She was sick with love of him, and he danced with her as he would dance with any woman, as he would dance with a man who was a good dancer and upon whose arm was tied a handkerchief to conventionalize him into a woman.
One such man Daylight danced with that night.

Among frontiersmen it has always been a test of endurance for one man to whirl another down; and when Ben Davis, the faro-dealer, a gaudy bandanna on his arm, got Daylight in a Virginia reel, the fun began.

The reel broke up and all fell back to watch.

Around and around the two men whirled, always in the one direction.

Word was passed on into the big bar-room, and bar and gambling tables were deserted.