The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-03-18

-Wnen ne was merely young Cy,"
boy, living with his parents--a dancing
school was organised In Bayport. II
was an innovation for our village and
frowned upon by many Of the older
and stricter inhabitants. However,
most Of the captains boy friends were
permitted to attend. Young Cy was
not. His father considered dancing o
waste of time and, II not wicked, Ger.
tainly frivolous and nonsensical, sc
the boy remained at home But, IN.
spite Of the parental order. he prac.
ticed some of the figures Of the qua.
drilles and the contradances In his
comrades barns. learning them at sec.
ond hand, so to speak.
One winter there was to be a party
In Orham given by the Nickersons
wealthy people with a fifteen-year-old
daughter. 1t was to be grand af.
fair, and most of the boys and girls In
the neighborlng towns were invited
Cy received an invitation and, for
wonder, was permitted to attend. The
Bayport contingent went over in big
hayrick on runners, and the moonlight
ride was jolly enough. The Nickerson
mansion was crowded. and there were
music and dancing.
Young Cy was miserable during the
dancing. He didn't dare attempt II
in spite of his lessons in the barn. So,
while the rest of his boy friends sought
partners for the Portland Fancy" and
'Hull's Victory" he sat forlorn In
corner.
As he sat there he was approached
by young lady radiant in muslin and
ribbons. She was three or four years
older than he was, and he had wor-
SHIPPED her from afar as she whirled
up and down the line in the Virginia
reel. She never lacked partners and
seemed to be a great favorite with the
young men, especially one good looking
chap with q sunburned face. who look
ed like sailor.
They were forming sets For Money
Musk" 1t was ladies ,hoice." and
there was demand fCr mere couples.
The young lady came over to Cy's cor
ner and laughingly dropped him a
courtesy.
IF you please" she said, II want a
partner. VIII you do me the honorT
Cy blushingly avowed that he could
not dance any to speak Of.
"Oh, yes, you can. I'm sure you can.
You're the Whitaker boy, aren't you?
I've heard about your barn lessons,
and want you to try this with me.
Please do! No, John" she added, turn
ing to the sunburned young fellow who
this is my choice, and here is my
partner. Susie Taylor Is after you,
and you mustn't run away. Come, Mr..
Whitaker"
So Cy took her arm, and they danced
Money Musk" together. He made
but few mistakes, and these she
helped him to correct so easily that
none noticed. His success gave him
courage, and he essayed other dances
In fact, he had very good time at the
party after all.
On the way home he thought great
deal about the prettyyoung lady, whose
name he discovered was Emily Rich
ards. He decided that IL she would
only wait for him he might like "a
marry her when he grew up. But he
was thirteen, and she was seventeen
and the very next year she married
John Thayer. the sailor in the blue
suit And two years after that young
Cy ran away to be sailor himself.
In spite of his age and his lifetime
of battering about the world Captain
| Cy had sentimental streak In his
makeup. His rejuvenation of the ole
home proved that Betsy's letter in
terested him. He had made guarded
inquiries concerning Mary Thayer
now Mary Thomas, of others besides
Asaph, and the answers had been sat
isfactory SO far as they went. Thos'
who remembered her had liked he
very much The captain had ever
begun letter to Mrs. Thomas, bu
laid 1t aside unfinished, having sine
Bailey's unfortunate experience will
the widow Beasley prejudice agains
experiments.
He meditated and smoked for an
other hour. Then, his mind beini
made up, he pulled down the desk liz
of the old fashioned secretary, resur
rected from pile of papers the not
he had begun to Mrs. Thomas, dippe'
sputtering pen into the ink bottl
and proceeded to write.
| -. 1,
noncommittal As Mrs. Thomas n
doubt knew, he had come back to liv
in his fathers house ut Bayport ii
might possibly need some one TO keeI
house for him. He understood that she
Mary Thayer that was, was goo
housekeeper and that she was opel
to an engagement IL everything wa
mutually satisfactory. He had know
her mother slightly when the latte