceltly-
moulded form to steer me around
the rink to the dreamy mnsic of
Strauss. One voung lady with
whom | had waltzed good deal,
when she heard that my leg was
broken began to attend every
dancing party she could hear of,
although she had declined a great
many previous to that. asked
her how she could be 50 giddy and
so gay while [ was suffering. She
said she was doing it to drown
her sorrow, but her little brother
toldme on the quiet that she was
dancing while l was sick because
she felt perfectly safe
My wife taught me how to
waltz. She would teach me on
Saturdays and repair her skirts
during the following week. I
told her once [ thought | was too
brainy to dance. She said she
hadn't noticed that but she
thought I seemed to run too much
to legs My wife is not timid
about telling me anything that
she thinks will be for my good.
When I make a mistake she is
perfectly frank with me and comes
right to me and tells me about it
so that l won't do so again.
A friend of mine says 1 have
pronounced and distinctly original
Of waltzing and that he
never saw anybody, with one ex-
who waltzed as | did, and
that was the recently deceased
J umbo. [ could waltz more east
ly if the rules did not require
such a constant change of posi-
ton. I am sedentary in my nat
ure, slow to move about, SO that it
takes lady of great strength of
purpose to pull me around on
time. I had a partner once. who
said | was very easy to waltz with.
She moved about with wonderful
ease and a poetic motion that made
my legs stand out at an angle If
450 degrees when we turned the
corners. She told me to trust her
implicitly and she would see that
l got around on time. Ny feet
touched the floor three times dur
ing the dance and one arm has
been little longer than the other
ever since that time. Most of the
other dancers left the floor and
watched US with great interest.
Finally l asked her If she did net
want to sit down and fan herself
till l could get a glass of water.
She said no, she did not feel IA
tigued at all, and then proceeded
to whirl me around some more.
1t makes me shudder to think of
it. Every time the old bass violin
would go "2zzt, zzzt, zzzt," she
would scrunch my shoulder blades
together and swing me around
like wet rag. I then asked her
if she would not be kird enough
to take me home to my parents.
l then looked her in the eyes and
begged her to remember her
father. He, too, was a man. "Ahr'
said |, "do not take advantage OF
your great strength. Perhaps
you have brother. How would
you like to have him fall into the
hands Of a strong woman and be
kidnanned so that Won wOrI3 nov.