The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-10
III Which Isy1 Queen Of tile Flower Fiesta, is
Amused BY the Story Of Two Step Willie.

socially paralyzed. Everybody that carrle
within ten Blocks Of good society. from
ehnperons 10 caterers, tried to got a limo
on him. m Il
or course, Browny had his pick Of the
town and he marked n bud named Flora
t,onovan Tor the future Mrs Browning
aid proceeded to nall her down. lie was
IL d, t,osition BY this titie.' to give any
fnyorite OF his d pretty good time, with
out il costing him a beam and so Flora
~ ,neGin forEthe cream of everything do
lnr. III she wanted to go to Del Monte
that summer, Browny made Del Monte
the only possible resort for any one IN
the swim. If sho preferred Castle Crass,
the tavern underneath Mount Shasta pc
came the Mecca Of the swells. II Flora
gave tea, she got no regrets 1-every-
body carne-thcy had to. Flora could Tee
into drawing rooms where her mother
wouldn't try to push past tho door y, -
there was a distinguished stranger or 1T
erary guy hit the town. Flora had him
and Browny up to dinner, and sent her
father to bed
Now Flora Donovan wasn't what you
might call Of the elect or the manner
horn. but was strictly Browning made.
That is to say! her father was a day lab
orer In Virginia City efore he struck
pay dirt and sweled up Into seven figures.
Her mother used to cook for thirty ter
riers at the Black Betty Mine. But any
thing like that goes all right In San Fran
cisco, IL It has money and the social back
ing Of Pelrpoint Browning.
Flora. 2then. as you may imagine, was a
BIT short on the intellectual Life. She
was all sorts Of good fellow, though,
with a will and a way Of her own and
plenty Of red blood corpuscles. But she
wouldn't have known Dfrerential Calcu-
| lus If she had eaten It fried a la Mary
Hand. she was big and pretty and every
body liked her and no catch questions
asked Everybody thought that she
and Browny were as good as engaged.
when. bling! they had a little spat. which,
at last introduces Two-Step Willie. s
Browny was in the habit Of patronizlnE
| a little three-char barber shop near his
! Office on Montgomery street and he had
broken my friend Riddle to cut the
| Browning hair and trim the Browning
beard exactly as Browning wanted II
done, and no foolishness about sea-foan,
sha poos or dandruff cure. Riddle talked
ever as he worked, in the way that bar
/ bers will. is
! One day when Willie Riddle was strop-
ping his razor, he said, Say, Mr.. Brown
| Ing, understand you get up good many
parties around town. Is that right?''
Perpoint Browning spluttered out ar
"Oh, yes,''s and Riddle went on, lnsinuat-
\ ingly, showing what good fellow he
could be. fl
Say, you know I'm more or less Ola
dancing man myself. and 1 wouldn't mind
|sif you got me an invite to some of them
fare outs. sS3
Browny chuckled. He had heard SOME
i thing Of Riddles history, for the barber
i was that renowned south of Market
1 street as "Two-Step WILLIE" that being
\ his favorte dance. wherein The excelled,
fabulousy He was the president of the
i Chrysanthemum Social and outing Club,
/ too, beside having won first prize for
i the best dressed GENT al the Christmas
i masquerade ball OF the Vultures. All
of which. being translated, means that
i Two-Step Willie was, in his own set,
quite as great a man IS Browny was In
his, although, as you know, there's very
little reciprocity between the north and
i the south OF Market Street. Being able
i moreover to dance a two-step to perfec'
ton and having charmed one-half OF the
i city with his nimbIe, twinkllng heels
j Willie was longing for more worlds t
i conquer. ne neeueu only q ilttic cos'e ii
Ing to be a regular dancing master OF
4 cotillon leader.
4 Now Willie Riddles request Just hap
4 pened to remind Browny OF remark Of
i Flora's that ranked. You can't dance
the two-step for raw potatoes; that's why
you won't have them on your dance pro
/ grammes,'' was the characteristic way
"A she had put It,. for Browny was particu
i larly down on the new jump ant
wouldn't stand for It. The Jest lay rather
in the manner than the matter of 1t, bu
it had made Browny pretty sore.
A horrid thought entered Pierpon
Browning's head. 1t took unto itsel
roots and grew. 1t was weird. for per
son of Pierpoint Browning's staid power:
of Imagination, and 1t bewitched him, Il