Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-24

flower. beautiful as she was. II was
made very plain to me that girl In
not necessarily popular because she In
beautiful. BAT there were more boys
than girls. and 50 all the girls had to
dance. Bell Included.
She danced Just NJ II abe would NJ
iet have sat and watched the others
lance, and her partners all danced rs
u they would ns soon. or sooner. have
danced with any other plri. The fact
thnt, without seeming to care In the
least she was FAR more graceful than
any pther gitl IN the room made no
diHcrence 10 the boys. There was
no fun In Bell. and that was all there
was about H. Jake was certainly OF
one mind with Bell.
go. Then at last came that old tune.
ltunii- tumt -diddledy. Bumty -humty-
nddlcdy" which 7 told you Of, which
We called the Virginia Heel"
No dance known In our nelrhbor-
hood was as complicated ana difficult
ns this many thing. or NJ tantaiizlng.
why l call II tanializing IA because
20 many or the boys were afrnid to try
u, on account or IT, difficulty, and yet,
when Dr. Jordnn'a nddle--the airing
part VI the orchestra was n doctor Of
modiclnc-struck into Il with crash.
and Mrs. Holgr. at the plano. came IN
WIN t'A NAfNUNlNnlWNnts every toe IN
every foot within earHhot fairly wrig-
glcd 20 10 at Il
The others who were barred out
by mere Ignorance or want or skin. no
doubt repentsd OF not having been at
the palms ~ learn IL all the timo since
last Christmas; hut I. who knew IL
quito well and could have danced u In
the dark. was doubly taniailzcd and
made n vow 20 be particularly care
iui about tho leo around our pump at
all future Christmas times.
However. there was atlll tho pleas
uro ~ watching neli-f hope YOU will
not Jump at the conclusion that was
IN love with ntil. had very good
reasons for not being In love with her.
which reasons have nothing 10 do with
this Htofy-f took "a quiet dciipht In
watching her and wondering WIN
Christmas had mover seemed to gcs
into her young bones
She stood there. very much like
most " the girls. az to her dress. which
was n thin stun. white with ftlil
whittier dots all over u. and was
trimmed at the waist and ncck-aauare
ncck--with black ribbon; but nH TO
everything else. Hho was unlike any
% the other girls.
Now this reel that they were going
10 dance would take n diagram 60 de-
scribe Il properly. fut may say
that girls partner IN Il II tho boy
Who stands rlght opposite to her. She
dances IN turn with every boy In the
line before Il ~ over. but she holds
that particular boys hand for quite
long time ut one part.
There was great deal Of confus-
ION because fourteen girls stood up
and only thirteen boys. owirg to tho
dcplornblo Ignorance OF many.
Thrn como one called out" Jake
Kennedy can dance it-Come ON Jake"
Jake turned crimson. but. being
truthful. he could not deny the imputa-
ton. even by Shaking hla head.
Mn. ilokc. who had already fol-
lowed the doctor into the nrat bars.
got ~ from the plano and said. Jake.
I Just know you can dance the vir-
glnin Reel. Now you do a. tell you"
Shc took Jake by one arm and pull
cd him away from the wall where he
stood by me.
Now you go in-ihctc." she said.
Ana with that she pushed him right
Into the third place from the far end
OF the line OF boys
Then the music began. 'Rumti-
| ,umtl-diddledy. Bumiy- humty fiddle
/ dy." And then I saw the most won-
dcrful Virginia Hsei ~ all my life.
iioll simply fioatcd from end to end
of the line. like nymph born of tho
piano ana the violin that moment. Tho
black sash NJ her waist took llfa from
her Her arms swung and rwaycd like
young palm ponds rejoicing at sun
rise. She simply didn't carc--siidn't
carr. OF think. who was looking at her.
Neither did Jake care. Jake saw
/ Hell throw out her arms. take hands.
whirl and fioati also. he saw her hold
out her hand 10 him To make tn.
arch. but he saw nothing else. except.
pal hnpa. visions of things 90 come. NJ.
horu himself like Alexander OF Macc-
don In n pyrdhic-tfiumphant
Bells purhllnd old aunt said 10 me,
/ II wonder what's got into that child.
I reckon she must be glad lt'H tho last
| dance"
don't know II the old woman ever
knew what Il was that got into Beli.
n was not until years after that Hhe
! 'rcckuncd bell mirht nH well marry
Jake kennody-shu wouldn't marry
anybody else"