. St. Nicholas [serial] . y seprate, an de genlem dev putdeir han on deir heart an bow dat low youcould put a tea-tray on deir back, it s so flat;an de ladies dey curtsy down to de groun,an rise agin, slow an easy, like a yeast-powderbiscuit in a hot oven. An de way dey managedeir trails — um ! um ! I clar to goodness, itswonerful. I ve seen you granma in blackvelvet wid tree yards in her trail, an real lacedat wide —and Amanda held her hands a footapart — all rounde hem. Ansometimes wenshe dancin dat minyet she wind herself up indat trail so dat she look like de statue in deparlo, on de black
. St. Nicholas [serial] . y seprate, an de genlem dev putdeir han on deir heart an bow dat low youcould put a tea-tray on deir back, it s so flat;an de ladies dey curtsy down to de groun,an rise agin, slow an easy, like a yeast-powderbiscuit in a hot oven. An de way dey managedeir trails — um ! um ! I clar to goodness, itswonerful. I ve seen you granma in blackvelvet wid tree yards in her trail, an real lacedat wide —and Amanda held her hands a footapart — all rounde hem. Ansometimes wenshe dancin dat minyet she wind herself up indat trail so dat she look like de statue in deparlo, on de black pestal. An den she unwindherself, jest as slow an easy, an dat trail ud gosweepin roun, an de genlem dey so spry deyjest natrally step roun it an over it so dat delace aint so much as frayed out at de edge. I dlike to see de genlem do dat now-adays ! Dey jest walk all over deladies trails, deed dey doAlthough these recollectionsof Amandaswere not of greatpractical value toMildred, becauseshe was not tocome down the. steps in ball costume, nor dance the minuet, yetshe liked very much to hear them. In view of hercoming appearance as one of those elegant ladiesof the last century, Amandas stories seemed tohave a more personal interest. And that nightMildred dreamed that she was the subject ofthe portrait in the parlor, young Mistress Bar-bara Fairleigh, dancing a minuet with GeneralWashington, and that she had on a dress witha train that reached all the way across theball-room and out of the door and across thehall and disappeared up the steps. And indancing she wound herself up in this endlesstrain, and it kept piling up higher about her,until she could not see over it, and they had tobring a step-ladder to get her out. At last the day before the party arrived. Inthe morning the spinning-wheel and the spin-dle-legged table and chairs had been called forby an expressman, and had been dusted off andbrought down-stairs, and carried away to Les-lies house. In the afternoon all
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