Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-31
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visitor. with an o0endsd ais. sYla aiait
seen de best pat Of Dc TN yik sYoaAas noe
goin' widout seein' Brown, shot Wait till
dem young folks done All ders stomicls:
dey feel juS' like shoutin' den an ole
Brown'n shake up things mighty lively,
tell yer"
Tho repast was finally completed and the
company came laughing and joking into the
room Now we'll have Brown" said tho
-chimer," and the announcement was met
with shouts Of YES. Brown!' HOh, Miss.
Brown Brown, Brown At the same
time q clapping Of hands and stamping of
feet was begun. while the cries for Brown
became more frequent and vociferous. Then
they sang:
Miss Brown she like sugar an tea,
Miss Brown she like candy;
An all want l. q nice young man
To be SO very handy.
Brown. On, Brown! Oh, Brownl
OBJ. mister you turn under:
Oh. Mister Brown, como dis way;
Oh. Mister Brown, you turn under;
Oh. Mister Brown, come an play.
Oh. Mister Brown, little faster;
On. Mi>ter Brown, shake your feet;
Oh, Mister Brown, q little faster;
Oh. Mister Brown, come right neat;
Oh. Mister Brown, you turn under;
Oh. Mister Brown, come dis way.
Brown, Brown! Ho. hol Brown!
Any one Of the male players assumed the
identity of SBrown" AMI in that role darted
across the room and secured Miss Brown,
then back to his station Another Brown
went through the same vancouver, then an
other and another. The time grew faster,
the couples darted more rapidly across the
little space, following each other in quick
succession Faster and faster, until the
rapid stamping Of feet seemed like that Of
q regiment OF soldiers on . double-quick.
@Brown, Brown, oh, Brown sounds high
above the noise as if in invocation The
couples ceased running backward and for
ward. and all shouting @Brown," clapping
their hands and swaying their bodies 70 and
fro in the wild excitement, they whirled
and surged about Little spirals Of dust
rose from the crevices of the floor.
The room became filed with dust, still
the wild revel goes on. With dusty faces
cleaning in the dim light and eyes blood
shot and staring from the wild exertion,
they kept it up.
The old woman who had been looking on
from tie kitchen doorway joined the reveL
Its wild spirit seemed infectious and the
spectator felt an impulse to yell 1t is pam
demonium-the wild tarantula dance, one
Of the savage rites Of the sun-worshippers,
and in these the devotses exert themselves
until they fall exhausted AMI Frustrated to
the earth. Peter, who has been twisting
nervously in his seat al along, unable TO
withstand the impulse longer. has added
himself to the shouters and his voice, rs il
inspired, chimes in the weird chorus for
Brown" Whirlins. swaying. surging AMI
Jumping. and intent on their wild sport, the
visir-r is entirely ignored. He is nero
atom, thing not Of their paradise; SO uu-
noticed he gains the door and steps into tbs
street. As the distance increases between
him and the phantasmagoris the sounds Of
Brown Oh, Brown" become fainter and
fainter, until they gradually melt in the dis
tanra