d Roberts
looked around for Gladys the first thing, and his brother for
Sahwah, while the rest paired off with the other girls as they
went up the hill to the shack. Nyoda was not very fond of having
her company sitting around in pairs and immediately started them
to playing games which took them all in, and followed the games
up with a Virginia Reel. Ed Roberts was filled with impatience
at this method of entertainment, for it gave him no chance to
monopolize Gladys as he would have liked to. He saw that she was
a good dancer and was eager to try a new Hesitation step with
her.

By and by Gladys slipped from the room and returned dressed in a
fancy dancing costume. Poising on her toes as lightly as a
butterfly, she did some of her choicest dances--"The Dance of the
Snowflake," "The Daffodil," "The Fairy in the Fountain." The
admiration of the boys knew no bounds, and she received a perfect
ovation.

"Now, Sahwah, do your dance," commanded Nyoda. Sahwah shrank
back and did not want to, saying that after Gladys's performance
anything she could do would seem pitifully flat. But the boys
all urged her to try it, and at last she allowed herself to be
led out on the floor by Gladys. She was still in an agony of
embarrassment and wished the floor would open and swallow her,
but it was a rule of the Winnebagos that if they were called on
to perform for the entertainment of visitors they must do the
thing called for to the best of their ability, and Sahwah knew
that if she refused to dance the reckoning with Nyoda would be
worse than the embarrassment of dancing, so she swallowed hard
and went to work. She got through it very creditably indeed and
was rewarded with hearty applause, which made her more fussed
than ever.

Then boys and girls alike clamored to be allowed to "just dance"
and Ed Roberts had plenty of opportunity to try his new
Hesitation with Gladys. But after she had danced three or four
times with him in succession she left him for another partner.
This made him cross and he would not ask any one else to dance
until a quiet word from his Counsellor sent him rather unwillingly
on to the floor again. "Mayn't I have this one?" he pleaded
every time after that, but Gladys smilingly declined, saying she
had promised every one of the boys a dance and would not get
around if she gave him any more, to which he assented politely,
fuming inwardly, and wanted Gladys to himself more than ever.
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