FIGHTING FOR HER.

Evening Star, Issue 4015, 8 January 1876, Page 3

FIGHTING FOR HER.

The age of chivalry has ‘ ‘ few evenings ago there was an impronipv. u dance held at an hotel not a dozen miles from Ararat, at which a large number of working men took an active and energetic part. Unfortunately, however, there was but one lady present, who with great good nature honored as many as she could with her partnership from dance to dance. The dance went on merrily, and the enjoyment was unalloyed, till the landlord intimated that the time for the departure of his guests had arrived, when the lady, who resided some 200 yards from the hotel, retired to dress herself, or perhaps more correctly ‘ put on her things. ’ During her absence the question arose who was to take her home, when one who was foreman of a gang of workers intimated that as he had the pleasure of dancing with the lady last the duty fell upon him. Hereupon all the lady’s previous partners disagreed, each claiming a separate and individual right to her escort. The foreman, seeing that no ordinary amount of argument could settle the matter, proposed to fight for the honor, the suggestion being hailed with acclamation. The foreman, who must have been a powerful man, tackled all his opponents singly, and the lady had not long to wait ‘ with her bonnet on ’ before the room was cleared—foreman panting and triumphant, the master of the floor, andj by all the laws of love and war permitted to escort the fair dancer to her home without interference.” '