The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-03-05

"Motiy, you are one lovely dream"
that if Pet breathed single strain Of
music out of his arms didn't see it.
| knew that gone expression on his
face and it made me feel SO lonesome
that was more gracious to the judge
than was exactly safe He dances just
as magniticently as he exists in life.
and it is kind of ceremonial to do 1t
with him The boys all wore white
dannels and most Of the men. but the
Judge was as formally dressed as he
would have been in midwinter. and !
wondered if Alfred could be half as
distinguished to look at suppose my
eyes must lave been telling on me
about how grand | thought he was
looking because he-weii. was rather
relieved when one of the boys took me
out of his arms for good, 'ong. swing
ing twostep
And how did enjoy it all. every
single minute of it, My heart beat
time to the music as If it would never
tire of doing SO Miss Chester and
exchanged little laughs and scraps of
conversation in between times. and |
| fell deeper and deeper In love with
her Every pound have melted and
| frozen and starved of me has brought
me nearer to her. and | just can't
think about how am going to hurt
her in a few days now. put the
| thought from me and SO let myself
swing out into thoughtlessness with
| one of the boys. And after that
| really didn't know with whom | was
| dancing. | began to get so intoxicated
with 1t ALL
! never heard musicians play better
or get more of the spirit Of dance In
their music than those did tonight
. aey had just given as the NEST lovely
swinging things. one after another.
when suddenly they all stopped. and
the leader drew his bow across bis
violin Never in all my life have |
ever heard anything like the call of
that waltz from that gypsy's strings.
1t laughed you a signal. and you felt
yourself follow the first strain.
Just then somebody happened to
take me from whomever was with.
and ] caught step and glided off the
universe The strongest arms that !
had felt that evening-or ever-held
me. and didn't have to look up to
zee who it was don't know why /
knew, but did. wasn't clasped SO
very close to him or left to foat by
myself an inch. ! was just part OF
him like the arms themselves or the
hand that mine nodded into. And
while that wonder music teased and
caloled and mocked and rocked ano
sobbed and throbbed laid my cheef
against his coat sleeve and gave my
self away. didn't care to whom.
Again that strange sense Of some
wonderful eternal good came to me
and | found myself humming Billy!
little "soul to keep" prayer agains
the doctors sleeve to the tune OF tha
magic waltz. had never danced witt
him before. of course, but felt as I
/ had been doing 1t always. and
! melted in his arms as that baby ha.
, | wilted to his mother out in the cabil
a few hours earlier. and don't Sc
T how such happiness as that could STOP
But with soft. entreahng wall tn
! music came to an end. and there th
!, doctor was. smiling down into m,
; face with his whimsical. friendl
> smile that woke me up all over.
. Somebody has stolen rose froI
! the Carter garden and brought 1t
, the dance" he said with laugh ths
!. was for me alone.
! NO" flashed back. "a string bean
q And with that danced Off again wit
1 the judge while the doctor disappea
ed through the door. and ] heard ii
a chug of his car as it whirled ava,
He had just stopped In for q second
Z see the fun. and God had given me th'
> gypsy waltz with him because he kne
q needed something like that in n
tife to keep for always.
a This has been happy night.
s which betrothed myself to Alfre
: though he doesn't know it yet, ! 4
= going to take it as sign that life +
: us is going to be brilliant and gay Al
# full of laughter and love.
j. | haven't had Billy in my arms
. day. and don't know how sh;
Il ever get myself to sleep If let myse
Il think about it. His sleep place on
j breast aches. It is a comfort TO thi1
that the great big God understands I
. womenfolk that he makes even II tn,
!, don't understand themselves.
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