Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-24

Mary, standing there demurely Wy HiS
aide. when he first heard the music
and heard her nervous little laugh as
abe nodded her head, Yes" and STEP
ned closer to him to take position Tor
the dance. The next moment she was
in .Brandon's arms, flying like syiph
about the room. A buzz OF astohish-
ment and delight greeted them before
they were half way around and then
great clapping of hands, in which the
king himself Joined. It was lovely
GiRht, although think graceful wo-
man Is more beautiful in La Galliard
than any other dance or, In fact any
other situation In which she can place
herself.
After a little time the dowager Ouch
ess of Kent, first lady in waiting to the
queen, presented herself at the must.
clans gallery and said that her maJes-
ty had ordered the music stopped, and
the musicians, of course, ceased play
ing at once. Mary thereupon turned
quickly to me.
Master, are our musicians weary
that they stop before we are throughY
The queen answered for me in high
voiced Spanish accent: II ordered the
music stopped. will not permit such
an indecent exhibition to 60 on longer"
Fire sprang to Mary's eyes and she
exclaimed: IF your majesty does not
like the way we do and dance at my
balls, you can retire as soon as you
see at. Your face Is kill-mirth any
way" It never took long to rouse her
ladyship.
The queen turned to Henry. who was
laughing, and angrily demanded:
"Will your majesty permit me to be
thus insulted In your very presenter
"You got yourself into it. Get out OF
II as best you can. l have often told
you to let her alone. She has sharp
claws" The king was really tired OF
CatherIne's sour frown before he mar
ried her. 1t was her dover of Spanish
gold that brought her second tudor
husband.
"Shall | not have what music and
dances I want at my own ballsY asked
the princess.
THAT you shall. sister mine; that
you shall" answered the king. go on,
master. and If the girl likes to dance
that way, in Gods name let her have
her wish. 1t will never hurt her. We
will learn it ourself. and will wear the
ladies' out advancing"
After Mary had finished the opening
dance there was great demand for
instruction. The king asked Brandon
to teach him the steps. which he soon
learned to perform with grace per-
haps eoualed by no living creature otn-
er than a fat brown bear. The ladies
were at first little shy and inclined
to stand at arms length, but Mary nad
Get the fashion and the others soon
followed. had taken a fiddler to my
room and had learned the dance from
Brandon and was able to teach 1t also,
though / lacked practice to make my
step perfect. The princess had needed
no practice. but had danced beautifui
: Nv from the first, her strong young
limbs and supple body taking as nat
urally to anything requiring grace OF
movement as cygnet to water.
: This, thought l, is my opportunity TO
teach Jane the new dance. l wanted
to 20 to her first. but was afraid, or
for some reason did not, and took sew
} eral other ladies as they came. After
: I had shown the step to them l sought
out my sweetheart. Jane was not a
} prude. but | honestly believe she was
} the most provoking girl that ever lived.
: I never had succeeded in holding her
arr IF
slant. and yet | was sure she liked me
very much-almost sure she loved me.
She feared | might unhinge 1t and car
ry it away, or something of that SORT,
suppose When | went up and asked
her to let me teach her the new dance,
she said
Il thank you. Edwin, but there are
, others who are more anxious to learn
than /, and you had better teach them
first"
, But | want to teach you. When
wish to teach them, will go TO them.
you did 20 to several others before
you thought of coming to me. answer
ed Jane. pretending to be piqued NOW,
that was the unkindest thing | ever
! knew n girl to do-refuse me what she
knew | so wanted and then put the re-
: fusal on the pretended ground that
did not care much about il. | so told
= her. and she saw she had carried things
! too far and that | was growing angry
in earnest. She then made another
false though somewhat fattering ex-
cuse:
y II could not bear to go through that
> dance before so large a company.
should not object so much if no one else
! could see-thst is. with you, Edwin.
: Edwin oh, so soft and sweet! The
t little jade! To think that she could
r hoodwink me so easily and talk me into
0 a good humor with her soft, purring
: Edwin | saw through it all quickly
e enough and left her without another
e word. In a few minutes she went into
j an adjoining room where | knew she
b was alone. The door was open, and
the music could be heard there. so
o followed.
}. "My lady, there is no one to see us
t here. can teach you now. If you
t wish" said l.
e She saw she was cornered, and re
e piled, with a toss of her saucy little
e head. But what if do not wish?"
: Now, this was more than | could en-
: dure with patience, so answered, MY