The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-15

Crouch party began to gain ground 'put
NOT without warm words between several
gentlemen, and general depression VI
spirits through the company
The dancing of the ladies was, with few
executions. much after the same fash
ion / found not the least di1icuity IN
resolving it into the three motions OF
turkey cock strutting, sparrow-hawK
lighting. and duck walking. Let the
reader suppose a lady beginning strut
at her own place, and ending (precisely
as does the turkey cock three feet nearer
the gentleman opposite her; then giving
three sparrow-haWk hobs. and then Wad-
ding hack to her place like duck, ana
he will have a pretty correct ldea OF their
dancing. Not that the three movements
were blended at every turn or the dance
hut that one or more OF the three an
swered to every turn. The strut preVaiieo
most in balancing; the bobs, When nai-
anced to. and the wadde when gong
wound To all this Mrs. Mushy was an
excention. When she danced every par
+icIe If her danced In spite of herseif.
There was as little variety in the gem
tlenen's dancing as there was IN ,he ia
dies. Any one who has seen seh'leinai.
clean mud off his shoes on door-iha.
has seen nearly all of 1t, the prliie. ..t,,
difference being that some scraped wiz,
a null of the foot, some with push anu
some with both
or suppose" said l to seh'iel'an,
"they take no steps because wv
will not admit of them ,,toa,
"oh no" said he; Its quite ungeheeel
81 tal,e, stems, I thought or the was ~
renarxs about Miss Crump's music.
.t;s, ha their dancing" thought !, Wha'
must their mourning be? oa a. 70
.rlendid supper was prepared al -
.,1oot and the young ladies' ate az
,ronds. raisins, apples, oranges Je'',
iabub. custard%candy, sugar-piui'is' n 49,
and cake, as il they had been owlns ,sIe
an old grudge: But me iilsf,ieu
II on AID not come UP to- suppel.s
ti,.And how did the quarrel end
=. ..Gi, 7 had like to have forgotten 'he
denouement of the quarrel.
a oorrespondence opened the next morn
to hetween the parties. in which Noozie
ves diffuse and Crouch iacohi'' 80.
once came this near an amlcapie ao1as
ment of the difference. -Noozie sesV','
lfor the fashion is for the prihcipa,s -.
get into quarrels and LOT ,ne 80, i,,,o,,15
81 tben oup agreed If crouch twouiu
81 'stha word '.it'' out Of one of ms
= e.tsrss his friend. would be perfectly sat
isfied. a..s,ttea that the
= .n,.ai ~ the word would not chanse
me sense of the letter the least, put ,'a'
MI Crouch having put his life ana cnar-
acter. in his hands. he felt bound TO pr"-
tect them with the most scrupuious 'iue'-
ttx. he could not. therefore, consent 10
avn,npe the objectionable word unless
the challenge were withdrawn. TO snow.
however his deluctance to the shedding
81 hlood and to acauit his friend IN the
.eves of the public of all blame. ne wouid
take Il upon himself to say that II MI.
Noozle would withdraw his objections TO
tne ~, Mr.. Crouch should expunge the
a. This proposition was rejected but
IN return. ii. was. submitted that If Mr..
Crouch would expunge, the. IT the ~
might remain. To which 1t was replied
that the alteration would convert the
whole sentence into nonsense; making IT
read 81 is" instead of ut is,' etc. Here
the seconds separated, and soon after
the principals met and Crouch shot
Noodle in due form and according to the
latest fashion, through the knees. j went
10 see him after he had received his
wound. and. poor fellow, he suffered
| dreadful toaures. So much. said !, for a
young lady's,. lingering from ball an
hour too long, in order to make herself
conspicuous: --s A--.r.A