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281 In to new & remote a lace one wd not expect to find every thing, in the way of manners & customs, moving on precisely in thw grooves of the Old World. For instance, I was just too late for a ball the Ladies of Denver, availing themselves of the fact that it was leap year, had given to the gentlemen. It had been I understood a lively affair & a great success. The Ladies selected their own partners, & took the gentlemen in to supper. (one however, has heard of other instances of this) As in all new settlements the fair sex must always be in a unclear, some of the gentlemen must on this occasion have felt - crossed out learned, "With pangs before unfelt, unpitied, & alone",what it is to be a ballroom wall-flower.