The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-11-25
At THE ASSEMBLY Y

This, however, / will own up TO,
whether it is boating or not--I do
know whether a man is good dan
Ger or whether he is not from the
very first moment my finger tips
drop upon his arm.
That man about whom l was let
in for SO ruuch unmercifpl chaf ,at
our last assembly ball is a. very good
case in point. Whatever were his
other drawbacks, he was undoubt-
,edly good waltzer, one of the best
ever danced with.
My fascinating partner and nev-
.er were formally introduced. The
thing was quite simple, and I dare
say the trick has been played thou
sands of times before. Ask your
own brother on his honor if he is
innocent Of it.
The assembly ball was gather
ing Of no particular clique or set.
1t was room full of people who
were in a great measure strangers
to one another.
With this last assembly J. was
feeling at first more than usually
out of tune because, although I had
been standing by mamma q good
ten minutes, I had up till then only
ten names scrawled down on my
programme, and I had no Others in
view.
So when man came up from be-
hind, bowed, addressed me by name
and asked for dance I felt dis
tinctly glad to see him. He was
rather tall, dark, with black eyes,
BLACK mustache and good teeth, and,
for anything knew, his name might
have been Adam.
I couldn't do less than bow slight
ly and conclude that I had been In
GFoduced to him one Of the previous
years. I also saw fit to give him
waltz No. z, which he asked for.
"And would you take compassion
ON me and give me another?" eaid
he. 81 know so few people here
this year-st least so few that
I care TO- dance with. Awfully
obliged"
[ suppose the compliment was u
tri1e broad, but it tickled me at the
time, and I gave him the dance next
after supper.
"By the way" said he, care you
engaged for the first extra?' Ieup-
pose they have such thing"
From that very first moment I
told myself / was in luck's way. At
the first sweep<of the waltz I knew
it. By the time we made The first
round Of the floor I felt that I could
have danced on with that partner
forever.
We danced the dance through to
its very last lingering bar, and I
said to my fascinating partner
thing which I very rarely allow my
self to say to any man after waltz
lest it should make him unduly con-
ceited Il said, taThank you"
sEhank You very much" replied
he. f1 don't think / ever had such.
a delicious dance before. Could you
give me anosherp" a
esYoI have two .othazss nkssady,,'
I I4euggested.
So ! gave him the supper dguca
when he asked FOR it and the ox-
tras afte,, end the polka before.
He left me- then, and FOR the
most part he stood with his back.
against . pillar, his hands in his
pockets and a very bored expression
on his dark, handsome face.
# I must confess that we had the
fourth together, another waltz.
Those .tiresome men either wouldn't
dance or didn't know me, and 7
saw Visions OF sitting it out in sin-
gle; ;blessedness when my fascinating
partner GENE up and saved the ait.
,nation. .5;s.5 s.
Would ! again take compassion
.on him? Might hep Thanks, so
much.
s Soon afterward he took me mp.
:sstairs and laughed and showed me
"a snug little sitting room, which
.eyen / had not known OF before.
He ssaid it belonged ito the manager
for some one end was not supposed.
TO Be used. s''1ss' ,s55
81 : Oh seem to blrnabw the place
pretty vel" said 4, with The idea.
3}of trying to find out who be was,,
because still I couldn't remember;
having ever: met him before. n
b s1 think ( may say I know every,
inch OF ait.'
Do You live some here ncar
here then2 forget 9 S.9 9sssi5
d ot So for rtnnat te, ID afraid
The Tact lis, I'm q eocl lk1na;y. ran
down here ION pnrpo oae for the dance;
ou know. Z. he cont tinued, laugh;
ing, ssit it 8 an awful jaf IS my feel
sings to discover sach a thing, hut i
can see you don u recol lect ne one;