Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-29
NrY FASCINATING Palmer.
So Lovely a Walter, But She is Sorry sh
Danced With Him.

The men tell me that l am pretty
good dancer myself, which may or may
not be the case.
This. however. I will own up to
whether it is Boosting or mott 90
know whether a man is a good dancer
or whether he is not from the very frsu
moment my finger tips drop upon has
arm.
The man about whom I was let in for
so much unmerciful chaff at onr last
Assembly ball is very good case III
point. Whatever were his other draw
backs. he was undoubtedly a good waltz
er-one of the very best I ever danced
with.
Certainly, as it turned out, he did not
dance with any other girls, but don I
see weakens my statement. You
cannot judge much of the way a man
dances by merely looking at his heels or
watching the way he handles his part
ner.
/ know most Of them would give their
ears now to say that they had danced
with him. They do not say So of course.
They say they'd never have danced with
a man to whom they'd never been intro
duced.
My fascinating partner and I never
were formally introduced. The thing
was quite simple, and / daTesay the
trick has been played thousands OF times
before TASK your own brother, on his
honor, if he is innocent of i0.
The assembly bail was a gathering of
no particular. clique OF set. Ii was q
roOmful Of people who were in a great
measure strangers to one another
Withthis last assembly 1 was feeling
at first more than usually out Of tune,
because, although had been staining by
mamma a good ten minutes l had no Till
then only had ten names scratched down
upon my programme, and : had others
in view.
So when a man came up from behind
bowed, addressed me by name and asked
for dance / felt distinctly glad to see
him. He was rather tall, dark. with
black eyes blackmoustache and good
teeth, and for anything I knew his name
might have ben Adam.
I couldn't do less than bow slightly.
and conclude that had been introduced
TO him one of the previous years. also
saw 81; 10 give him waltz mo. z. " which
lhe asked for.
And would YOU take compassion on
me and give me anOther?' said he 81
know so few people here this year-at
least so few that I care to dance with.
Awfully obliged"
cuDu0cpJ tbo oo,,,,,l i,,, ont moo. - 4..t41 -
broad, but it tickled me at the time, and
gave him the dance after supper.
by the way" said he. are you en-
gagged for the first extra? L suppose
they have such a thing?"
From the very first moment 7 told my
self that was in luck's way: at the first
sweep Of the waltz I knew it. BY the
time we had made the first round of tba
loor felt that I could have danced on
with that partner forever.
We danced the dance through To IT'S
very last lingering bar. and said TO NV
Fascinating partner-a thing which
very rarely allow myself to- say TO any
man after waltz. lest it should make
MN unduly conceited-I said, Thank
you"
hank YOU very much replied he.
u don't think / ever had such delic-
lous dance before. Could you give me
another
gested. -'7
SO / gave him the supper dance when
he asked for it, and the extras after
and the polka before.
lie left me then, and for the most
part he stood with his back against a
pillar, his hands in his pockets. and p
very bored expression ON his dark
handsome face.
i must confess that we had the fourtb
together-another waltz. Those fire
some men either wouldn't dance or
didn't know me, and I saw visions of
sitting it out i'm single blessedness. when
my fascinating partner came up and
saved the situation.
Would l again take compassion on
him? Might he? Thanks. so much"
Soon afterward he took me upstairs.
and laughed, and showed me a snug lit
Tie sitting-out room, which even ] had
not known Of before. lie said It be-
longed to the manager, or some one. and
was not supposed to be used.
You seem to know the place pretty
well, said ], with the idea OF trying to-
md out who he was, because still I
couldn't remember having ever met him
before
u think may say I know every inch
of it,"
DO you live somewhere near here.
then? I-er--I forget
Not so fortunate, I'm afraid. Tie
TACT - I'm q cockney I ran down here
on purpose for the dance. Dyou know"
he continued, laughing. its an awful
jar to my feelings to discover such
thing, but | can see you don't recolIect
me one little bit
It's awfully rude Of me, 7 know: but
you see, / come across SO many new
faces that
insignificant items are forgotten
Precisely. Well, 1 shall keep up the in
cognit0 a little longer. ana then. If Won
cannot flatter ne by remembering
shall humble myself and own up to who
l am"
My fascinating partner got up and
shut the door.
Miss COnyers, does it strike YOU that
with this dance and rhe next. which
YOU have given me already, and the sup
per, and the supper extras, YOU have
given yourself into my charge for at
least three-Quarters Of an hour? Let
me impress upon YOU that no one is
likely to disturb us"
I didn like his manner one little bit.
I am not nervous, but I got up, and
said I thought it would be better to go
down stairs.
"Awfully sorry to differ with you.
Miss Conyers, but I must ask YOU to
stay
He turned the key in the lock and put