OCR Text |
Show DANCED IN SURINAM JUNGLE I Explorer Tells Part He Took In Fes-I Fes-I tlvltles With the Daughter of Native Chief. In Harper's Mngazlno Chnrloa W. 1 Furlong told of nttondlug a dauco of the native tribes In Surinam, South Africa, and dancing with the daugh- ' tr of a chief. "Tho commandant and Mr Smlt 1 woro with mo oppoalto tho dnimmorH, I Mmru ii Djookn presented his dnugh tr, n suporb black creature, who. with two other glrlH, ndvanend Into the ring, with coy atop and posturu, to ! ard threo men, with whom they 'danced In pairs; tho girls, with a shy 1 hit of the head anil constant mov. 1 Ing of hands, pnHsnd nnd repassed. I turning closely nbout tholr partners. but navor touching A girl would fo 'town man of her fancy as he wlk 1 fd from the ring center, then, as ho ! turned nt the udge, whisk away to a 1 hum of laughing upproval I "Suddenly the dusky form of the I girl provlously presontod omsrtjod ' from tho throng with the sains ooy. I niusmorlc motions of the bauds, n- most touched me, turnod like a Hash, and wns gone. A loud murmur roso Smlt nuifgo.1 my arm 'Hue like you ; You have got to danee," he whisper) Pvnry explorer knows It U enmotlrni.s ii I.nwlirt t.. Hccrpi KMfh i chill ..i.frr If In mmiiimr, n -I-- r. T ' so She n'vaneed ng4 w p., , other girl; reassured by safety in numbers., my strong susceptibilities o tho rhythm of music enabled me to adapt flomo slight proficioncy In buek-nnd-wlng' dancing and to be-oo.no be-oo.no n momn.it later an Integral part of that throbbing throng." |