The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-04-07

SAN SFSSe ~SS
Brown came over in a sleigh from Pei
tonville, and brought her young brother,
Abe, with her.
"They were going to stay all fighs at
our house, and thenstart next day over to
Norwood, to spend a week with tfelr
grandparents there. Now Abe, he was
only fourteen years old, but the most over
growed fellow you ever set your eyes on.
He was nigh as tail as mis- father, and
broad accordingly, but he had the softest,
zawney kind of look, being red and white,
like a baby, and having real faxen hair.
II don't know who started the nick
name, but everybody called him Sissy
Brown and he was just as clever and
good natured as could be, and never took
the least offense at it,
81 was quite sorry that CuthberS was
not going to spend the evening with us,
as usual, for Sarah Jane was i~rst-rate'
company; and ] thought he would like
Abe, too, though he had never met
either of 'em before.
"But Cuthbert had gone to the city
on business, and said he would not be
likely to get back before next day; and
SO, to amuse the folks, l started the idea
OF having a candy-pulling. They were
in the humor Of it, ana SO we had fun,
/ tell you.
"Abe was up to all sortsof capers, and
could pull candy equal to any one. My
hair wasn't this color then; some folks
called it golden, but ! reckon it was a
sort of yellow, that looked well enough
when it was fixed up with blue ribbons.
"Well, Abe he pulled, and pulled till
he got an matched my hair, and then he
twisted it up into a curl, and vowed he
was going to hang it on to my head.
III declared he shouldn't, and ran
away, but he chased me clear out on the
front porch, where it was bright moon
light, and we had a kind of tussle, in
which / came off best, for I stuck fup
his tow hair so that he had to wash it in
hot water, to keep it from standing out
in horns.
"While we were laughing and strug-
Cling, l heard the gate click, and when I
looked up after awhile, it clicked again,
and some one went out.
eff / hadn't known Cuthbert wa out
of town, / should have said it was him I
saw walking off, but, as he had gone to
the city, I concluded / was mistaken.
"Next day I found out different. /
had seen Sarah Jane and Abe off, and
was going on an errand to the store
when I met Cuthbert, and he passed
me scowling just as if I was his bitterest
enemy.
@" was so astonished that I just stood
stilland looked thunder-struck.
"He turned, looked back at me and
finally retraced his steps.
"'I have no right to address a young
lady who has promptly secured a new
lover in my absencep says he in the
loftiest manner, while his face became
a blazing scarlet and his eyes almost
glared.
you uudf1pSt1lg INC III UnaJ way
sir9' I says, for l had a spirit of my own,
and he knew it.
"'Yes. / am. alluding to the gentle
man you were SO familiar with last even
ing, that you arranged his hair for him
on your 'FRONT.' porch.
"For a moment ! stared at him, and
then ] took to roaring and laughing, for
it really seemed too COED fune
"'You're ~jealons again. Cuthbert,
says I; and this time it is of Abe Brown,
who won't be fourteen years old for a
month or two!'
Somehow thi5 thing got out, and
Cuthbert was plagued about it a good
deal.
"The Browns stopped on their way
back from Norwood, and when Cuthbert
saw what a baby-faced chap his rival was,
he felt awfully silly, though We had made
it all up by that time, on his solemn
promise never to be jealous again."
Aunt Jemima heaved a sigh.
II suppose il was his nature" she
continued. "The leopard's spots and
the Ethiopian's skin are hard to cha ge,
and 50 was his jealousy. .
He'd been just as good as pie, never
finding fault with me about glancing at
any n else, or taking me to task for
speaking to any of the beaux, for nearly
. month, when n day Rejoicing Peters,
an old maid, who made dresses for most
Of the families in u place, and who was
fat, clumsy, queer-looking old soul,
came to house to do up q weeks sew
"She was dreadfully lively c~ritter,
considering her age and figure. and We
ased to have q good deal Of rollicking
Rhen she was round.
Mother was always ready to laugh at
Rejoicing's capers, and never mindedhow
much she cut up in the evening, after
hours were over.
Zone night father was away and Re-
said to me:
-.
"sMima, I've a mind to dress up in
he deacon's clothes, and pretend to your
that I'm a stranger, come over